Participant Info
- First Name
- Lucy Sarah Valerie
- Last Name
- Coatman
- Country
- Austria
- State
- lsvcoatman@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Independent researcher
- Website URL
- www.lucycoatman.com
- Keywords
- Habsburg, biography, Mary Vetsera, Mayerling, Crown Prince Rudolf, Mayerling incident, Baltazzi-Vetsera, Empress Zita, royal portraiture, postcards, history of photography
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Lucy Coatman, MLitt MA MA (University of St Andrews, Central European University) is a historian of 19th and early 20th century Austria who lives and works in Vienna. She is currently writing the first English language biography of Baroness Mary Vetsera. Recently, Lucy worked with Secrets d’Histoire for their forthcoming episode about Empress Zita, was featured in their episode on the Mayerling incident and worked with the Scottish Ballet for their production of The Scandal at Mayerling. Lucy is also the coordinating editor for the project “Moriz Nähr, Photographer for Habsburg, Klimt and Wittgenstein” at the Klimt Foundation Vienna.
She is fascinated by the nobility of 19th and early 20th century Austria and Bavaria from a biographical perspective. She aims at reconstructing the everyday, emotions and familial relationships as well as friendships. Her work focuses on the Mayerling incident, the Baltazzi-Vetsera family, Crown Prince Rudolf, Empress Zita, and portraiture.
Lucy’s work has included writing articles for history websites, magazines and journals, lecturing, as well as advising TV programmes and performers in theatre and ballet about the historical figures they are portraying. Prior to her historical studies, Lucy trained and performed professionally as an actress. She very much welcomes opportunities that offer the chance to combine these two areas, particularly as a dramaturg.
- Recent Publications
Please contact me for a full list of my publications, interviews, conferences, workshops and podcasts.
Forthcoming book: the first English language biography of Baroness Mary Vetsera
TV: Secrets d’Histoire (Les amants tragiques de Mayerling; forthcoming episode on Empress Zita)
Recent articles: “Ephemeral Images: Zita of Bourbon-Parma and the Picture Postcard” (Royal Studies Journal)
“Love is dead: Newly discovered letters get us closer to understanding the tragic truth of royal-murder suicide at Mayerling” (History Today magazine)
- Media Coverage
- Please contact per email
- Social Media
- @lucy_coatman
- Country Focus
- Austria, Hungary, Bavaria
- Expertise by Geography
- Germany, Western Europe
- Expertise by Chronology
- 18th century, 19th century, Early Modern, Modern, 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Children & Youth, Family, Gender, Local & Regional, Material Culture, Museums, Public History, Religion, Women, World War I
