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Chevalier D'Eon: Court

The Court had wind of that direct correspondence with his majesty and therewith things were so managed that the diplomatist got into trouble. Madame de Pompadour surprised the direct correspondence between the king and d'Eon, with the result that the latter was persecuted by the jealous courtiers who intrigued, until in 1765 he was replaced at the Embassy of London by the Count de Guerchy and he himself became the a mark for all sorts of vexations and persecutions.

His deadly enemy, the Count de Guerchy, tried to have him poisoned, but the attempt failed.