Prince Leopold

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), Queen Victoria's fourth son and eighth child shown reading. The most academic of the Queen's sons, Leopold led a closeted existence due to his haemophilia. In 1872, he became a student at Oxford, much against his mother's wishes, but where he mixed with some of the finest minds in the country. Leopold took on an increasingly active role in public life, supporting a wide range of social, medical and artistic causes and enjoyed a happy marriage to Priness Helena of Waldeck with whom he had two children. Leopold died in 1884 following a fall while recuperating in CAnnes

1853 Academic Albany Enjoyed Finest Haemophilia Increasingly Minds Mixed Priness Recuperating Supporting Waldeck Wishes

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