Haemophilia In European Royalty

[acdc1]

In Robert K. Massie's book Nicholas and Alexandra, he says that there may still be the gene out there, and a future boy may be born with it, but that so far nobody has had it in the fifth?, sixth?, and seventh? generations.

sorry I get my generations confused

[magnik]

Maybe you knowit or maybe not Haemophilia in Queen Victoria's Descendants

[fearghas]

Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg (nee Weiller) is a descendant through the female line of Queen Victoria. As far as I know none of her three sons have Haemophillia. It is possible that her daughter, Princess Charlotte could be acarrier.

[Furienna]

If none of her brothers have haemophilia, I doubt she's a carrier.

[Vanesa]

She could actually be a carrier, even if his brothers are free of haemofilia. If you read some of the essais published about the matter, you'll see that you can have only one of your sons with haemophilia, or all of them. Princes Sibilla of Luxemburg had only two sons. It could be that if she would have keeping having more children, one of them could have been an haemophiliac...or not.

This disease is capricious and complicated.

Vanesa.

[morhange]

Sibilla only had one brother, Paul, and he died when he was young, and so it could be possible it was due to hemophilia. Even if Sibilla isn't a carrier, she has two younger unmarried sisters who could be, and her older sister has two daughters who could be.

Think of Queen Victoria. She had three completely healthy sons before she had Prince Leopold. Sibilla could also be in the same state, and perhaps her only daughter is a carrier, or perhaps not. Only time will tell. Sibilla's older sister, Beatrice, has two sons and two daughters. Now the sons may be healthy, but the daughters may be carriers. The same goes for their younger sisters Cosima and Domitilla.

[lyndaW]

Lets just hope that hemophelia is a thing of the past

[Furienna]

I don't think it's a thing of the past. There still are haemophiliacs. But I think they can live better lives now than what they could back in the old days.

[wymanda]

Originally Posted by fearghas

Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg (nee Weiller) is a descendant through the female line of Queen Victoria. As far as I know none of her three sons have Haemophillia. It is possible that her daughter, Princess Charlotte could be acarrier.

From which daughter is she descended?

[fearghas]

Princess Sibilla is a descendant of Queen Victorias youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice, through her daughter, Princess Victoria Eugenie who became Queen of Spain.

[Jo of Palatine]

Originally Posted by fearghas

Princess Sibilla is a descendant of Queen Victorias youngest daughter, Princess Beatrice, through her daughter, Princess Victoria Eugenie who became Queen of Spain.

Maybe this quote interests you:

" The King's choice was peculiarly acceptable to us as a family, and to Spain as a nation : the Princess brought newblood, health, and youth into our midst ; in her we had no reason to fear the curse of heredity, her "background" was untemperamental, nothing better could have been wished for in short, the advent of Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg was entirely welcome."

A statement by HRH Maria Eulalia of Spain, duchess of Montpensier from her book "Courts and Countries" from 1925 - you can read it as text only or on viewing the book at http://ia310903.us.archive.org/0/ite...11mbp_djvu.txt

If only they had known....

And another statement about Victoria Eugenie from the same book:

" Victoria Eugenie never attempts to meddle in politics, and I am sure that she prefers to be known as a Queen of Beauty and a Queen of Hearts, rather than as a queen intrigued by diplomacy and questions of State. "

So in 1925 "Queen of Hearts" already was used to describe a Royal personality...

[billie-jo]

l have this in my family on my mother's side.
my grand mother as it and my mother as well as
my brother and is three girl's.
And my younger brother as it as well as his
new baby boy.
And i have it as well as my older son.
billie-jo

[fee]

well then you should be in a position to tell us, whether this disease is something that could be completely hidden from the public or not.
Do you (not only you Billie-Jo, but a question to all) think that if for ex Prince Edward had HP (which would explain his absence from any military service) BuckHouse would have told us? Or would they have relied on and hoped for the advanced medical treatments? (Of course it is highly unlikely that Edward would have inherited it since the female line between QEII and VIctoria is interrupted)

[Elspeth]

Originally Posted by billie-jo

l have this in my family on my mother's side.
my grand mother as it and my mother as well as
my brother and is three girl's.
And my younger brother as it as well as his
new baby boy.
And i have it as well as my older son.
billie-jo

That sounds like an unusually large number of females to have the disease rather than be carriers.