The Opera Singer Who Burned Down a Convent for Love - And Killed Men in Duels for Fun
Weird History by Echo Ridge Media
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Julie d'Aubigny: The Most Scandalous Woman in French History
Meet Julie d'Aubigny, the 17th-century opera star who lived like an action movie hero. By day, she dazzled audiences at the Paris Opera. By night, she dueled men in the streets, seduced both men and women, and caused scandals that shocked even the French court.
When Julie fell in love with a nun, she didn't just write love letters - she joined the convent as a fake nun, seduced her target, then burned the whole place down to cover their escape. She killed three men in a single evening during separate duels, crashed royal balls dressed as a man, and once kissed a woman at a party just to scandalize the guests (then killed her boyfriend in a duel when he complained).
King Louis XIV himself had to repeatedly pardon her crimes because she was just too ente ...