Dear Elnora, It is probably not correct to say that the hemophilia was caused by intermarriage (apprarently the appearance of hemophilia in Queen Victoria's descendents was caused by a spontaneous mutation since up to that time it had been unknown in the British Royal family). The fact is that Royals married other Royals and at this time the British were at the height of power and influence. Queen Victoria's large family intermarried into many European Royal families causing many of their male descendents to be afflicted with this disease. However, not all the daughters were carriers apparently. Kaiser Wilhelm didn't have this disease so apparently Princess "Vicky" did not pass this desease onto her son. I don't remember which German Prince was the father of Princess Alix later to become Alexandra the Czarina of Russia, but the English Princess he married (Princess Alice??) was a carrier so hemopilia entered this family. Actually I have forgotten about half of the history I once knew so before I take a chance on making some erroneous statements I think I will do sme "lookups" <grin> Actually rather than looking for a book or something there ought to be quite a lot on this topic on the web so bye for now while I look about. Gail ----- Original Message ----- From: John & Elnora Wyrick <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 20:17 Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Death Cause > Could that be "Hemophilia", so prevalent in Royal Families > due to much intermarriage? > > I would be interested in knowing for sure also. > > Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick > > > >