Becoming the mistress of Marquise de Florensac, whose sudden Death by Childbirth broke La Maupin so much, she retired from the opera in 1705 and died in a convent two years later.note They broke up after she stabbed herself on stage with an actual dagger as part of the performance, which was a wee bit more crazy than the Prince could handle.
Hiding from French justice in Brussels, where she sang at Opéra du Quai au Foin and (naturally) had an affair with Maximilian II Emanuel, Prince-Elector of Bavaria until 1698.Kissing a young woman at a Versailles ball in 1695, getting challenged to a duel by three of her suitors at once, defeating all of them, and amusing the King enough to receive another royal pardon note since duels were illegal in Paris at the time.Alternatively seducing or beating up ( sometimes both) most, if not all, of her fellow actors and actresses in Paris.In fact, Tancrède's Saracene princess Clorinde, a part written specifically for her, is considered to be the first major contralto role in the history of French opera. note This applies to the real d'Aubigny as well. Returning to Paris in 1690 to sing in the world-famous Paris Opera, first as a soprano, but eventually switching to her natural contralto voice over the years.Beating the Duke of Luynes' son and two of his flunkies in a Sword Fight over an insult, then sneaking into his room and seducing him after he sent her a letter of apology.note For this, she was convicted, albeit as a man (whether out of genuine confusion, or to mitigate the scandal is unclear), but was personally pardoned by the Sun King, at the behest of d'Armagnac. Starting an affair with a girl, following her to a convent where her parents sent her in response, then placing the body of a dead nun in the girl's bed and setting the entire place on fire to cover their escape.Seducing her dad's boss, the Comte d'Armagnac, at the age of 14, marrying another guy on paper note "Maupin" was actually her husband's surname, then running off with a third paramour (her fencing master, a man named Sérannes) to Marseilles, where she began singing in the opera note (the period equivalent of becoming a rock star).Growing up as One of the Boys while learning swordsmanship from her father, who trained pages at Louis XIV's court in Paris.
Some of the highlights of her fictitious persona included: Many decades after her death, tall tales and posthumous gossip led to her becoming something of a folk hero in the popular imagination: a swashbuckling swordswoman who lived a short but tumultuous life at the height of French absolutism. Julie d'Aubigny (1673-1707), also known as La Maupin, was a French noblewoman who enjoyed moderate success as an opera singer before dying at a young age.
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