Haemophilia in European Royalty - Prince Leopold

Prince Leopold

Leopold, Victoria's eighth child, was a haemophiliac who died from bleeding after a fall. He lived to the age of 30, long enough to pass the gene on to his only daughter (his posthumous son being unaffected, as is usual when the gene is carried only by the father):

• Princess Alice of Albany (later Countess of Athlone), who in turn passed it on to her oldest son:
  • Prince Rupert of Teck (died at the age of 20, bleeding to death after a car accident)

Alice of Albany's youngest son Prince Maurice of Teck, died in infancy, so it is not known if he was a sufferer. Her daughter Lady May Abel Smith, Leopold's granddaughter, has living descendants none of whom has been known to have or to transmit haemophilia.