List of women who died in childbirth
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
[edit]Angola
[edit]- Ivone Mufuca (2016), handball player
Australia
[edit]- Elizabeth Jane Hunter (1857), maternal aunt of Gustave Slapoffski (she died in England)
- Hattie Shepparde (1874), first wife of Henry Hallam
- Sumner Locke (1917)
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Barbara Kiszka (1585), mother of Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill who also died in childbirth
- Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill (1612)
- The mother of Ivan Kulesh (1986)
Belgium
[edit]- Fernande de Cartier de Marchienne (1903), mother of Marguerite Yourcenar
Bohemia
[edit]- 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
[edit]- the mother of Domitila Chúngara (1946)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit]- Barbara del Balzo (1459), second wife of Stjepan Vukčić Kosača
Brazil
[edit]- 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
Bulgaria
[edit]- Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1899), mother of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria.
Burma
[edit]- Mwei Daw (1368), principal queen of King Binnya U of Martaban–Hanthawaddy, and the mother of King Razadarit.
- Shin Myo Myat (1520s), mother of King Bayinnaung of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), and wet nurse of King Tabinshwehti.
- Hsinbyume (1812), first wife of Bagyidaw.
Byzantine Empire
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Sisowath Monikessan (1946), one of the wives of Norodom Sihanouk
- Vichara Dany (1976), actress
- Saom Vansodany (1977), actress
- Chang My-Huoy (1978), only wife of Haing S. Ngor
Canada
[edit]- Martha Minn (1790), first wife of John Howe (father of Joseph Howe)
- Martha Howe Sentell (1799), daughter of John Howe
- the wife of Pierre St. Jean (1857)
- the first wife of William Hobart Molson (1926)
- Kathy Kerr (1990), first wife of Tim Kerr
- Simmi Kahlon (2009), Indian-Canadian serial killer
China
[edit]- 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.
Croatia
[edit]- Dora Pejačević (1923), composer
Cuba
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Elizabeth Jane Weston (1612), English-Czech poet
Denmark
[edit]- Dagmar of Bohemia (1212), queen consort of King Valdemar II of Denmark.
- Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1231)
- Else Jacobsdatter (1539), wife of Christiern Pedersen
- 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)
Dominican Republic
[edit]- María Albor Polanco (1772), mother of José Núñez de Cáceres
East Timor
[edit]- Elsa Pinto (1981), first wife of Lere Anan Timor
Egypt
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Woizero Zenebework Mikael (circa 1890), illegitimate granddaughter of Menelik II
- Princess Tsehai (1942)
- Woizero Yitateku Kidane (1945), mother of Mengistu Haile Mariam
France
[edit]- 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
- the mother of Saint Drogo (1105)
- 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
[edit]- Balendukht
- Tamar of Mukhrani (1683)
- Ketevan Andronikashvili (1782)
- Princess Elene of Georgia (1786)
- Daria Gruzinskaya (1796)
Germany
[edit]- 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)
- Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1912), Duchess of Urach
- 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
[edit]- Antigone of Epirus (295 BC)
- Nysa (wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus) (160 BC)
- Athenais (daughter of Herodes Atticus) (161)
- Agnes of Montferrat (1208), first Empress consort of Henry of Flanders
- Theodora Tocco (1429), first wife of Constantine Palaiologos
- Maria Katelouzou Venizelou (1894), wife of Eleftherios Venizelos, giving birth to Sophoklis Venizelos[1]
Hungary
[edit]- Clemence of Austria (1293 or 1295)
- Beatrice of Luxembourg (1319)
- Mary, Queen of Hungary (1395)
- Zsófia Forgách (1590), first wife of György Thurzó
- Krisztina Nyáry (1641)
- Ilona Grosz (1909), mother of Miklós Radnóti
India
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Kartini (1904), Promoter of gender equality in Indonesia
- Percha Leanpuri (2021), politician[3]
Ireland
[edit]- Joan Apsley (1599)
- Catherine Butler (1782), only wife of Henry Pelham
- 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.
