Talk:Chevalier d'Eon/@comment-28209103-20170627142056/@comment-75.70.237.120-20170701034752

Also, if you read d'Eon's profile on Wikipedia, during King Louis the XVI reign, d'Eon came out as female and demanded to be recognized as such.

" It was at this point that d’Eon claimed to be biologically female, and demanded recognition as such. They claimed that they had been raised as a boy because their father was only able to inherit from his inlaws if he produced a male heir. The court of King Louis XVI complied with this demand without further examination and requested that d’Eon dress in female attire from then on, although they were still allowed to wear their insignia for the Order of Saint-Louis."

Thus, it makes sense, that Marie, as Louis the XVI's wife, would refer to d'Eon as female.