Historical story

The "Scucchia" of the Habsburgs

Profile of Marie Antoinette. The typical prognathism of the Habsburgs is evident

Members of the Habsburg family, one of the oldest and greatest European dynasties, they had a characteristic physical trait that was handed down one after the other, the so-called "scucchia", or that mandibular prognathism of genetic origin which was a characteristic of their faces and which is also evident from the portraits (it is no coincidence that we speak of " Habsburg chin ").

Not that they were ugly, indeed, to Marie Antoinette for example, the queen of France guillotined during the Revolution, her protruding chin did not prevent her from being considered one of the most attractive women of her time.