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This is a list of notable women, either famous themselves or closely associated with someone well known, who suffered
maternal death as defined by the
World Health Organization (WHO):
"the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes."
Note that this wording includes
abortion ,
miscarriage ,
stillbirth , and
ectopic pregnancy . Generally, there is a distinction between a direct maternal death that is the result of a complication of the pregnancy, delivery, or management of the two, and an indirect maternal death that is a pregnancy-related death in a woman with a pre-existing or newly developed health problem unrelated to pregnancy. Fatalities during but unrelated to a pregnancy are termed accidental, incidental, or non-obstetrical maternal deaths.
However, the WHO definition is only one of many; other definitions may include accidental and incidental causes. Cases with "incidental causes" include deaths secondary to
violence against women that may be related to the pregnancy and be affected by the socioeconomic and cultural environment. Also, it has been reported [
by whom? ] that about 10% of maternal deaths may occur late, that is after 42 days after a termination or delivery; thus, some definitions extend the period of observation to one year after the end of gestation.
Women by country
Angola
Australia
Austria
Joanna of Austria (1578),
Grand Duchess of Tuscany
Margaret of Austria (1611), Queen of Spain and Portugal
Maria Anna of Spain (1646), youngest daughter of
King Philip III of Spain and
Margaret of Austria , who also died in childbirth
Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1649), Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
Maria Antonia of Austria (1692), first wife of
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria
Maria Anna of Austria (1744)
Elisabeth of Württemberg (1790),
Archduchess of Austria
Barbara Reisinger (1806), wife of
Franz Xaver Gerl and opera singer
Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1817), Archduchess of Austria
the first wife of
Johann Georg Hiedler (1824)
Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1826),
Empress of Brazil and
Queen of Portugal
Christine Ponthieure de Berlaere (1837), first wife of
Louis Antoine Debrauz de Saldapenna
Adelaide of Austria (1855), first wife of
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia , future
King of Italy
Karoline Braun (née Kohn) (1888), mother of
Felix Braun . She died giving birth to his sister,
Käthe .
Anna Schapire (1911), writer and translator, and first wife of
Otto Neurath
Nora Kinsky (1923), mother of
Countess Georgina von Wilczek
Archduchess Helena of Austria (1924)
Bettina Strauss (1942), sister of
Leo Strauss , second wife of
Paul Kraus and mother of
Jenny Strauss Clay
Belarus
Belgium
Bohemia
Judith of Bohemia (1086), Duchess of Poland
Judith of Habsburg (1297),
Queen of Bohemia
Margaret of Bohemia (1322), daughter of
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and
Judith of Habsburg , who also died in childbirth
Agnes of Bohemia, Duchess of Jawor (1337)
Kunigunde of Sternberg (1449), days after she delivered twins,
Catherine of Poděbrady (who later died of childbirth) and
Sidonie
Catherine of Poděbrady (1464), Bohemian princess,
Queen of Hungary
Anne of Foix-Candale (1506), Bohemian princess,
Queen of Hungary , mother of
Anne of Bohemia and Hungary , who later died in childbirth.
Anna of Bohemia and Hungary (1547), Bohemian Princess died while giving birth to
Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany , who later died in childbirth
Juliane Reichardt (1783), pianist
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burma
Byzantine Empire
Cambodia
Canada
China
Fu Hao (1200 BC), the consort of
King Wu Ding of the
Shang dynasty and, unusually for that time, also served as a military general and high priestess, and she is the mother of Prince Jie
Xu Pingjun (71 BC), Consort of
Emperor Houshao of Han
Zhao Anzong (363), mother of
Emperor Wu of Song
Empress Yujiulü (540), second and last Consort of
Emperor Wen of Western Wei
Royal Consort Mo (618), Consort of
Emperor Gaozu of Tang
Princess Yongtai (701), daughter of the
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang dynasty and granddaughter of Empress
Wu Zetian
Princess Huaiyang (704), daughter of the
Emperor Ruizong of Tang
Princess Hezheng (764), daughter of the
Emperor Suzong of Tang
Princess Hanzhenmu (784), daughter of the
Emperor Dezong of Tang
Empress Wang (867), Consort of the
Emperor Yizong of Tang and mother of
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang . She was known as Empress Gongxian posthumously.
Lady Chang (1378), wife of the Crown Prince
Zhu Biao ; posthumously known as
Empress Xiaokang .
Empress Xiaojiesu (1528), first Empress Consort of the
Jiajing Emperor of the
Ming dynasty .
Amannisa Khan (1560)
Empress Dowager Xiaojing (1597), Consort of
Wanli Emperor of the
Ming dynasty , known as Consort Jing originally. She is the grandmother of
Yongli Emperor of
Southern Ming . She died while giving birth to his father Zhu Changying. And Yongli Emperor conferred her as Empress Dowager Xiaojing posthumously.
Consort Yu of Zhang Clan (1623), Consort of
Tianqi Emperor of the
Ming dynasty
Empress Xiaochengren (1674), first Empress Consort of the
Kangxi Emperor of the
Qing dynasty
Lady Lu (1677), wife of poet
Nalan Xingde
Empress Xiaozhaoren (1678), second Empress Consort of the
Kangxi Emperor of the
Qing dynasty
Empress Xiaoyiren (1689), third Empress Consort of the
Kangxi Emperor of the
Qing dynasty
Princess Wenxian of the First Rank (1702), daughter of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
Princess Wenke of the Second Rank (1709), daughter of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
Princess Dunke of the Second Rank (1710), daughter of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
Princess Chunque of the First Rank (1710), daughter of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
Noble Consort Xin (1764), Consort of the
Qianlong Emperor of the
Qing dynasty
Concubine Jian (1783), Consort of Aisin Gioro Yongyan (later Jiaqing Emperor)
Anne Edith Baylis (1872), first wife of
Henry Fletcher Hance (British diplomat and botanist)
Gurun Princess Rong'an (1875), daughter of the
Xianfeng Emperor of the
Qing dynasty
the mother of
Du Yuesheng (1888)
Aisin-Gioro Hengxin (1906), Biological mother of
Empress Wanrong
Shen Baoxiu (1918), first wife of
Yun Daiying
Zhang Xiyuan (1930), first wife of
Deng Xiaoping
Lu Yin (1934), writer
Ren Yong-ping (1937), mother of
Adeline Yen Mah
Cai Weilian (1939), oil painter, daughter of philosopher
Cai Yuanpei , wife of
Lin Wenzheng .
Shih Ching-i (1953), first wife of
Chiang Wei-kuo .
Croatia
Cuba
Caridad del Riesgo y Calero (1902), mother of
Alfonso Bernal del Riesgo (his mother died a few days after giving birth, and his twin brother died a little earlier)
Czechia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Egypt
Ethiopia
France
Judith of Flanders (870), wife of
Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders and eldest child of
Charles the Bald and
Ermentrude of Orléans
Matilda of Frisia (1044), first Queen of
Henry I , King of the Franks
Sibylla of Burgundy (1150)
Constance of Castile (1160), second wife of
Louis VII, King of France
Isabella of Hainault (1190), first wife of
King Philip II of France died the day after giving birth to twins. Both twins lived for only 4 days.
Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1201)
Agnes of Merania (1201), queen of France
Alix of Thouars (1221),
Duchess of Brittany
Yolande of Dreux (1248), first wife of
Hugh IV of Burgundy
Alice de Lusignan, Countess of Surrey (1256)
Margaret of France, Duchess of Brabant (1271), daughter of
Louis IX of France and his wife
Margaret of Provence
Joan I of Navarre (1305),
Queen of Navarre ,
Countess of Champagne , and
Queen of France
Beatrice of Luxembourg , Queen of Hungary (1319), wife of Charles I of Hungary
Marie of Luxembourg (1324), Queen consort of France and Navarre, second wife of King
Charles IV of France
Isabelle of Valois (1373), wife of
Gian Galeazzo Visconti ,
Lord of Milan
Joanna of Bourbon (1378), Queen of France
Isabella of Valois (1409), Queen consort of England as the second spouse of King
Richard II . Her parents were King
Charles VI of France and
Isabeau of Bavaria .
Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche (1412), first wife of
James II, Count of La Marche
Catherine of Valois (1437), Queen consort of England from 1420 to 1422.
Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Calabria (1448)
Agnès Sorel (1450), first
Chief Mistress Of
Charles VII of France
Anne of Savoy (1480), first wife of
Frederick of Naples
Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1519)
Claude of France (1524), Queen of France as the first wife of
Francis I
Eleonore of Fürstenberg (1544), wife of
Philipp IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Elisabeth of Valois (1568), Queen of Spain
Marguerite de Berbisey (1573), mother of
Jane Frances de Chantal
Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé (1574)
Claude of Valois (1575), Duchess of Lorraine
Charlotte de La Marck (1594),
Princess of Sedan and
Duchess of Bouillon
Jeanne Brochard (1597), mother of
René Descartes , died after giving birth to a stillborn child
Gabrielle d'Estrées (1599), mistress of the French King, died following
eclampsia
Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), Duchess of Orléans
Jeanne Sconin Racine (1641), mother of
Jean Racine , died while giving birth to her second child, Marie
Elisabeth of France (1644), first wife and Queen consort of
Philip IV of Spain
Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1648), wife of
Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine , died while giving birth to twin daughters
Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1681), noble
Catherine Françoise, Comtesse de Croÿ-Roeulx (1686), first wife of
Walrad, Prince of Nassau-Usingen
Armande de La Tour d'Auvergne (1717), noble
Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1719), Duchess of Berry a.k.a. "Joufflotte", married at 14, widow at 18, died at 23 soon after her sixth delivery, pregnant again at autopsy.
Margravine Auguste Marie Johanna of Baden-Baden ,
duchesse d'Orléans , (1726) and paternal great-grandmother of
Louis-Philippe I, King of the French
Louise Diane d'Orléans (1736),
princesse de Conti , youngest daughter of
Philippe d'Orléans, Regent of France
Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (1739), noble
Pauline Félicité de Mailly (1741), marquise de Vintimille and second of the five famous de Nesle sisters
Princess Anne Therese of Savoy (1745), daughter of the
Prince and
Princess of Carignan , wife of
Charles de Rohan ;
Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain ,
Dauphine of France (1746), first wife of
Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765) and daughter in law of
Louis XV of France
Antoinette-Eustachie née Crozat du Châtel (1747), mother of
Armand Louis de Gontaut
Émilie du Châtelet (1749), mathematician, physicist, and author
Charlotte Rosalie de Choiseul-Beaupré (1753), lady-in-waiting
Princess Maria Teresa Felicitas of Modena , duchesse de Penthièvre (1754) and maternal grandmother of Louis-Philippe I
Jacqueline Marguerite Carrault (1764), mother of
Maximilien Robespierre
Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1769), mistress of
Louis XV of France
Cecil Claye (1770), wife of
André Michaux and mother of
François André Michaux
Agathe Louise de Saint-Antoine de Saint-André (1774), illegitimate daughter of
Louis XV of France . Her mother was Louis XV's Petite maîtresse,
Marie-Louise O'Murphy .
Henriette Gagnon (1790), mother of
Stendhal
Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier (1793), first wife of
George Danton
Marie-Clementine Bagration (1829)
the mother of
Edmond Albius (1829)
Louise Charlotte Antoinette Aglaé Thiryfoq (1843), daughter of
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
Juliette Dubufe (1855), sculptor
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1857), last Duchess of Nemours
Clotilde Pétain (née Legrand) (1857), mother of
Philippe Pétain
Eugénie Dukas (née Gompertz) (
c. 1870 ), mother of
Paul Dukas
Lucie Zoé Marie Jamin (1878), first wife of
Henri Becquerel and mother of
Jean Becquerel
Angélique Marie Augustine Lebesgue (1881), mother of two illegitimate children with
Pierre, Duke of Penthièvre
Marie-Félix Blanc (1882)
Eva Gonzalès (1883), Impressionist painter
Margarita Herrero (1937), first wife of
George Steer
Élisabeth Casteret (1940), wife of
Norbert Casteret
Georgia
Germany
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (1143), Margravine
Elisabeth of Swabia (1235), Queen consort of Castile
Anna von Schweidnitz (1362), third wife of
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Elisabeth of Bavaria-Landshut (1451), second wife of
Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg
Barbara Löffelholz (1488), mother of
Caritas Pirckheimer
Hedwig von Flersheim (1516), only wife of
Franz von Sickingen
Apollonia of Poděbrady (1529), daughter of
Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and wife of
Erhard of Queis
Magdalena of Saxony (1534), Maragravine
Dorothea von Regenstein (1545)
Agnes of Hesse (1555), princess
Juliane of Wied (1575), first wife of
Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim
Magdalene of Lippe (1587), landgravine
Dorothea of Saxony (1587), princess
Sophie of Württemberg, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar (1590), noblewoman
Elisabeth of Mansfeld-Hinterort (1596)
Agnes of Solms-Laubach (1602), Landgravine
Sibylle Elisabeth of Württemberg (1606), princess
Eleanor of Prussia (1607)
Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1609), princess
Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1610), only wife of
Wilhelm Kettler
Elisabeth Sofie of Holstein-Gottorp (1627)
Agnes of Württemberg (1629)
Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Hadamar (1647), princess
Dorothea Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1662), first wife of
George III, Landgrave of Hesse-Itter
Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1663), Landgravine
Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1665), landgravine
Sibylle Ursula von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1671), translator and writer
Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Weimar, Duchess of Saxe-Zeitz (1675)
Marie Luise von Degenfeld (1677)
Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1677)
Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg (1679)
Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt (1680)
Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg (1686)
Eleonore Sophie of Saxe-Weimar (1687)
Sophie Tugendreich von Wreech (1688), first wife of
Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer
Catharina Margaretha Miculcin (1696), first wife of
Georg Ernst Stahl
Charlotte of Nassau-Schaumburg (1700)
Countess Sophie Henriette of Waldeck (1702)
Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia (1705), Hereditary Princess of Hesse-Kassel
Barbara Eleonora Tentzel (1706), second wife of
Georg Ernst Stahl
Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau (1706), noblewoman
Christine Juliane of Baden-Durlach (1707), noblewoman
Maria Clara Eimmart (1707)
Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg (1728), Hereditary Princess of Sulzbach
Louise of Anhalt-Dessau (1732), first wife of
Victor Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
Catharina Sperling-Heckel (1741), German artist
Charlotte Eberhardine Hofmann (1742), second and final wife of
Adam Falckenhagen
Anna Rebecca Riese (1743), first wife of
Johann Christian Senckenberg
Theresa Maria Anna of Holstein-Sonderburg (1745), daughter of
Leopold, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg and mother of
Eleonore of Liechtenstein
Katharina Rebecca von Mettingh (1747), second wife of
Johann Christian Senckenberg
Christiane Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1757), Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Meta Klopstock (1758)
Princess Leopodine of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1765), first wife of
Charles Albert II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Louise Albertine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1769, also died of Measles)
Josepha von Heydeck (1771)
Princess Maria Theresia of Thurn and Taxis (1776), daughter of
Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Eva König (1778)
Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1782), Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Henrika Carolina of Thurn and Taxis (1784), daughter of
Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1785), by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Duchess Frederica of Württemberg (1785), daughter of
Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg and
Friederike Dorothea of Brandenburg-Schwedt .
