The royal disease
Queen Victoria carried haemophilia. Her son Leopold had it, and through her granddaughters it reached Tsarevich Alexei of Russia and two sons of Alfonso XIII of Spain.
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Victoria
1819–1901 · Hanover
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901. Born at Kensington Palace. Died at Osborne House.
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Reigned
| 1837–1901 | Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Also held: Emperor of India
Family
- Father
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
- Mother
- Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- Married
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1840
- Children (9)
- Victoria, Princess Royal 1840
Edward VII 1841
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom 1843
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1844
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom 1846
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll 1848
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn 1850
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany 1853
Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom 1857 - Siblings (2)
- Prince Karl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen 1804
Feodora of Leiningen 1807
Related to
- Victoria was the 28× great-granddaughter of Charlemagne.
- Victoria was the third cousin 6 times removed of Louis XIV of France.