Essay About Hemophilia Carrier And Spanish Royal Family

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The Spanish royal family bleeds out
The youngest of Queen Victoria’s nine children, Beatrice, was born in
1857. She was a hemophilia carrier. She married Henry of Battenberg and
transmitted the gene to three of her four children; the eldest son was unaffected.
The second son, Leopold, was a hemophiliac. He joined the King’s
Royal Rifle Corps, but because he was physically delicate and lame,
he never saw active service; he died in 1922 following a hip operation.
The third son, Maurice, also probably a hemophiliac (although this has
been disputed), joined the King’s Royal Fusiliers and died of wounds received
at the battle of Ypres. The only daughter, Victoria Eugenie (known
as Ena), who was a carrier for hemophilia, married Alphonso XIII, the
King of Spain; her condition had a significant impact on the political stability
of Spain.
The shortage of healthy heirs from the marriage of Eugenie and
Alphonso contributed to anti-British feeling in Spain since it was believed
that the British had defiled the royal blood of Spain by imposing ayourselves and you will lose to the last man.” For once, Nicholas ignored
Rasputin’s advice and mobilized the army against Austria. As a result of
the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy, this action meant
that Tsar Nicholas of Russia was at war with his cousin-in-law Wilhelm II
of Germany, who in turn was at war with his cousin King George V of
Great Britain. In the first year, Russia lost 4 million men. After the Tsar
took over as Commander-in-Chief in 1916, the results were even more disastrous,
and Nicholas was seen as personally responsible. Nicholas’ position
as Commander-in-Chief took him away from St. Petersburg, and
Alexandra was left to govern in his absence. While she ruled the country,
Rasputin ruled her. He prevailed upon her to make several government
appointments, and the positions were filled by individuals who turned
out to be unfit for their duties. The turnover rate among these officials was
high, adding instability to incompetence. Both Rasputin and Alexandra
were hated by the Russian people, not least because of Alexandra’s German
origins, which led to accusations that she was a traitor. An increasingly
high mortality rate among the soldiers at the front, as well as Alexandra’s
urging