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1 online resource (192 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
Queen Victoria's son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from the condition. Medically, there are only two possibilities: either one of Victoria's parents had a 1 in 50,000 random mutation, or Victoria was the illegitimate child of a haemophiliac man. However the haemophilia gene arose, it had a profound effect on history. Two of Victoria's daughters were silent carriers who passed the disease to the Spanish and Russian royal families. The disease played a role in the origin of the Spanish Civil War; and the tsarina's concern over her only son's haemophilia led to the entry of Rasputin into the royal household, contributing directly to the Russian revolution. |
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Print version record. |
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Family.
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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Health.
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HISTORY / World.
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Diseases and history -- Europe.
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Hemophilia -- Genetic aspects.
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Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Genealogy.
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Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Health and hygiene.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Potts, W. T. W. (William Taylor Windle)
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Print version: Potts, D. M. Queen Victoria's gene. Stroud : Sutton Pub., 1999. 0750911999 (DLC)99231937 |
| Standard No. |
9780752471969 |
| ISBN |
9780752471969 (e-pub) |
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