France Chevalier

"Chevalier" was not a French title of nobility. There are, however, a number of exceptions. The first one dates to the time of Louis XIV.

Born biologically a male, the Chevalier was legally declared female by French King Louis XVI and the English courts. She spent the last 33 years of her life as

A celebrated 18th-century soldier, diplomat and spy, the Chevalier d'Eon lived openly as a man and as a woman in France and England at different stages of life.

At age 102, alumnus and emeritus professor John Donovan receives France's highest honor for his role in the nation's liberation during WWII.

A Chevalier is a title and rank within the realm of nobles and cavalrymen that translates as the French equivalent of a Knight.

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Chevalier, (French: “horseman”), a French title originally equivalent to the English knight. Later the title chevalier came to be used in a variety of senses.