List of women who died in childbirth

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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[]

  • Louisa Jones (1829), settler of the Swan River colony & first European woman to die in Western Australia.
  • Elizabeth Jane Hunter (1857), maternal aunt of Gustave Slapoffski (she died in England)
  • Hattie Shepparde (1874), first wife of Henry Hallam
  • Daphne Akhurst (1933), five time consecutive winner of women's singles title at the Australian Championships from 1925 to 1930.
  • Doreen Harrison (1953), mother of serial killer Catherine Birnie.
  • Rona Glynn (1965)

Austria[]

  • Joanna of Austria (1578), Grand Duchess of Tuscany
  • Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1580)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Archduchess Helena of Austria (1924)

Belarus[]

  • Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill (1612)
  • The mother of Ivan Kulesh (1986)

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.
  • Apollonia of Poděbrady (1529)
  • 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

Brazil[]

  • Ana Guilhermina Borges (1891), wife of Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves
  • Francisca Chagas Pessoa (1895), first wife of Epitácio Pessoa
  • Maria de Lurdes da Silva (1971), first wife of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
  • Rony Kuhn de Souza (1979), first wife of and mother of Prince Pedro Thiago of Orléans-Braganza

Bulgaria[]

  • Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1899), mother of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria.

Burma[]

Byzantine Empire[]

  • Aelia Eudoxia (404), Empress consort of the Byzantine Emperor Arcadius
  • Tzitzak (750), first wife of Byzantine Emperor Constantine V
  • Eudokia Baïana (901), third wife of Leo VI the Wise.
  • Irene Angelina (1208), Widow of Roger III of Sicily and Widow of Philip of Swabia, who died 2 months before her.
  • Caterina Gattilusio (1464)

Cambodia[]

  • Sisowath Monikessan (1946), one of the wives of Norodom Sihanouk
  • Vichara Dany (1976), actress
  • Saom Vansodany (1977), actress

Canada[]

  • Martha Minn, first wife of John Howe (father of Joseph Howe)
  • Simmi Kahlon (2009), Indian-Canadian serial killer

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
  • (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 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 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 Qing Dynasty.
  • (1709), daughter of the Kangxi Emperor of Qing Dynasty.
  • Princess Dunke of the Second Rank (1710), daughter of the Kangxi Emperor of Qing Dynasty.
  • Princess Chunque of the First Rank (1710), daughter of the Kangxi Emperor of 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)
  • 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[]

Czech[]

  • Elizabeth Jane Weston (1612), English-Czech poet

Denmark[]

  • Dagmar of Bohemia (1213), queen consort of King Valdemar II of Denmark.
  • Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1231)
  • Charlotte Amalie Griffenfeld (1703), daughter of Peder Griffenfeld
  • Elisabeth Helene von Vieregg (1704), spouse of the king
  • Louise of Great Britain (1751), Queen of Denmark and Norway as first wife of Frederick V. She was the youngest surviving daughter of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach.
  • Princess Louise of Denmark (1756)
  • Birgitte Sofie Gabel (1769)

East Timor[]

  • Elsa Pinto (1981), first wife of Lere Anan Timor

Egypt[]

  • Henhenet (2015 BC), a lower ranking wife of Pharaoh Mentuhotep II of the 11th dynasty.
  • Meketaten (1340 BC)
  • Mutnedjmet (13th century BC), wife of Pharaoh Horemheb
  • Cleopatra V (Mid 1st Century BC)
  • Jamal Nur Qadin (1876)

Ethiopia[]

  • Woizero Zenebework Mikael, illegalmate daughter of Menelik II
  • Yeshimebet Ali (1892)
  • Princess Tsehai (1942)
  • Woizero Yitateku Kidane (1945), mother of Mengistu Haile Mariam

France[]

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
  • Magdalena of Saxony (1534), Maragravine
  • Agnes of Hesse (1555), princess
  • 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
  • Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1609), princess
  • Johanna Elisabeth of Nassau-Hadamar (1647), princess
  • 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)
  • Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg (1679)
  • Sophie Hedwig of Saxe-Merseburg (1686)
  • Eleonore Sophie of Saxe-Weimar (1687)
  • Catharina Margaretha Miculcin (1696), first wife of Georg Ernst Stahl
  • 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
  • Katharina Rebecca von Mettingh (1747), second wife of Johann Christian Senckenberg
  • Christiane Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1757), Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen
  • Josepha von Heydeck (1771)
  • Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1782), Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • 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.
  • Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1788)
  • Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1801), maternal grandmother of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria of the UK.
  • 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)
  • Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1820), first wife of Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg
  • Princess Mathilde of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1825)
  • Henriette Spitzeder (1828), opera singer
  • Sophia Reuss (1835), first wife of Karl Gottlieb Pfander (she died in Armenia)
  • Agnes Burtz (1838), first wife of Max Stirner.
  • Mathilde Voigt (1847), first wife of Wilhelm von Planck & Mother of Hugo Planck
  • Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (1855), first wife of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen & mother of Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
  • Princess Anna of Saxony (1859), first wife of Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany
  • Princess Anna of Hesse and by Rhine (1865), Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1881)
  • Princess Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1882), Princess of Württemberg
  • Princess Marie of Prussia (1888)
  • the mother of Max Koegel (1901)
  • Paula Modersohn-Becker (1907), artist
  • Else Gütschow (1908), historian
  • 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
  • Irmgard Poppen (1963), first wife of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Greece[]

Hungary[]

  • Clemence of Austria (1293 or 1295)
  • Beatrice of Luxembourg (1319)
  • Mary, Queen of Hungary (1395)
  • Ilona Grosz (1909), mother of Miklós Radnóti
  • Ilonka Szabó (1945), opera singer

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 & wife of Jai Singh of Mewar
  • Gowri Lakshmi Bayi (1815), Maharani of Travancore
  • Maharani Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore (1857), mother of Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma, Maharajah of Travancore
  • the first wife of Motilal Nehru
  • The mother of Jeevan (1915)
  • T. K. Padmini (1969), painter
  • Smita Patil (1986), Indian actress and wife of Raj Babbar

Indonesia[]

  • Raden Ajeng Kartini (1904), Promoter of gender equality in Indonesia

Ireland[]

  • Mary Letitia Martin (1850), novelist
  • Brigid (née Hegarty) Browne (1880), mother of Francis Browne
  • the mother of James Cross (1921)
  • Sheila Hodgers (1983, also died of Multiple Cancers)
  • Ann Lovett (1984), unmarried teenage mother whose death sparked a national debate
  • Savita Halappanavar (2012), her death caused widespread outrage after doctors refused to terminate her 17-week-long pregnancy, and ignited protests and debate on Irish abortion laws.

Israel[]

  • 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
  • Tullia (45 BC), daughter 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)
  • 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
  • (1488), noblewoman
  • Camilla di Mariotto Rucellai (1494), first wife of Francesco di Bartolomeo di Zanobi del Giocondo
  • 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 Michelle of Spain (1597), daughter of Philip II of Spain and Elisabeth of Valois
  • Prudenzia di Ottaviano Montoni (1606), wife of Orazio Gentileschi & 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 & III of Naples and Sicily
  • Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1812), organist
  • Caterina Marini (1827), noblewoman
  • 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
  • Luigia Mussini-Piaggio (1865), painter
  • 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
  • Gianna Beretta Molla (1962), pediatrician who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2004

Japan[]

Kenya[]

  • the mother of Sondre Mulongo Nystrøm (1994)
  • Maureen Wanza (2017), actress

Korea[]

  • Queen Jeongsun (1237), Consort of Wonjong of Goryeo and mother of Chungnyeol of Goryeo
  • Queen 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[]

  • Princess Razafinandriamanitra of Madagascar (1897)

Mexico[]

  • Cihuateteo (Aztec Era)
  • Julia Pastrana (1860), born with hypertrichosis, took part in exhibition tours in North America and Europe because of her unusual appearance
  • Delfina Ortega Díaz (1880), First Lady Of Mexico
  • Cristina Farfán (1880), educator, writer, and women's rights activist
  • Hiromi Hayakawa (2017), singer and actress

Montenegro[]

  • Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1890), mother of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia

Mozambique[]

  • Hermelinda Simela (2021), actress, producer and director

The Netherlands[]

Nepal[]

  • Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (1950), crown princess

Nigeria[]

  • Bisi Komolafe (2012), actress
  • Funmilola Ogundana (2013), sprinter
  • (2017), actress
  • (2017), actress
  • Moji Olaiya (2017), actress
  • (2017), actress
  • (2019), movie producer
  • Diekolola Osa Avielele (2020), daughter of Cornelius Adebayo & businesswoman
  • Sadiya Magatakarda Wamakko (2020), daughter of Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko

Norway[]

  • Alfhild (1024), English Concubine of Olaf II of Norway & 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
  • Martha Elisabeth Jensdatter Wissing (1734), wife of Frederik Nannestad
  • Cecilie Widding Garmann (1759), wife of
  • the mother of (1812)
  • the first wife of Johann Georg Hiedler (1824)
  • Marie Eriksdatter (1824), first wife of
  • Marie Lovise Falkenberg (1841), first wife of Oluf Steen Julius Berner & mother of Carl Berner
  • Jeanette Sofie Augusta Dahl (1884), wife of Hjalmar Heiberg & mother of Jean Heiberg
  • Kristine Henden (1905), first wife of Anders A. Lothe
  • the first wife of Vidar Theisen (1962)

Ottoman Empire[]

  • Ismihan Sultan (1585), princess
  • Fatma Sultan (1590), princess
  • Kaya Sultan (1659), princess
  • Mihrimah Sultan (1838), princess
  • Nergizev Hanım (1848)
  • Nesrin Kadın (1876), imperial consort
  • Melek Hanem (1884), first wife of Xhemal Pasha Zogu
  • Esma Sultan (1899), princess
  • Winifred Brun (1909), first wife of Ali Kemal

Papua New Guinea[]

  • Princess Singdo (1921), born in Tabar Island in New Ireland Province in then German New Guinea, wife of Carl Emil Pettersson

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 & 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 & 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

Portugal[]

  • 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)

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
  • 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
  • Praskovia Kovalyova-Zhemchugova (1803), opera singer and actress
  • 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
  • Natalia Alexandrovna Herzen (née Zakharyina) (1852), wife of Alexander Herzen
  • Mariya Meshcherskaya (1868), Lady-in-waiting
  • Daria Konstantinowa Opotschinina (1870), granddaughter of Mikhail Kutuzov and countess of Beauharnais
  • Evgeniya Evreinova (1872), niece of , first wife of & mother of Sergei Diaghilev
  • Alexandra Georgievna of Greece and Denmark, (1891) consort of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia
  • Alexandra Veligorskaia (1906), first wife of Leonid Andreyev and mother of Daniil Andreyev
  • 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

Slovenia[]

  • Josipina Turnograjska (1854), poet

South Africa[]

  • Aletta Beyers (1895), wife of Eugène Marais
  • Bongi Makeba (1985), singer

Spain[]

Sudan[]

Sweden[]

Switzerland[]

  • Joanna of Pfirt (1351), duchess of Austria
  • Suzanne Bernard Rousseau (1712), mother of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • the mother of Charles Wyrsch (1920)

Thailand[]

Tunisia[]

United Kingdom[]

  • 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
  • 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 & 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 & 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
  • Nicola Moray (1612), daughter of Robert Moray & wife of Robert Douglas, 1st Viscount of Belhaven
  • Margaret Witt (1615), widow of Hadrian à Saravia & first wife of Robert Hill
  • Anne (Dudley) Sutton (1615), lady-in-waiting
  • Elizabeth Skinner (1620), stepmother of Richard Crashaw
  • 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 & 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 Chamberlyne (1691), first known British female sailor
  • Mary Lawley (1694), daughter of Sir Francis Lawley, 2nd Baronet & second wife of John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh
  • Sarah Crossley (1702), only daughter and heiress of John Crossley of Kershaw House, Halifax & first wife of Richard Richardson
  • Mercy Bromley (1705), the daughter and eventual sole heir of William Bromley, wife of John Bromley & 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 & first wife of Peregrine Osborne, 3rd Duke of Leeds
  • Theodosia Bligh, 10th Baroness Clifton (1722), peer
  • Mary Gordon (1723), daughter of Sir Alexander Gordon, Bart., of Earlston, widow of Edward Goldie of Craigmuie, & second wife of John M'Millan
  • Frances Wyndham (1728), daughter of Thomas Wyndham and sister and heiress of Sir Francis Wyndham, 4th Baronet, & wife of Henry Bromley, 1st Baron Montfort
  • Jane Johnson (1732), first wife of Theophilus Cibber
  • Maria, Lady Walpole (1738), second wife of Prime Minister Robert Walpole
  • Frances Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (1750), noblewoman and heiress
  • Rhoda Delaval (1757), aristocrat
  • 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 & mother of Thomas Gascoigne Jr
  • 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 ({{circa|1800), wife of William Allen (Quaker), after delivering Mary Allen who also died in childbirth
  • Agnes Creyke (1800), fifth daughter of Colonel Ralph Creyke & first wife of Abolitionist Francis Wrangham
  • Ann Griffiths (née Thomas) (1805), Welsh poet and writer of Methodist Christian hymns
  • Julia Ann Grimani (1806), wife of Charles Mayne Young
  • Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1817), only legitimate child of the future King George IV of the United Kingdom. The obstetrician later committed suicide.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Elizabeth Emma Soyer (1842), oil painter
  • Louisa Harris (1845), daughter adopted by Samuel Courtauld
  • Emma Albertazzi (1847), opera singer
  • 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 & 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
  • Eleanor Bromley (1860), mother of Nelly Bromley
  • 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)
  • the mother of Kenneth Grahame (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.
  • Catherine Van Sommer (1881), mother of Harry Paddon
  • Hannah Smith (1889), mother of Edward Wadsworth
  • Margaret Cowley (1892), second wife of John Jack Lennon (1855-1921; father of Alfred Lennon)
  • 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
  • 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), secretary to the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts first World Camp
  • Muriel Harper (1941), mother of Roy Harper
  • 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
  • Marie-Louise Berneri (1949), anarchist activist and author
  • Franki Raffles (1994), photographer

