Antonietta Gonsalvus

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Antonietta (Tognina) Gonsalvus, also Gonzalves or Conzales (born c. 1580 in France) was a so-called monkey girl. She became famous for having (like her father and three of her five brothers) hypertrichosis (a congenital disease). Her family is considered to be the oldest case of human excessive hair growth described in Europe. Antonietta died c. 1655 in Capodimonte (Viterbo), Italy, where her father also died.

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