Lucy Coatman

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Historian - currently writing a biography of Mary Vetsera. Researching the Baltazzi-Vetsera family, Crown Prince Rudolf, Mayerling, Empress Zita, portraiture đź‘‘ #Histodons
Websitewww.lucycoatman.com
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Tracing the education of the Vetsera daughters in the archives… #histodons
Very excited to be giving a guest talk on the Mayerling incident with
@HistoryIndoors
in February! Will share some juicy new research from my upcoming book on Mary Vetsera đź‘€ get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scandal-in-the-house-of-habsburg-the-mayerling-incident-tickets-476590102827 #histodons
Scandal in the House of Habsburg: the Mayerling incident

History Indoors presents 'Scandal in the House of Habsburg: the Mayerling incident' with special guest historian, Lucy Coatman

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Otto von Habsburg was born 110 years ago today. I was very happy to attend the conference “Otto von Habsburg und seine Bedeutung für Europa” in Munich earlier this week! #histodons #history #habsburghistory #habsburg
A rather emotional visit to Baroness Mary Vetsera’s grave today. I just hope I do her justice with my book. That is all I want! #histodons

A thoughtful, bite-sized piece by Lucy Coatman for the Womens History Network that humanizes Mary Vetsera, a figure who is now best known for the mythology surrounding her death at Mayerling than for the circumstances of her life.

https://womenshistorynetwork.org/a-mortal-comes-up-like-a-flower-and-is-cut-down-by-lucy-coatman/

A mortal […] comes up like a flower and is cut down, by Lucy Coatman

Carved onto the gravestone of Baroness Mary Vetsera in Heiligenkreuz, this Bible verse provides a sobering outlook on her short life. In the early hours of the 30th of January 1889, seventeen year …

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#Histodons, I have no idea what I am doing, but I am now here! I research Mary Vetsera, Crown Prince Rudolf, the events of Mayerling, and Empress Zita’s portraiture. 👑 #Habsburghistory #history