United States[]

  • Mary Forth (1615), wife of John Winthrop
  • Thomasine Clopton (1616), wife of John Winthrop
  • Mary (Norris) Allerton (1621), Mayflower passenger
  • Eliza Marble (1719), wife of Edward Low
  • Mary Phillips (1737), daughter of Samuel Phillips, older sister of John Phillips & aunt of Samuel Phillips Jr.
  • Hester Hampton (1739), mother of Rebecca Boone
  • Amy Whipple Wilkinson (1764), mother of the Public Universal Friend
  • Jane Colden (1766), botanist & 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
  • Kalanipauahi (1826), Hawaiian queen consort/princess and a member of the House of Kamehameha
  • Sarah Lincoln Grigsby (1828), sister of president Abraham Lincoln
  • Julia Clapp (1831), first wife of John Murdock & 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)
  • Olivia Loughridge (1845), first wife of Robert McGill Loughridge
  • Olive Grey Frost Young (1845), 16th Wife Of Brigham Young
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Awbonnie Tookanka (1888), first wife of Granville Stuart
  • Jennie Louise Benedict (1889), daughter of Henry Flagler
  • Susan James Parmer (1889), younger sister of Jesse James
  • Jeanette Guggenheim (1889), daughter of Meyer Guggenheim & 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
  • Josephine Courtney Pruitt (1893), mother of Elinore Pruitt Stewart
  • Blanche Lehman (1895), only wife of Henri Willis Bendel
  • Jennie Pond Atwater (1896)
  • Rosa Fullman (1896), mother of Henry Darger
  • Martha Wells Shumate (1896), mother of Whitney Shumate
  • 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
  • Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson (1901), first black female doctor in Alabama
  • Alice Lamon Powers (1906), mother of Chard Powers Smith
  • 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 her daughter's stillbirth)
  • Julia Petta (1921)
  • Eliza Lacks Pleasant (1924), mother of cancer victim Henrietta Lacks
  • Pearl Greengard (1925), mother of actress Chris Chase & neuroscientist Paul Greengard.
  • Lena Steward (1926), stepmother of George B. Thomas
  • Kay Laurell (1927), actress (initially, she died of pneumonia)
  • Benita Rosalind Guggenheim (1927), sister of Peggy Guggenheim
  • 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
  • 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 & 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
  • Martina von Trapp (1951), was a member of the Trapp Family Singers
  • first wife of Johnny Smith (1957)
  • Mary Welch (1958), stage actress & first wife of David White
  • Ellen Urban (1961), first wife of William D. Ruckelshaus
  • Gerri Santoro (1964)
  • Nicola Griggs Andron (1975), daughter of David T. Griggs & granddaughter of Robert Fiske Griggs
  • Rosie Jimenez (1977)
  • Becky Bell (1988)
  • Nadine Renee (2004), singer/songwriter
  • Marlise Muñoz (2013)
  • Micki Carey Tobin (2012) (amniotic fluid embolism)
  • Chaniece Wallace (2020)

Venezuela[]

Vietnam[]

Zambia[]

  • Mofya Chisenga (2011), Miss Zambia 2006

See also[]

References[]

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