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 ...

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 ...

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.

he appealed to the Queen, who told him "it would never do." Still, he went personally to the War Office, and received a staff assignment. Victoria warned him of the unhealthy climate of equatorial ...