Princess Beatrice
Princess Beatrice (later Princess Henry of Battenberg), Victoria's ninth and last child, passed it on to at least two, if not three, of her four children:
- Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (later Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain), who passed it on to
- Infante Alfonso of Spain, Prince of Asturias. Died at age 31, bleeding to death after a car accident.
- Infante Gonzalo. Died at age 19, bleeding to death after a car accident.
- Victoria Eugenie's two daughters, Infantas Beatriz and Maria Cristina of Spain, both have living descendants none of whom has been known to have or to transmit haemophilia.
- Prince Leopold of Battenberg (later, Lord Leopold Mountbatten). Died at age 32 during a knee operation.
- Prince Maurice of Battenberg. Killed in action in World War I in 1914 at the age of 23. Maurice's haemophilia is disputed by various sources: It seems unlikely that a known haemophiliac would be allowed to serve in combat.
Read more about this topic: Haemophilia In European Royalty
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