Prince Henry of Prussia (1900–1904)

Prince Heinrich of Prussia (German: Heinrich Viktor Ludwig Friedrich; 9 January 1900 – 26 February 1904), was the haemophiliac third son and youngest child of Prince Henry of Prussia and Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, and thus a grandson of Frederick III, German Emperor on his father's side and a great-grandson of Queen Victoria through both his mother and father. He died aged four.

Prince Heinrich
Prince Henry, c. 1903.
Born(1900-01-09)9 January 1900
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire
Died26 February 1904(1904-02-26) (aged 4)
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire
Burial29 February 1904
Schloss Hemmelmark, Barkelsby, Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire
Full name
German: Heinrich Viktor Ludwig Friedrich
English: Henry Victor Louis Frederick
HouseHohenzollern
FatherPrince Henry of Prussia
MotherPrincess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine
ReligionEvangelical Christian

Life

Prince Heinrich was born on 9 January 1900, in Kiel. His father was pleased by the birth of yet another son, especially such a handsome one, as the Prince had blonde hair. The newborn Prince immediately received the title Prince of Prussia with the style Royal Highness, and was baptised Heinrich Viktor Ludwig Friedrich in Kiel Castle on 15 March 1900.[1] His older brothers were Prince Waldemar, a namesake of his uncle, and Prince Sigismund, a namesake of his other deceased uncle. Heinrich was named in honour of his father. The Prince was diagnosed with haemophilia as a young child, but, despite this, was a very cheerful and lively boy who liked to play a lot. As Henry grew older he became more aware of his condition.

Death

On 25 February, Princess Irene left Heinrich unsupervised for a few minutes while she went to fetch something. The playful Prince climbed a chair, and then he climbed onto the table. As he heard his mother approaching, he attempted to quickly come down but stumbled while attempting to climb down the chair and fell on the floor headfirst. He started to scream, which immediately attracted the Princess' attention. By the time she reached him, the child was almost unconscious. The doctor said the fall had not been that bad and the child would have survived had he not been a haemophiliac. However, suffering from this condition, it was certain the young Prince would die. He was suffering from a brain haemorrhage. He lingered for a couple of hours, but died the following day, on 26 February. He was four years old.

Aftermath

Prince Heinrich's premature death would later very much affect the Princess, who would withdraw into herself. One of his older brothers, Prince Waldemar, also had haemophilia. He lived up to the age of 56 and was married, without children. The middle sibling, Prince Sigismund, was unaffected by the disease.

Ancestry

Notes
  1. "Court Circular". The Times (36091). London. 16 March 1900. p. 6.

References
Haemophilia in European royalty
Queen Victoria
Xx		Albert
XY
Victoria
X?		Edward VII
XY		Alice
Xx		Louis IV
XY		Alfred
XY		Helena
X?		Louise
X?		Arthur
XY		Leopold
xY		Helena
XX		Beatrice
Xx		Henry
XY
Victoria
X?		Elisabeth
X?		Irene
Xx		Henry
XY		Ernest Louis
XY		Frederick
xY		Alix
Xx		Nicholas II
XY		Alice
Xx		Alexander
XY
Waldemar
xY		Sigismund
XY		Henry
xY		Olga
XX?		Tatiana
XX?		Maria
Xx?		Anastasia
XX?		Alexei
xY
May
X?		Rupert
xY		Maurice
?Y
Alexander
XY		Victoria Eugenie
Xx		Alfonso XIII
XY		Leopold
xY		Maurice
xY?
Alfonso
xY		Jaime
XY		Beatriz
X?		Maria Cristina
X?		Juan
XY		Gonzalo
xY
Legend: X – unaffected X chromosome; x – affected X chromosome; Y – Y chromosome; ? - unknown carrier status
Source: Aronova-Tiuntseva, Yelena; Herreid, Clyde Freeman (20 September 2003). "Hemophilia: 'The Royal Disease'" (PDF). SciLinks. National Science Teachers Association. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2018.
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