Participant Info
- First Name
- Lucy Sarah Valerie
- Last Name
- Coatman
- Country
- Austria
- State
- lsvcoatman@gmail.com
- Affiliation
- Central European University
- Website URL
- www.lucycoatman.com
- Keywords
- Habsburg, Austria, Austria-Hungary, monarchy, Empress Elisabeth ('Sisi'), Empress Zita, Mary Vetsera, Mayerling, Crown Prince Rudolf, Vetsera-Baltazzi family, Franz Joseph, court life, royal portraiture, Mozart, biography, 19th century, 20th century
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- other credentials
Personal Info
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- About Me
I am fascinated by the nobility of 19th and early 20th century Austria and Bavaria. Currently, I am researching Empress Zita’s portraiture, and writing a biography of Baroness Mary Vetsera. I particularly enjoy sharing my research with theatre, and most recently worked with the Scottish Ballet for their production of ‘The Scandal at Mayerling.’ I am also a public historian at the Mozarthaus Vienna.
Undergraduate dissertation: Spiritual themes in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (St Andrews)
MLitt dissertation: Masculinity and Fatherhood in the Correspondence of Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (St Andrews)
Currently, I am researching “The Last Empress: The Transitions, Images and Functions of Zita of Bourbon-Parma, 1911-1922” at Central European University, Austria.
- Recent Publications
Love Is Dead: Newly discovered letters get us closer to understanding the tragic truth of royal murder-suicide at Mayerling, History Today, February 2022).
‘A mortal comes up like a flower and is cut down’ – the life and death of Mary Vetsera https://womenshistorynetwork.org/a-mortal-comes-up-like-a-flower-and-is-cut-down-by-lucy-coatman
Stéphanie: A Life in the Shadow of Mayerling https://teamqueens.org/2022/01/12/stephanie-a-life-in-the-shadow-of-mayerling/
Mater Dolorosa: Elisabeth in the Aftermath of Mayerling (forthcoming)
Myth, Misrepresentation, and Truth in the Life and Death of Baroness Mary Vetsera
- Media Coverage
- @lucy_coatman
- Country Focus
- Austria, 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