Mademoiselle Savalette De Lange, Henriette-Jenny
Filed By Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | October 26, 2011 10:00 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/10/mademoiselle_savalette_de_lange_henriette-jenny.phpMademoiselle Savalette De Lange, Henriette-Jeanette, lived in 18th century France in the Palace of Versaille. She was a ubiquitous figure of high Parisian society, and her life is a story of transgender empowerment at the same time that hers was also a difficult lot.
Her story comes to us today from one of the fascinating gems of the internet: "A Gender Variance Who's Who." Written under the nom de plume of "Zagria" since 2006, it provides daily biographies of gender variant people.
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26 October 2011
Jenny De Savalette De Lange (1790 - 1858) pensioner.
http://zagria.blogspot.com/2011/10/jenny-de-savalette-de-lange-1790-1858.htmlJenny, the daughter of a major freemason, lived in Paris and Versailles first on a government pension of 1,000 francs a year granted by Napoleon in 1812 for services rendered by her family, which continued until the fall of the Empire in 1822, and then the salary of a postmistress, although she did not do the associated tasks. Her pension was restored in 1825. She also had rooms in Versailles Palace until 1853 when it was turned into a museum.
She had suitors, and was even engaged, but never went as far as marriage. She was criticized as looking masculine.
She was outed as male-bodied when she was prepared for burial.
