European royalty Haemophilia

queen victoria passed haemophilia on many of descendants.

haemophilia has featured prominently in european royalty , known royal disease . queen victoria passed mutation haemophilia b son leopold and, through 2 of daughters, alice , beatrice, various royals across continent, including royal families of spain, germany, , russia. in russia, tsarevich alexei, son , heir of tsar nicholas ii, famously suffered haemophilia, had gotten mother, empress alexandra, 1 of queen victoria s granddaughters. haemophilia of alexei result in rise prominence of russian mystic grigori rasputin, @ imperial court.

it claimed rasputin successful @ treating tsarevich alexei s haemophilia. @ time, common treatment administered professional doctors use aspirin, worsened rather lessened problem. believed that, advising against medical treatment, rasputin bring visible , significant improvement condition of tsarevich alexei.

in spain, queen victoria s youngest daughter, princess beatrice, had daughter victoria eugenie of battenberg, later became queen of spain. 2 of sons haemophiliacs , both died minor car accidents. eldest son, prince alfonso of spain, prince of asturias, died @ age of 31 internal bleeding after car hit telephone booth. youngest son, infante gonzalo, died @ age 19 abdominal bleeding following minor car accident in , sister hit wall while avoiding cyclist. neither appeared injured or sought immediate medical care , gonzalo died 2 days later internal bleeding.