She was trained in fencing and other subjects as a male, usually dressed as a male in public, and had both male and female lovers. She was the mistress of a count, married Sieur de Maupin, who didn’t care for her at all, sang for the Paris Opera and the Opéra du Quai au Foin in Brussels, offended people, won fencing duels, and took a female lover, Madame la Marquise de Florensac. When de Florensac died, Julie retired to a convent and a couple years after. when she was 33 years old, she died.