Petrus Gonzales
c. 1537 – c. 1618
Born in the Canary Islands with the condition of hypertrichosis (excessive body hair). Taken when an infant to the royal court in Paris as a curiosity. Educated as a nobleman. A bread-bearer for the French king. Married a French woman in 1573. Exhibited along with his hairy children in various European royal courts. The subject of several reports by scholars.
Source
Wiesner-Hanks 2009
Bibliography
Wiesner-Hanks, Merry. 2009. The marvelous hairy girls: the Gonzales sisters and their worlds. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
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