Duel with Baron Servan

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Timeframe: Nov 01, 1698-May 01, 1699

The Baron Servan was hanging out in the green room at the opera and insulted a number of the women. La Maupin, dressed as a cavalier and calling herself "chevalier de Raincy" (or perhaps "de Rainey") challenged him to a duel and beat him badly. Some accounts have her using a sword and some a pistol. The baron was chagrined to learn that he had been bested by a woman and retired to his country estate. La Maupin was treated very warmly by her colleagues after this. There is some suggestion that this was immediate upon her return to Paris.

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