Unofficial Royalty: Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany.George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle in Windsor, England Died: March 28, 1884, aged 30, in Cannes, France.Married: Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont in 1882.Parents: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.Born: Apat Buckingham Palace in London, England.Unofficial Royalty: Royal Hemophilia CarriersĪll photos are from Wikipedia unless otherwise noted.Unofficial Royalty: What is Hemophilia?.Zeepvat includes a genealogical chart showing the potential carriers and sufferers. ![]() Many boys in the family were particularly fragile and died young. However, in her biography of Prince Leopold, Queen Victoria’s hemophiliac son, Prince Leopold: The Untold Story of Queen Victoria’s Youngest Son, Charlotte Zeepvat puts forth a theory that there may have been unrecognized hemophilia in the ancestors of Queen Victoria’s mother. Spontaneous mutations are the cause of about 30% of hemophilia cases. Her father, Edward, Duke of Kent, was not a hemophiliac and there was no history of hemophilia in the family of her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. It is probable that the royal hemophilia appeared because of a spontaneous mutation in Queen Victoria. When bleeding occurs in a vital organ, especially the brain, a hemophiliac’s life is in danger. ![]() There can be bleeding in joints, especially knees, ankles, and elbows, and in tissues and muscles. External bleeding is usually not serious, but internal bleeding can be very problematic. A hemophiliac will not bleed more profusely or more quickly than other people but will bleed for a longer time. Hemophilia is a genetic disease that prevents the blood from clotting properly. By Susan Flantzer © Unofficial Royalty 2012
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