Luise Mejer (1786), first wife of
Heinrich Christian Boie
Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1788)
Wolfradine von Campen (1794)
Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1801), maternal grandmother of
Prince Albert , husband of
Queen Victoria of the UK.
Sophie Mereau (1806), writer
Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1808), mother of
Charles II, Duke of Brunswick , and
William, Duke of Brunswick
Johanna Osthoff (1809) first wife of the mathematician
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1816)
Dorothea Henriette Wilhelmine Friederike von Stülpnagel (1816)
Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1820), first wife of
Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
Friederike Luise Charlotte von Mengershausen (1821), only wife of
Friedrich August von Klinkowström
Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1825)
Henriette Spitzeder (1828), opera singer
Maria Antoinette von Leykam, Countess von Beylstein (1829), second wife of
Klemens von Metternich
Charlotte Grimm, married Hassenpflug (1833), younger sister of
Jacob and
Wilhelm Grimm and first wife of
Ludwig Hassenpflug
Sophia Reuss (1835), first wife of
Karl Gottlieb Pfander (she died in Armenia)
Agnes Burtz (1838), first wife of
Max Stirner .
Friederike Fliedner (1842), only wife of
Theodor Fliedner
Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1844), daughter of
King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and
Frederica of Baden , a composer
Mathilde Voigt (1847), first wife of Wilhelm von Planck and Mother of Hugo Planck
Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1855), first wife of
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and mother of
Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Anna of Saxony (1859), first wife of
Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Adelheid of Ysenburg-Büdingen (1861), princess and first wife of
Charles, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (1865), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Paula Haber (1868), mother of
Fritz Haber
Henriette Thurneysen (1872), first wife of
Eugen Langen
Anna Weber (1873), mother of
Marianne Weber
Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1881)
Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1882), Princess of Württemberg
Princess Marie of Prussia (1888)
Selma Hedwig Dorothea Koenen (1890), the mother of
Max Clarenbach
the mother of
Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891)
Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe (1891), only wife of
Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
Anna Riesch (1894), first wife of
Julius Richard Petri
the mother of
Max Koegel (1901)
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1907), artist
the mother of
Erich Mielke (1911)
Grete Planck (1917), daughter of
Max Planck , twin of Emma Planck who also died in childbirth
Princess Viktoria Feodora of Reuss-Schleiz (1918), daughter of
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line , first wife of
Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg , died after giving birth to
Duchess Woizlawa Feodora of Mecklenburg
Emma Planck (1919), daughter of
Max Planck , twin of Grete Planck who also died in childbirth
Marie Prox (1923), first wife of
Kurt Nehrling
Princess Stephanie of Schaumburg-Lippe (1925), daughter of
Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe and
Princess Louise of Denmark
Princess Barbara Maria Antonietta Luitpolda of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1927), daughter of
Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria
Marie Gentil (1928), sister of
Otto Gentil
Princess Elisabeth of Schaumburg-Lippe (1933)
Margarethe Jaross (1940), the mother of
Christoph Eschenbach
Irmgard Poppen (1963), first wife of
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Greece
Hungary
India
Maya , mother of
Gautama Buddha
Masuma Sultan Begum (1509)
Mumtaz Mahal (1631), wife of
Mughal emperor
Shah Jahan . Her memorial is the
Taj Mahal
[2]
Dayawati Bai (1683), a Kachhawa princess of Amber and wife of
Jai Singh of Mewar
Gowri Lakshmi Bayi (1815),
Maharani of Travancore
Sahib Kaur (1841)
Maharani Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore (1857), mother of
Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma,
Maharajah of Travancore
HH Pooradam Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi (1857), mother of
Bharani Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi
the first wife of
Motilal Nehru
Raju Hirachand (1882), the mother of
Walchand Hirachand
Radhabai Karve (1891), first wife of
Dhondo Keshav Karve and mother of
Raghunath Dhondo Karve
Jiu Kilachand, first wife of
Walchand Hirachand
The mother of
Jeevan (1915)
Rafatunnisa Begum (1949), one of the maids of
Nilufer Hanımsultan
T. K. Padmini (1969), painter
Smita Patil (1986), Indian actress and wife of
Raj Babbar
Karuna Yadav, first wife of
Rajpal Yadav
Indonesia
Ireland
Kingdom of Jerusalem (now Israel or Palestine)
Maria of Montferrat (1212), Queen of Jerusalem, died after giving birth to Isabella, also died in childbirth.
Isabella II of Jerusalem (1228), Holy Roman Empress, daughter of Maria of Montferrat, who died in childbirth.
Italy
Julia (104 BC), first wife of
Sulla
Caecilia Metella (89 BC), second daughter of
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus
Aemilia Scaura (82 BC), daughter of the Roman patrician
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Cornelia (69 BC), wife of
Julius Caesar , mother of Julia, who also died in childbirth
Julia (54 BC), daughter of
Julius Caesar and fourth wife of
Pompey
Tullia (45 BC), daughter of
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Junia Claudilla (34 AD, 36 AD, or 37 AD), first wife of
Caligula ,
Roman Emperor
Poppaea Sabina (65 AD), second wife of
Nero
Julia Flavia (91 AD), daughter of emperor
Titus
Galla (394), wife of
Theodosius I
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1199), fourth wife of
Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse
Yolande Palaiologina (1342), daughter of
Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat
Bonaventura di Benincasa (1363), Elder sister of
Catherine of Siena
Maria of Calabria (1366)
Bandecca (1390), first wife of
Gregorio Dati
Isabetta (Betta) Villanuzzi (1402), second wife of
Gregorio Dati
Ginevra (1419), third wife of
Gregorio Dati
Costanza Varano (1447)
Albiera di Giovanni di Zanobi Amador (1464), stepmother of
Leonardo da Vinci
Lisa di Giovanni Filippo de' Carducci (1465), first wife of Antonmaria di Noldo Gherardini
Caterina di Mariotto Rucellai (1473), second wife of Antonmaria di Noldo Gherardini
Anne of Savoy (1480), Queen of Naples
Beatrice d'Este (1497), wife of
Lodovico Sforza
Anna Sforza (1497), Hereditary Princess of Ferrara
Lucrezia Borgia (1519), daughter of
Pope Alexander VI
Clarice de' Medici (1528)
Ippolita Gonzaga (1563), daughter of
Ferrante Gonzaga
Marietta Robusti (1590), 16th-century artist and daughter of the artist
Jacopo Tintoretto
Catherine Michaela of Spain (1597), daughter of
Philip II of Spain and
Elisabeth of Valois
Prudenzia di Ottaviano Montoni (1606), wife of
Orazio Gentileschi and mother of
Artemisia Gentileschi
Isabella of Savoy (1626), daughter of
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
Maria Caterina Farnese (1646), first wife of
Francesco I d'Este ,
Duke of Modena
Vittoria Farnese (1649), daughter of
Ranuccio I Farnese , niece of
Pope Clement VIII
Laura Mancini (1657), eldest of the five famous Mancini sisters
Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy (1663),
Duchess of Parma
Isabella d'Este , (1666) second wife of
Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma
Princess Charlotte Felicity of Brunswick (1710), died in Modena, wife of
Rinaldo d'Este, Duke of Modena
Anne Christine of Sulzbach (1723), first wife of
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
Caterina Silvestri Agate (1735), wife of
Corrado Giaquinto
Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine (1741), final wife of
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily (1802), died in Vienna; wife of
Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1807), eldest daughter of
Ferdinand IV of Naples
Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1812), organist
Maria Cristina of Savoy (1836), first Queen consort of Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte (1839), daughter of
Joseph Bonaparte , older brother of
Emperor Napoleon I
Marietta (Giongo) Halbherr (1844), mother of
Bernardino Halbherr
Clotilde Staderini (1849), mother of
Raffaello Giovagnoli
Lella Ricci (1871), opera singer
Carlotta Marchisio (1872), opera singer
Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1882)
Olga Liberati (1927), died after giving birth to twin girls,
Lorenza Mazzetti and Paola Mazzetti
Maria Antonietta Pasquini dei Conti di Costafiorita (1944), second wife of
Irakli Bagration of Mukhrani and mother of
Jorge Bagration of Mukhrani
Maria Inzitari (1944), only wife of
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro , President of Italy from 1992 to 1999.
