DID MARIE ANTOINETTE’S HAIR TURN WHITE BEFORE HER EXECUTION | History of the French royal family

Did Marie Antoinette’s hair TURN WHITE before her execution? In all the stories surrounding the history of the French royal family, the history of the French Revolution and the history of Marie Antoinette herself, this is surely one of the strangest. The tale has been around for centuries however and has become so famous that the phenomenon of one’s hair suddenly turning white has become known as Marie Antoinette Syndrome. Did her hair really go white the night before she went to the guillotine though, or is this one of the many fictional stories surrounding this tragic Queen of France and the Reign of Terror? In this French history documentary from History Calling we go back to 1793 to examine Marie Antoinette’s execution and the night before it in order to discover where this story comes from, if it’s true and how modern doctors and historians explain this apparently spooky phenomenon. Though this tale seems like a piece of unbelievable history, I’ll show you how it may have been possible thanks to the medical condition alopecia areata. We’ll also look at Marie Antoinette’s appearance in the years leading up to her death to find out if she’d previously had problems with her hair. SUBSCRIBE with NOTIFICATIONS switched on for new videos every Friday. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/historycalling Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historycalling/ YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: The mysterious disappearance of Benjamin Bathurst /watch/YPN18c8qHs1q1 The birth of Anne Boleyn /watch/wyTU0MS9_Ai9U What happened to Queen Anne’s Children? /watch/ggTGJmw0cUq0G The mystery of Skeleton Lake /watch/kB1IhRe8IYF8I BUY OR RENT Marie Antoinette, dir. Sofia Coppola (2007) [covers the years up to the Revolution. Not entirely accurate, but it’s become a bit of a cult favourite] https://amzn.to/3fyNbLs (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/3BJjUXj (US LINK) DVD Marie Antoinette, dir. Sofia Coppola (2007) https://amzn.to/2Zt6wUY READ Antonia Fraser, Marie Antoinette: the journey (London, 2001). https://amzn.to/2NvFJVw (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/3iYRwYF (US LINK) Geri Walton, Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe (Pen & Sword, 2020). [Just in case you’d like to know more about the Queen’s equally ill-fated friend] https://amzn.to/3qu8ArV (UK LINK) OR https://amzn.to/371mb1T (US LINK For Creative Commons licenses used see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ NB: Links above may be affiliate links. This means that if you choose to make a purchase through one of these links, I earn a small commission. It does not affect the price you pay.

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