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and afterwhle Don GonzaIo. both Of whom are said 70 30
mentally deficient.
Then it was announced in 1890 that the Prince q
Astunas had been restored to health. The Spanish peo-
pie wondered. His disease was incurable. Many con-
sidered The cure a rumor. Until the throne was upset they
were still wondering what 10 do about a king to succeed
Alfonso XIII.
Another granddaughter Of Queen Victoria Of England
introduced the same tragic disease Of haemophlia into the
Russian royal family.
Princess Alix Of Hesse. whose mother was Alice. sec
ond daughter Of Victoria. married Gar Nicholas III Of
Russia in 1894. She was related to the car. for her
father was the Grand Duke Of Hesse and the cars pa
tenal grandmother had been a princess Of Hesse. lust
the same. the union was made, as everybody knew. just for
purposes OF state.
DRINCESS ALIX had four daughters. The car
waited for a son. In 1904 the Czarevich Alexis
Nicholaievtch was born. The cathedral bells rang.
carriage took the royal family to the christening. For eight
year; all was well. The heir to the crown was attractive
and bright.
Then. all Of a sudden. strange rumors dnfted from The
palace. The czarevitch always had a violent hemonhage.
after the smallest cut. il was reported. Something had
happened. He was ill now. And he always would Be.
so the people learned. for he was a haemophiiac.
he had a strange and very painful form Of the disease.
one that Is seldom found. His bleeding occurred in his
joints and under the skin. making him almost a cripple. He
couldn't exercise very much, tor lhe exertion would have
ended in death.
One day court etiquet required the czarevitch To ST On
a horse for a little while. The regiment of which he was
nominal colonel was passing by. He must review il. The
little prince sat very quietly until he tainted. When his
clothing was removed II was discovered that his back was
a great. bleeding wound.
A single rough spot in his clothing would start terrible
bleeding. II took weeks and weeks for the smallest wound
to heal; 1t was quite plain that the car didn't have an
heir to his throne. "A haemophiliac could not fulfill all the
active duties Of an emperor.
The czarevtch suffered along until he was killed during
the revolution with his parents and sisters. He was 10
years old at the time.
Queen Victoria's vouncest = IL. nrL. q ATL-u-
was a victim Of haemophiia. He couldn't 20 to school or
take part in sports. Just one mischievous punch. in
scrImmage. might have caused his death. The boy was
reared very carefully. He grew up, married and had chill
dren. But the disease conquered. while he was still quite
young, and he died.
XTlSCOUNT TREMATON. nephew Of Queen Mary
Y and heir to the Earl of AthIone, bed to death with
tins disease three years ago. He was motoring in
France when a crash occurred. His scratches were so
trivial that a normal person wouldn't have needed a doctor.
But the vscount bled to death.
he. too. was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria. and
hs father and mother were cousins. He was the Oldest son
OF Queen Mays brother. the Earl Of Athlone, who in
turn was a grandson of the Duke of Cambridge. an uncle
Of Queen Victoria.
before shown outward signs of being afflicted with this dis
ease. He had been athletic and energetic. But a few
little scratches killed him.
Prince Waldemar. Of Russia. is another victim Of this
malady. He is AZ years old. an old age for a haemo-
phliac. Yet he has to live quietly. taking extreme care
to avoid all scratches. He knows that the slightest one
would probably make him bleed to death. But with tie
new cure he. too. has a chance at life.