Queen Victoria's youngest son lived an interesting and short life - but his own son is remembered for all the wrong reasons.

Hemophilia in historical context The most notorious carrier of hemophilia B was Queen Victoria, who passed the disease to three of her offspring. Prince Leopold succumbed to an injury-induced ...

Victoria was unimpressed. As queen, however, she interviewed German ... although no other case of the contagious disease had been reported in the vicinity. They were optimistic about his recovery.

A disease caused by the inheritance of a defective X chromosome, it has plagued European royalty for three generations. Queen Victoria was the first carrier of the mutation, 'which may not yet be ...

She was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 63 years. Queen Victoria married Prince Albert from Germany. The queen's reign is known as the Victorian age. Nearly 200 years ...

Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on 28th June 1838, aged 19. The ceremony took five hours and suffered from a lack of rehearsal. No one except the Queen ...