Gianna Beretta Molla (1962), pediatrician who was canonized by
Pope John Paul II in 2004
Nelly Fioramonti (1973), pop singer and first wife of
Tony Cucchiara
Japan
Imperial Princess Ishi (899 AD), consort of
Emperor Daigo
Princess Hiroko (950 AD), first consort of
Emperor Suzaku
Fujiwara no Anshi (964 AD), wife of
Emperor Murakami
Fujiwara no Teishi (1001), wife of
Emperor Ichijō
Koshikibu no Naishi (1025), poet
Fujiwara no Yoshiko (1025), consort of
Emperor Go-Suzaku
Fujiwara no Ishi (1033), wife of
Emperor Horikawa and mother of
Emperor Toba
Fujiwara no Genshi (1039), wife of
Emperor Go-Suzaku
Fujiwara no Ishi (1103), wife of
Emperor Horikawa
Minamoto no Ishi (1148), mother of
Emperor Nijō
Fujiwara no Shunshi (1233), wife of
Emperor Go-Horikawa and mother of
Emperor Shijō
Kitsuno (1566), concubine.
Tamahime (1622), daughter of
Tokugawa Hidetaka and
Oeyo ; wife of
Maeda Toshitsune
Oshima no Kata (1660), concubine of
Shogun
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Ofuri no Kata (1667), concubine of
Shogun
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Yoshino no Kata (1680), concubine of
Shogun
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Yasuko no Kata (1681), concubine of
Shogun
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and daughter of
Makino Narisada
Fushimi-no-Miya Masako (1710), wife of
Emperor Nakamikado
Itsuki no Miya (1710),
consort of
shogun
Tokugawa Ienobu (her baby died in utero)
Konoe Hisako (1720),
consort of
Emperor Nakamikado and mother of
Emperor Sakuramachi
Nami-no-Miya Masuko (1733), wife of
shogun
Tokugawa Ieshige
the mother of
Sugita Genpaku (1733)
Kuze Natsuko (1734),
consort of
Emperor Nakamikado
Shimizutani Iwako (1735),
consort of
Emperor Nakamikado
Oume no Kata (1794),
consort of
shogun
Tokugawa Ienari
Higashiboujo Kazuko (1811),
consort of
Emperor Kōkaku
Takatsukasa Tsunako (1823), wife of
Emperor Ninkō
Bojo Nobuko (1850),
consort of
Emperor Kōmei
Osada Hartmann (1867), mother of
Sadakichi Hartmann
Hamuro Mitsuko (1873),
consort of
Emperor Meiji
Hashimoto Natsuko (1873),
consort of
Emperor Meiji
Eiko (1883), wife of
Tokugawa Akitake
the mother of
Inejirō Asanuma (1898)
Princess Kujo Noriko (1901), daughter of
Kujō Michitaka and first wife of
Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
the stepmother of
Atsushi Nakajima (1914)
Senuma Kayō (1915)
Princess Kaya Sakiko , daughter of
Prince Kaya Kuninori and only wife of
Takehiko Yamashina (she was pregnant during the
1923 Great Kantō earthquake which killed her and her unborn baby boy.)
Madokoro Akutagawa Saori (1966), Japanese painter
Kazakhstan
Korea
Queen Heonjeong (992), Consort of
Gyeongjong of Goryeo .
Queen Jeongsun (1237), Consort of
Wonjong of Goryeo and mother of
Chungnyeol of Goryeo
Princess Joguk (1325), third wife of
Chungsuk of Goryeo
Princess Noguk (1365),
Mongolian born Consort of
Gongmin of Goryeo
Queen Hyeondeok (1441), Consort of
Munjong of Joseon and Mother of
Danjong of Joseon
Queen Jangsun (1461), Consort of
Yejong of Joseon
Queen Janggyeong (1515), Consort of
Jungjong of Joseon and mother of
Injong of Joseon
Royal Consort Suk-won of the Lee clan (1520), Consort of
Jungjong of Joseon
Royal Consort Suk-ui of the Gyeongju Lee clan (1524), Consort of
Jungjong of Joseon
Princess Hyohye (1531), daughter of Jungjong of Joseon and Queen Janggyeong
Princess Hyojeong (1544), daughter of Jungjong of Joseon
Princess Hyosun (1544), daughter of Jungjong of Joseon
Queen Inyeol (1636), Consort of
Injo of Joseon
Princess Hwapyeong (1748), daughter of
Yeongjo of Joseon
the mother of
Stephen Min Kuk-ka (1787)
Kim Jong-suk (1949), second wife of
Kim Il Sung and mother of
Kim Jong Il and grandmother to
Kim Jong Un
Liberia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mexico
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Nepal
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Alfhild (1024), English
Concubine of
Olaf II of Norway and mother of
Magnus the Good
Christina of Norway (1213), Princess of Norway
Margaret of Scotland (Queen of Norway) (1283), after giving birth to
Margaret, Maid of Norway
Magdalena Berg (1583), wife of
Jens Nilssøn
Kirstine Cathrine de Mechlenburg (1707), daughter of Niels Olufsen Mechlenburg
Martha Elisabeth Jensdatter Wissing (1734), wife of
Frederik Nannestad
Cecilie Widding Garmann (1759), wife of Christopher Garmann
Anne Pedersen (1812), mother of Thomas Pedersen
Sophie Hedevig Knuth (1819), Countess and only wife of
Severin Løvenskiold
the first wife of
Johann Georg Hiedler (1824)
the first wife of
Gabriel J. Udnæs (1824)
Marie Lovise Falkenberg (1841), first wife of
Oluf Steen Julius Berner and mother of
Carl Berner
the first wife of
Nicolay Heinrich Knudtzon (1871)
Ellen Ovidia Lange (1878), mother of
Christian Lange Rolfsen
Jeanette Sofie Augusta Dahl (1884), wife of
Hjalmar Heiberg and mother of
Jean Heiberg
Kristine Henden (1905), first wife of
Anders A. Lothe
the first wife of
Vidar Theisen (1962)
Ottoman Empire
Papua New Guinea
Persia
Peru
The Philippines
Poland
Anna von Schweidnitz (1362), Queen of Bohemia
Jadwiga of Poland (1399), monarch of Poland
Elizabeth Jagiellon (1517), daughter of
Casimir IV Jagiellon and
Elizabeth of Austria first wife of
Frederick II of Legnica
Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (1598), Austrian born Queen of Poland
Elisabeth Kettler of Courland (1601), daughter of
Gotthard Kettler , wife of
Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn and mother of
Frederick William, Duke of Cieszyn
Marianna Wiśniowiecka (1624), noble
Cecilia Renata of Austria (1644), Queen of Poland
Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł (1695)
Zofia Servais (1872), mother of
Misia Sert
Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska (1929), first wife of
Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
The mother of
Anna Anka (1971)
Portugal
Dulce of Aragon (1198)
Berengaria of Portugal (1221), Queen consort of Denmark
Constanza Manuel (1345), wife of
Peter I of Portugal
Isabella of Asturias (1498), married
Afonso of Portugal and
Manuel I of Portugal
Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1517)
Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1538)
Isabella of Portugal (1539), Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Italy and Queen of Spain
Maria Manuela of Portugal (1545), daughter of King John III of Portugal and his wife Catherine of Austria
Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal (1788, also died of Smallpox), wife of
Infante Gabriel of Spain , who died of Smallpox
Maria Isabel of Portugal (1818), Queen of Spain as the second wife of Ferdinand VII of Spain
Queen
Maria II of Portugal (1853)
Raj of Sarawak
Romania
Russia
Maria Miloslavskaya (1669), first wife of
Alexis of Russia
Agafya Grushetskaya (1681), first wife of Tsar
Feodor III of Russia
Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1715), consort of
Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1728), daughter of
Catherine I of Russia and mother of
Peter III of Russia
Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia (1746), regent of Russia and mother of
Ivan VI of Russia
Grand Duchess Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (1776), first daughter in law of
Catherine II of Russia the child was stillborn
Anna Vasilyevna Radishcheva (née Rubanovskaya) (1783), first wife of
Alexander Radishchev
Avdota Vasilyevna Shcherbakova, second wife of
Ivan Kulibin
Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1801), daughter of Tsar Paul I of Russia and archduchess of Austria as consort of
Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
Elizaveta Ivanovna Karamzina (née Protasova) (1802), first wife of
Nikolay Karamzin
Anna Rezanova (née Shelikhova) (1802), daughter of
Natalia Shelikhova and wife of
Nikolai Rezanov
Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova (1803), opera singer and actress
Countess Ekaterina Dmitrievna Pashkova (née Zubova) (1821), first wife of
Andrei Ivanovich Pashkov
Maria Andreevna Moyer (née Protasova) (1823), half niece of
Vasily Zhukovsky
Sofya Petrovna Lobanova-Rostovskaya (née Lopukhina) (1825), daughter of
Pyotr Lopukhin
Natalia Sergeyevna Balabina, née Uvarova (1843), daughter of
Sergey Uvarov
Ekaterina Gontcharova (1843), older sister of
Natalia Pushkina and wife of
Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès
Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia (1844), youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, and his wife, Princess Charlotte of Prussia
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1845), daughter of
Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich of Russia and
Princess Charlotte of Württemberg
Anna Nikolaevna Gagarina (née Dolgorukova) (1845), first wife of
Grigory Gagarin
Ekaterina Dmitrievna Pirogova (née Berezina) (1846), first wife of
Nikolay Pirogov
Ekaterina Adrianovna Stolypina (née Ustinova) (1846), first wife of
Arkady Stolypin
Nastasya Vasilyevna Makarova (1848), mother of
Ivan Yakovlev
Natalia Alexandrovna Herzen (née Zakharyina) (1852), wife of
Alexander Herzen
Anna Dmitrievna Dashkova (1858), second wife of
Adam Rzhevusky and mother of
Catherine Radziwill
Maria Meshcherskaya (1868), a lady-in-waiting
Daria Konstantinowa Opotschinina (1870), granddaughter of
Mikhail Kutuzov and countess of
Beauharnais
Evgeniya Evreinova (1872), niece of
Vasily Khitrovo , first wife of
Pavel Diaghilev and mother of
Sergei Diaghilev
Gittel Horowitz, first wife of
Yosef Yozel Horwitz
Countess Varvara Petrovna Shuvalova (1872), first wife of
David Orlov
Hesya Helfman (1882), member of
Narodnaya Volya
Alexandra Georgievna of Greece and Denmark , (1891) consort of
Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
Maria Abramova (1892), second wife of
Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak
Ekaterina Beketova (1892), Russian poet and writer
the mother of
Olga Zhizneva (1899)
Maria Yakovlevna Kolmogorova (1903), mother of
Andrey Kolmogorov
Alexandra Veligorskaia (1906), first wife of
Leonid Andreyev and mother of
Daniil Andreyev
Valentina Nikolaevna Mokievskaya-Zubok (1928), mother of
Victor Louis
Natalia Rykova (1928), wife of
Grigory Gukovsky
Olga Ivanova (1941), first wife of
Grigori Aleksandrov
Olga Federovna, first wife of
Alexander Gregory Barmine
Elena Chaika (1954), mother of singer
Lyubov Uspenskaya
Vasilya Fattakhova (2016), singer
Serbia
Singapore
Wong Ming Yang (1982), first wife of Prime Minister
Lee Hsien Loong
Nadya Dean (2021), singer and rapper
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Urraca of León (1126), Queen of León, Castile, and Galicia
Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (1135)
Blanche of Navarre (1156), wife of the future King
Sancho III of Castile
Zaida of Seville (c.1171), a mistress and perhaps queen of
Alfonso VI of Castile
Teresa Fernández de Traba (1180), queen consort of León
the mother of
Raymond Nonnatus (1204)
Blanche of Anjou (1310), Queen of Aragon
Teresa d'Entença (1327), Queen consort of Aragon by her marriage to
King Alfonso IV of Aragon
Maria of Navarre (1347)
Constance of Aragon, Queen of Sicily (1363)
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1382), Queen consort of Castile and León
Elvira Fernández de Córdoba y Manrique (1524), Noblewoman
Elisabeth of Valois (1568), third wife of
Philip II of Spain
Isabel de Alderete y Urbina (1594), first wife of
Lope de Vega
Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain (1597), Duchess of Savoy
Margarita Teresa of Spain (1673)
Antonia Ramon, first wife of
José de Urrutia
the mother of
José Cadalso (1741)
Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (1746), first wife of
Louis Ferdinand, Dauphin of France
María Josefa de Madrid (1750), only wife of
Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo
Princess Isabella of Parma (1763), Archduchess of Austria
Infanta María Amalia of Spain (1798)
Maria Isabel of Braganza (1818), wife of
Ferdinand VII of Spain
Catalina Moll Mercades (1889), mother of
Joan Riudavets Moll , Spanish supercentenarian
Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1904)
Infanta María Teresa of Spain (1912)
The mother of
Juan Marsé (1933)
Conchita Supervía (1936), opera singer
Sweden
Benedicta Ebbesdotter of Hvide (1200), queen consort of
King Sverker II of Sweden .
Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden (1254), princess and the mother of the king
Sofia Gyllenhielm (1583), noble and only wife of
Pontus De la Gardie
Christiana Oxenstierna (1701), noble
Hedvig Taube (1744), royal mistress, salonist
Carin du Rietz (1788), adventurer
Anna Charlotta Schröderhiem (1791), salonist and socialite
Charlotte Slottsberg (1800), ballerina
Cecilia Holstein-Gottorp (1844),
Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
Lady Augusta Margaret FitzClarence (1846), daughter of
George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster British-born wife of Baron Knut Philip Bonde, and mother of Ingeborg Augusta Sofia Bonde
Marie-Louise af Forsell (1852), diarist
Emilie Hammarskjöld (1854), composer, musician, member of the Royal Swedish academy of Music
Emilia Uggla (1855), pianist
Alma Svensson (1903), mother of
Elsa Andersson
Leonie Witt (1910), daughter of
Otto Nikolaus Witt and wife of
Albert Johan Petersson
Switzerland
Syria
Thailand
Tunisia
Uganda
United Kingdom
Beatrix de Vesci (1125)
Tangwystl (1196), mother of
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Fawr
Isabel Marshal (1240), English countess; great-grandmother of
Robert the Bruce of Scotland
Isabella of England (1241), English princess and, by marriage, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, and Queen consort of Sicily
Eleanor de Braose (1251),
Cambro-Norman noblewoman
Beatrice of England (1275), Countess of Richmond
Eleanor de Montfort (1282),
Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon
Isabella of Mar (1296), first wife of
Robert I of Scotland , after delivering
Marjorie Bruce , who also died in childbirth
Joan of Acre (1307), Countess of Hertford and Gloucester
Marjorie Bruce (1316), after delivering the future
Robert II of Scotland
Elizabeth of Rhuddlan (1316), daughter of
King Edward I and
Eleanor of Castile
Mary de Bohun (1394), first wife of
Henry IV of England and mother of
Henry V
Alianore Holland, Countess of March (1405), first wife of
Edward Charleton, 5th Baron Cherleton
Anne de Mortimer (1411), Countess of Cambridge, died giving birth to
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
Philippa of England (1430), Queen of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
Elizabeth Greyndour (1452), daughter of
Joan Greyndour and second wife of
John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter (1476)
Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1476)
Eleanor of Scotland (1480), first wife of
Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
Elizabeth of York (1503), queen of
Henry VII of England and mother of
Henry VIII
Jane Seymour (1537), third wife of
Henry VIII of England , after delivering
Edward VI
Catherine Parr (1548), sixth wife of
Henry VIII of England
Jane Browne, Viscountess Montague (1552), noblewoman
Susan Webbe (1555), daughter and heiress of Henry Webbe and first wife of
George Peckham
Elizabeth Leyburne (1567), noblewoman, widow of
Thomas Dacre, 4th Baron Dacre and third wife of
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
Elizabeth Cecil, 16th Baroness de Ros (1591), daughter and heir of
Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland
Elizabeth Stuart, 2nd Countess of Moray (1591)
Nicola Moray (1612), daughter of Robert Moray and wife of
Robert Douglas, 1st Viscount of Belhaven
Margaret Witt (1615), widow of
Hadrian à Saravia and first wife of
Robert Hill
Anne (Dudley) Sutton (1615), lady-in-waiting
Margaret Wheeler (1616), got impregnated by
Thomas Quiney
Elizabeth Skinner (1620), stepmother of
Richard Crashaw
Jane Savage, Marchioness of Winchester (1631)
Margaret Butler (1632), daughter of
Thomas Butler, 2nd Baron Cahir and wife of
Edmond Butler, 3rd/13th Baron Dunboyne .
Mary Digby (1648), daughter of
John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol and second wife of
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall (1606–1674) to whom she bore six sons and one daughter. Died giving birth to a second daughter (stillborn). She was buried in
Eggesford Church, Devon, where is situated her memorial effigy.
Mary Powell (1652), first wife of
John Milton
Frances Woodward (1657), daughter of
Hezekiah Woodward and second wife of
John Oxenbridge
Katherine Woodcock (1658), second wife of
John Milton
Elizabeth Egerton (1663), writer
Margaret Brooke, Lady Denham (1667), concubine of
James II of England
Anne Hyde (1671), first wife of
James II of England
Margaret Godolphin (1678), courtier
Elizabeth Knepp (1681), actress
Elizabeth Braddock (1683), wife of
John Blow
Essex Finch, Countess of Nottingham (1684), first wife of
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
Anne Vaughan, Countess of Carbery (1690)
Anne Chamberlyne (1691), first known British female sailor
Mary Lawley (1694), daughter of
Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet and second wife of
John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh
Sarah Crossley (1702), only daughter and heiress of John Crossley of Kershaw House, Halifax and first wife of
Richard Richardson
Mercy Bromley (1705), the daughter and eventual sole heir of
William Bromley , wife of
John Bromley and mother of
Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort
Lady Mary Butler (1713), second daughter of the
2nd Duke of Ormonde
Lady Elizabeth Harley (1713), youngest daughter of
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer and first wife of
Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds
Theodosia Bligh, 10th Baroness Clifton (1722), peer
Susanna Gumley (1722), daughter of
John Gumley and mother of
John Lockman (priest)
Mary Gordon (1723), daughter of Sir Alexander Gordon, Bart., of Earlston, widow of Edward Goldie of Craigmuie, and second wife of
John M'Millan
Lady Anne Cochrane (1724), first wife of
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton and mother of
James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton
Frances Wyndham (1728), daughter of Thomas Wyndham and sister and heiress of Sir Francis Wyndham, 4th Baronet, and wife of
Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort
Jane Johnson (1732), first wife of
Theophilus Cibber
Mary Campbell of Mamore (1736)
Ann Donne (1737), the mother of
William Cowper
Maria, Lady Walpole (1738), second wife of Prime Minister
Robert Walpole
Frances Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (1750)
Rhoda Delaval (1757), aristocrat
Elizabeth Lynes, wife of
William Kent
the wife of
Cuthbert Shaw (1768)
Anna Maria Elers (1773), mother of
Maria Edgeworth
Hester Stanhope, Viscountess Mahon (1780)
Fanny Blood (1785), illustrator
Lady Mary Turner, née Shuttleworth (1786), only wife of
Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet and mother of
Thomas Gascoigne Jr
Lady Harriot Pitt Eliot (1786), daughter of
William Pitt the Elder and
Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham , sister of
William Pitt the Younger and wife of
Edward James Eliot
Eliza Norman (1792), wife of
Habakkuk Crabb
Mary Wollstonecraft (1797), author of
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman , after delivering
Mary Shelley
Hester Anne Children (1800), from delivering
Anna Atkins an English botanist and photographer
Mary Hamilton (
c. 1800 ), wife of
William Allen (Quaker) , after delivering Mary Allen who also died in childbirth
Agnes Creyke (1800), fifth daughter of Colonel Ralph Creyke and first wife of Abolitionist
Francis Wrangham
Margaret Jameson of Alloa (1805), mother of
William Robertson (urban missionary)
Ann Griffiths (née Thomas) (1805), Welsh poet and writer of Methodist Christian hymns
Julia Ann Grimani (1806), wife of
Charles Mayne Young
the mother of
Henry Alford (1810)
Harriet Raikes (1817), first wife of
Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1817), only legitimate child of the future King
George IV of the United Kingdom . The obstetrician later committed suicide.
