Haemophilia in European royalty
PREPONDERANCE OF A GENETIC DISORDER
Royal disease; Haemophilia in european royalty; Hemophilia in European royalty
Haemophilia figured prominently in the history of European royalty in the 19th and 20th centuries. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, through two of her five daughters – Princess Alice and Princess Beatrice – passed the mutation to various royal houses across the continent, including the royal families of Spain, Germany, and Russia.