Lucy Coatman
@lucycoatman.bsky.social
Historian - Mary Vetsera's biographer. Musical theatre obsessive. Coordinating editor for "Moriz Nähr, Photographer for Habsburg, Klimt and Wittgenstein" @ Klimt Foundation.
🇬🇧 in 🇦🇹
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Look who I found… @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Look who I found… @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social
Also up for auction is this pastel portrait of Mary Vetsera. Had the chance to see it the other month at a research appointment!
May 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Also up for auction is this pastel portrait of Mary Vetsera. Had the chance to see it the other month at a research appointment!
May 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Came for a Vetsera related meeting, stayed for the art.
April 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Came for a Vetsera related meeting, stayed for the art.
I had a fun morning on Saturday filming my interview for an upcoming Secrets d’Histoire episode in Empress Zita at the French embassy in Vienna! It was really nice to get back into material that I haven’t had a chance to look at for a while.
April 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I had a fun morning on Saturday filming my interview for an upcoming Secrets d’Histoire episode in Empress Zita at the French embassy in Vienna! It was really nice to get back into material that I haven’t had a chance to look at for a while.
April 1, 1989: Empress Zita’s funeral. She was buried on the anniversary of the death of her husband Karl (April 1, 1922), who she loved so much.
April 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
April 1, 1989: Empress Zita’s funeral. She was buried on the anniversary of the death of her husband Karl (April 1, 1922), who she loved so much.
The future Emperor Karl as a child at Villa Wartholz.
📸: ÖNB
📸: ÖNB
April 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The future Emperor Karl as a child at Villa Wartholz.
📸: ÖNB
📸: ÖNB
Kind of obsessed with Crown Prince Rudolf’s picnic set that was auctioned in 2008.
March 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Kind of obsessed with Crown Prince Rudolf’s picnic set that was auctioned in 2008.
Where else would Mayerling experts meet but in Kaffee Monarchie?
March 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Where else would Mayerling experts meet but in Kaffee Monarchie?
Born on this day in 1871: Marie Alexandrine Freiin von Vetsera, known as ‘Mary’. 🤍
📸: ÖNB
📸: ÖNB
March 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Born on this day in 1871: Marie Alexandrine Freiin von Vetsera, known as ‘Mary’. 🤍
📸: ÖNB
📸: ÖNB
New (old) Mary Vetsera photos in my collection! 🤩
March 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New (old) Mary Vetsera photos in my collection! 🤩
Who wore it better? Young Otto von Habsburg or King Charles?
March 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Who wore it better? Young Otto von Habsburg or King Charles?
Very excited for these Mary Vetsera cabinet photos I bought to arrive...!
March 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Very excited for these Mary Vetsera cabinet photos I bought to arrive...!
Mary Vetsera, 1888. Part of a series of photos taken on the day she met Crown Prince Rudolf. 📸: Wien Museum
March 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Mary Vetsera, 1888. Part of a series of photos taken on the day she met Crown Prince Rudolf. 📸: Wien Museum
22.2.1942 💔
“Ich grüsse alle meine Freunde! Mögen sie die Morgenröte noch sehen nach der langen Nacht! Ich, allzu Ungeduldiger, gehe ihnen voraus.”
“Ich grüsse alle meine Freunde! Mögen sie die Morgenröte noch sehen nach der langen Nacht! Ich, allzu Ungeduldiger, gehe ihnen voraus.”
February 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
22.2.1942 💔
“Ich grüsse alle meine Freunde! Mögen sie die Morgenröte noch sehen nach der langen Nacht! Ich, allzu Ungeduldiger, gehe ihnen voraus.”
“Ich grüsse alle meine Freunde! Mögen sie die Morgenröte noch sehen nach der langen Nacht! Ich, allzu Ungeduldiger, gehe ihnen voraus.”
Crown Prince Rudolf in 1881.
📸: Wien Museum
📸: Wien Museum
February 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Crown Prince Rudolf in 1881.
📸: Wien Museum
📸: Wien Museum
40 something-th time (honestly no idea anymore) watching The Phantom of the Opera this afternoon. I always think it isn’t possible for Anton Zetterholm to break my heart more than the last time, but he always does…
February 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
40 something-th time (honestly no idea anymore) watching The Phantom of the Opera this afternoon. I always think it isn’t possible for Anton Zetterholm to break my heart more than the last time, but he always does…
Very excited that the Mayerling episode of Secrets d'Histoire is being released! 19th February, 21:05, France 3.
The Mayerling incident happened 136 years ago today.
www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-p...
The Mayerling incident happened 136 years ago today.
www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-p...
January 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Very excited that the Mayerling episode of Secrets d'Histoire is being released! 19th February, 21:05, France 3.
The Mayerling incident happened 136 years ago today.
www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-p...
The Mayerling incident happened 136 years ago today.
www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-p...
On this day in 1889: Mary Vetsera and Crown Prince Rudolf make their way to Mayerling.
Photo from my collection.
Photo from my collection.
January 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
On this day in 1889: Mary Vetsera and Crown Prince Rudolf make their way to Mayerling.
Photo from my collection.
Photo from my collection.
This time last week I was having the most Viennese of birthday parties. 🥹
January 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This time last week I was having the most Viennese of birthday parties. 🥹
On this day in 1889: Mary Vetsera wrote her will.
📸: ÖNB
📸: ÖNB
January 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
On this day in 1889: Mary Vetsera wrote her will.
📸: ÖNB
📸: ÖNB
13th January 1889 was a day so special to Mary Vetsera that she had a cigarette case engraved for Crown Prince Rudolf with the words “13th January, thanks to fate”.
My birthday is also on this day, and my boyfriend got me a cigarette case with the same engraving. 🥹
My birthday is also on this day, and my boyfriend got me a cigarette case with the same engraving. 🥹
January 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
13th January 1889 was a day so special to Mary Vetsera that she had a cigarette case engraved for Crown Prince Rudolf with the words “13th January, thanks to fate”.
My birthday is also on this day, and my boyfriend got me a cigarette case with the same engraving. 🥹
My birthday is also on this day, and my boyfriend got me a cigarette case with the same engraving. 🥹
Very plain and unnoticeable Viennese doorway.
January 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Very plain and unnoticeable Viennese doorway.
Prosit Neujahr from Vienna! We went to see “Die Fledermaus”, traditionally performed on NYE.
January 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Prosit Neujahr from Vienna! We went to see “Die Fledermaus”, traditionally performed on NYE.
Memorial to Emperor Karl in the Michaelerkirche, Vienna.
December 31, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Memorial to Emperor Karl in the Michaelerkirche, Vienna.