Esther Acklom (1818), only wife of
John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer
Eliza Pattle (1820), first wife of
Edward Gibbon Wakefield , mother of
Jerningham Wakefield .
Mary Allen (1823), daughter of
William Allen (Quaker) and Mary Hamilton who had died giving birth to her
Mary Hunt (1827), first wife of
Lansdown Guilding
Ellen Turner of Pott Shrigley (1831), wealthy heiress who had previously been kidnapped by
Edward Gibbon Wakefield and forced to marry him.
Maria Newell (1831), missionary
Marianna Conan Doyle (1832), wife of
John Doyle , mother of
James William Edmund Doyle ,
Richard Doyle ,
Henry Edward Doyle and
Charles Altamont Doyle and grandmother of
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sophia Sidney , Baroness De L'Isle and Dudley (1837), eldest daughter of
William IV and his longtime mistress
Dorothea Jordan .
Elizabeth Gould (1841), painter
Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming (1842), aristocrat, horticulturalist, palaeontologist and scientific illustrator
Emma Soyer (1842), oil painter
Louisa Harris (1845), daughter adopted by
Samuel Courtauld
Harriet Avarina Brunetta Herbert (1847), sister-in-law of
Richard Penruddocke Long
Jessie Dalrymple Goddard (1848), the daughter of Ambrose Goddard, first wife of
Henry Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea and Mother of Ernest Ambrose Vivian, p Come here 2nd Baron Swansea
Lady Katherine Manners (1848), wife of
Frederick Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol (she also died of smallpox)
Angela Birch (1848), mother of
Robert Hope Moncrieff
Anne Pearse (1849), first wife of
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
Elizabeth Harrison (1850), mother of
Jane Ellen Harrison
Elizabeth Ann Ashurst Bardonneau (1850), first translator of
George Sand 's work into English
Susan Perriman Harris (1851), first wife of
John Crawford Woods
Caroline Sophia Wyndham (1852), daughter of
George Wyndham, 1st Baron Leconfield
Harriet Ann Dickinson (1858), daughter of
John Dickinson , first wife of
John Evans and mother of
Arthur Evans
Eleanor Bromley (1860), mother of
Nelly Bromley
the mother of
D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860)
Joanna Mary Boyce (1861), painter
Harriet Kenrick (1863), mother of
Austen Chamberlain , statesman and recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
Mary Jane Jackson Hawkshaw (1863), daughter of
Ann And
John Hawkshaw and mother of
Cecil Wedgwood
the biological mother of
Janet Achurch (1864)
Isabella Beeton (1865), author of
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
Evelina de Rothschild (1866), socialite
Fanny Waugh Holman Hunt (1866), first wife of
William Holman Hunt
Mary Shield Bell (1871), mother of
Gertrude Bell , traveller and diplomat
Florence Kenrick (1875), mother of
Neville Chamberlain , prime minister
Margaret Drinnen (1875), wife of
Young Tom Morris , who died from apnea shortly thereafter.
Harriet Stephen (1875), first wife of
Leslie Stephen
Helen Meares (née Townsend) (1877), mother of
Cecil Meares
Catherine Van Sommer (1881), mother of
Harry Paddon
Clara Frances Lugsdin (1882), mother of
George Mulock
Caroline Parker (1884), mother of
John Masefield
Hannah Smith (1889), mother of
Edward Wadsworth
Margaret Cowley (1892), second wife of John Jack Lennon (1855-1921; father of
Alfred Lennon )
Emma Jessie Smith (1892), wife of
Alfred John Jukes-Browne
Charlotte Barrett (1896), first wife of
Gustave Slapoffski
Bessie MacNicol (1904), painter
Hon. Margaret Baring (1906), wife of
Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
Ida Nettleship (1907), artist
Alice Moorhead (1910), one of the first female physicians in Scotland
Ella Fourman (1910), mother of
Ellic Howe
Kate Skinner (1912), mother of
Daisy and Violet Hilton
Laura Maud McCliver, mother of
Michael Dillon (1915), an early
female-to-male transsexual
Ellen Kate Allen (1916), mother of
Mary Hignett
Louise Woodward (1919), first wife of
Charles Joughin
Mary Theresa Danher (1919), mother of
Mary McCartney .
the mother of
Sybil Flory (1920, In Present Day Burma)
Gwyneth Bebb (1921), lawyer
Edith Maude Jenkins (1927), mother of
Richard Burton
Olivia Burges (1930)
Eileen Mary Fowler, née Rutherford (1930), only daughter of
Ernest Rutherford , wife of
Ralph H. Fowler and mother of
Ruth Fowler Edwards
Louie McLean (1932), motorcycle racer
Aileen Marson (1939)
Betty Jardine (1945), actress
Pauline Gower (1947), married name Pauline Fahie, a pilot who headed the female branch of the
Air Transport Auxiliary during the
Second World War . Died giving birth to twin sons
Cicely Rodger (1949), first wife of
George Rodger
Franki Raffles (1994), photographer
United States
Mary Forth (1615), first wife of
John Winthrop
Thomasine Clopton (1616), second wife of
John Winthrop
Mary (Norris) Allerton (1621),
Mayflower passenger
Anne Child (1689), first wife of
Josiah Franklin
Eliza Marble (1719), wife of
Edward Low
Mary Phillips (1737), daughter of
Samuel Phillips , older sister of
John Phillips and aunt of
Samuel Phillips Jr.
Hester Hampton (1739), mother of
Rebecca Boone
Martha Eppes Wayles (1748), mother-in-law of
Thomas Jefferson
Mary Mackilwean (1757), first wife of
Richard Caswell and mother of
William Caswell
Elizabeth Hartwell (1760), first wife of
Roger Sherman
Elizabeth Taylor Carter (1760), great-grandmother of
James P. T. Carter
Amy Whipple Wilkinson (1764), mother of the
Public Universal Friend
Jane Colden (1766), botanist and daughter of
Cadwallader Colden
Maria Ygnacia Manuela Pinuelas (1775), wife of
José Vicente Feliz
Esther Hawley Lyman (1775), mother of
Lyman Beecher and grandmother of
Harriet Beecher Stowe ,
Henry Ward Beecher ,
Charles Beecher ,
Edward Beecher ,
Isabella Beecher Hooker ,
Catharine Beecher , and
Thomas K. Beecher .
Martha Jefferson (1782), wife of
Thomas Jefferson
Phillis Wheatley (1784), first American black female poet
Elizabeth Andrews (1788), first wife of
Benjamin Pierce (father of
Franklin Pierce )
Mary Jefferson Eppes (1804), daughter of
Thomas Jefferson
Hannah Slater (1812)
Elizabeth Oliver (1815), first wife of
Benjamin Waterhouse
Adelphia Batson (1819), first wife of
John Bond Jr.
Kalanipauahi (1826), Hawaiian queen consort/princess and a member of the
House of Kamehameha
Sarah Lincoln Grigsby (1828), sister of president
Abraham Lincoln
the mother of
Lide Meriwether (1829)
Julia Clapp (1831), first wife of
John Murdock and biological mother of
Julia Murdock Smith
Julia Beckwith (née Neale) Jackson (1831), mother Of
Stonewall Jackson
Dianthe Lusk (1832), first wife of
John Brown
Nahienaena (1836), Hawaiian Princess
Rachel Plummer (1839), daughter of
James W. Parker
Waanibe (1841), first wife of
Kit Carson
the mother of
Charles Yerkes (1842)
Emily Hoyt Ballard (1844), first wife of
Daniel Dole
Olivia Loughridge (1845), first wife of
Robert McGill Loughridge
Olive Grey Frost Young (1845), 16th Wife Of
Brigham Young
Susan Frances Hampton (1845), daughter of
Wade Hampton I and first wife of
John Lawrence Manning
Eliza Hoge (1846), mother of
James Hoge Tyler
Lucinda Matilda (née Cook) Daniel (1849), mother of
Jack Daniel
the second wife of
Jim Bridger (1849)
Louisa Beaman Young (1850), 9th Wife Of
Brigham Young
María Manuela Antonia Jimeno y de la Guerra (1852), first wife of
Alfred Sully
Margaret Alley Young (1852), 22nd Wife Of
Brigham Young
Albertine Kramer (1852), first wife of
Wilhelm Victor Keidel
Sarah Freeman (1853), first wife of
James Smith Bush
Elinor Junkin (1854), first wife of
Stonewall Jackson
Cecilia Kent Leavitt (1855), mother of
Cecilia Beaux
Eliza Polk (1855), first wife of John P. Cochran, 43rd
Governor of Delaware
Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon (1855), American poet
Jane McDougal (1862), wife of
John McDougal , 2nd
Governor of California
Lucy Lee Kinsolving (née Rogers) (1862), daughter of
Asa Rogers and mother of
Lucien Lee Kinsolving
Ann Rebecca Winchester (1864), sister of
William Wirt Winchester
Harriet Mace (1865), second wife of
Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
Caroline Kott (1865), second and final wife of
Wilhelm Victor Keidel
Josefa Jaramillo (1868), third and final wife of
Kit Carson
Helen L. Gilson (1868), Civil War Nurse
Susannah Lattin (1868), her baby was put up for adoption
Rhoda Martha Burt Austin (1877), mother of
Rhoda Fox Graves
Serena Sabin (1878), mother of
Florence R. Sabin
Minnie Warren (1878), entertainer
Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (1879), painter
Clara Adelaide Sharon (1882), first wife of
Francis G. Newlands
Mary Nowak (1883), mother of
Leon Frank Czolgosz (1873 –1901), the assassin of U.S. President
William McKinley
Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1884), first wife of
Theodore Roosevelt
Hattie Eliza Gage (1886), first wife of
George Washington Henderson
Cornelia J. Hollar (1887), mother of actor
John Hamilton
Awbonnie Tookanka (1888), first wife of
Granville Stuart
Elizabeth Donahue Vaughn (1888), first wife of
Robert Vaughn
Jennie Louise Benedict (1889), daughter of
Henry Flagler
Susan James Parmer (1889), younger sister of
Jesse James
Jeanette Guggenheim (1889), daughter of
Meyer Guggenheim and aunt of
Peggy Guggenheim
Clara Rudio Pierce (1890), first wife of
Walter M. Pierce , later the 17th Governor of Oregon
Magdalena Schlador Chandler (1892), first wife of
Harry Chandler
Alice Jones Porter (1892), mother of
Katherine Anne Porter
Josephine Courtney Pruitt (1893), mother of
Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Blanche Lehman (1895), only wife of
Henri Willis Bendel
Jennie Pond Atwater (1896)
Lillie England Lovinggood (1896)
Rosa Fullman (1896), mother of
Henry Darger
Martha Wells Shumate (1896), mother of
Whitney Shumate
Hattie Woolf Cranney (1896), mother of supercentenarian Cleo Cranney Hinckley
Charlotte Vieux (1897), mother of
Jim Thorpe
Ellen Victoria Cheek Smart (1898), mother of
Sonora Smart Dodd
Mary Cowan , serial killer (1898)
Caroline Miskel Hoyt (1898), actress
Anne Purcell Higgins (1899, also died of Tuberculosis), Mother of
Margaret Sanger
Nora Wright (1901), first wife of
Scott Hayden
Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson (1901), first black female doctor in Alabama
Jessie Octavia Borthwick Pitkin (1901), sister of
Mamah Borthwick
Alice Lamon Powers (1906), mother of
Chard Powers Smith
the biological mother of
John L. Goldwater , one of the three co-founders of
Archie Comics
Jean Webster (1916), author
Elnora Dickerson (1916), first wife of
Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
the mother of
Budd Boetticher (1916)
Anna Uelsmann (1919), Mother of
Maurice Hilleman (she died 2 days after his twin sister’s stillbirth)
Julia Petta (1921)
Ella Sachs Plotz (1922)
Eliza Lacks Pleasant (1924), mother of cancer victim
Henrietta Lacks
Pearl Greengard (1925), mother of actress
Chris Chase and neuroscientist
Paul Greengard .
Lena Steward (1926), stepmother of
George B. Thomas
the biological mother of Katie Myatt of
The Moonmaids (1926)
Kay Laurell (1927), actress (initially, she died of pneumonia)
Benita Rosalind
Guggenheim (1927), sister of
Peggy Guggenheim
the mother of
Norma Crane (1928)
Virginia Travis (1930), first wife of
Robert Johnson
Clare Collins (1930), first wife of
Ernest McFarland
Margery Latimer (1932), writer and first wife of
Jean Toomer
Nettie Harper (1932), first wife of
Thomas A. Dorsey
Caletta Craft (1932), second and last wife of
Robert Johnson
the mother of
Joe Arpaio (1932)
Axie Pauline Cox (1933), first wife of
Red Foley
Marjorie Frost (1934), daughter of
Robert Frost
Edith Roberts , actress,
vaudevillian (1935)
Marjorie Oelrichs (1937), socialite
Ruth Harriet Louise (1940), photographer
Donna Damerel (1941), radio actress for
Myrt and Marge and mother of
Charles B. Griffith , who was 10 years old at the time.
Ophelia Ruffin (1941), mother of
David Ruffin
Cecilia Mettler (1943), medical historian
Arline Roswell (1946), first wife of
Roy Rogers
Ellee Williams (1949), mother of
Irv Cross
Mattie Cordell Cunningham (1950), mother of
Arthur Ashe
Martina von Trapp (1951), was a member of the
Trapp Family Singers
second wife of
Johnny Smith (1957)
Mary Welch (1958), stage actress and first wife of
David White
Ellen Urban (1961), first wife of
William D. Ruckelshaus
Gerri Santoro (1964)
Wan-bing Mui (1967), mother of
Francis Chan
Nicola Griggs Andron (1975), daughter of
David T. Griggs and granddaughter of
Robert Fiske Griggs
Rosie Jimenez (1977)
Becky Bell (1988)
Nadine Renee (2004), singer/songwriter
Michal Friedman, singer/voice actress, wife of
Dan Green (2011)
Marlise Muñoz (2013)
Megan Johnson (2017), wife of
Josh Wilson
Sha-Asia Washington (2020)
Chaniece Wallace (2020)
Tori Bowie , track and field athlete (2023)
Krystal Anderson, cheerleader (2024)
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