Kingdom of Jerusalem (now Israel or Palestine)
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Amansha Berentayeva (1925), second wife of Ilyas Zhansugurov
Korea
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Salome Karwah (2017), Ebola survivor
Madagascar
[edit]Malaysia
[edit]- Cik Rogayah binti Muhammad Amin (1909), 4th wife of Sulaiman of Selangor
- Ampuan Raja Zubaidah binti Abdul Jalil of Perak (1918), 6th wife of Sulaiman of Selangor
- Siti Sarah (2021), singer
Mexico
[edit]- Cihuateteo (Aztec Era)
- María Antonia de Trebuesto y Dávalos (1766), wife of Pedro Romero de Terreros
- 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
- María de los Dolores Eleuteria Clotilde Cardeña Espino (1897), first wife of Guillermo Kahlo
- Hiromi Hayakawa (2017), singer and actress
Montenegro
[edit]- Princess Zorka of Montenegro (1890), mother of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
The Netherlands
[edit]- Aleijda Verwers (1665), mother of Aleijda Wolfsen, who also died in childbirth
- Aleijda Wolfsen (1692), painter
- Anna Maria de Bruyn (1744), ballet dancer and stage actor
- Suzanna Sablairolles (1867), stage actor
- C.C. van Asch van Wijck (1932), sculptor
- Ruth Judith Klee (1942), daughter of Alfred Klee and mother of Hanneli Goslar
Nepal
[edit]- Trailokya Rajya Lakshmi Devi (1850), queen consort
- the mother of Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (1852)
- Indra Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah (1950), crown princess
New Zealand
[edit]- Sue Maroroa (2023), chess player
Nigeria
[edit]- Abigail Aina Falae (1946), mother of Olu Falae
- the mother of Uzo (1969)
- Bisi Komolafe (2012), actress
- Funmilola Ogundana (2013), sprinter
- Kefee (2014, died from pre-eclampsia at 6 months gestration)
- Moji Olaiya (2017), actress
- Diekolola Osa Avielele (2020), daughter of Cornelius Adebayo and businesswoman
- Sadiya Magatakarda Wamakko (2020), daughter of Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko
Norway
[edit]- 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), granddaughter of Claus Berg, daughter of Frants Berg & 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Princess Singdo (1921), born in Tabar Island in New Ireland Province in then German New Guinea, wife of Carl Emil Pettersson
Persia
[edit]- Stateira I (332 BCE), Queen of Persia and wife of Darius III, died in captivity.
- Balendukht (5th century)
- Dilras Banu Begum (1657), chief consort of Aurangzeb
Peru
[edit]- Lady of Cao (450 AD)
The Philippines
[edit]- Olympia Rizal Mercado (1887), sister of José Rizal
- Leonor Rivera (1893)
Poland
[edit]- 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), first wife of Cyprian Godebski & mother of Misia Sert
- Róża Pelagia Lubomirska (1881), only wife of Artur Władysław Potocki
- Princess Malgorzata Izabella Czartoryska (1929), first wife of Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
- The mother of Anna Anka (1971)
Portugal
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Anne Grant (1858), first wife of John Brooke Johnson Brooke
- Juliana (Julia) Caroline Welstead (1862), second and final wife of John Brooke Johnson Brooke
Romania
[edit]- the mother of Irina Ionesco (1930; died in France)
- Dina Papană (1938), first wife of Alexandru Papană
Russia
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Milica Branković (1464), first wife of Leonardo III Tocco, Mother of Carlo III Tocco
- Ruža Anastasijević (1803), mother of Miša Anastasijević
- Bobana Veličković (2020), sport shooter[4]
Singapore
[edit]- Wong Ming Yang (1982), first wife of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
- Nadya Dean (2021), singer and rapper
Slovenia
[edit]- Josipina Turnograjska (1854), poet
South Africa
[edit]- Aletta Beyers (1895), wife of Eugène Marais
- Bongi Makeba (1985), singer
Spain
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Joanna of Pfirt (1351), duchess of Austria
- Suzanne Bernard Rousseau (1712), mother of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- the mother of Charles Wyrsch (1920)
Syria
[edit]- Esther Teira (1943), first wife of Jacob Safra
Taiwan
[edit]- Shih Ching-i (1953), first wife of Chiang Wei-kuo.
Thailand
[edit]- Somanass Waddhanawathy (1852)
- Nueang Snidvongs (1885), Royal consort of Chulalongkorn
Tunisia
[edit]- Majida Boulila (1952)
Uganda
[edit]- Grace Kaudha (2017), politician
United Kingdom
[edit]- 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
- Joan (1510s), wife of Thomas Cranmer
- 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
- Fanny Gamgee (1860), sister of Sampson Gamgee, John Gamgee, and Arthur Gamgee, and mother of D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson
- 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
- Laura Lyttelton (1886), socialite
- 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
- the mother of Mike Tomkies
- 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
[edit]- 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.
- Elizabeth "Eliza" (Parker) Todd (1825), mother of Mary Todd Lincoln
- 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 & second and final wife of Charles H. Hoyt
- 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 biological 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
- the biological mother of Joan Myers (1947)
- Doris Lehman (1948), first wife of Mike Coppola
- 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
- the biological mother of Christine McClamroch (1963)
- Gerri Santoro (1964)
- Wan-bing Mui (1967), mother of Francis Chan
- Sharon Ann Grimes (1969), first wife of Pat Corrales
- 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)[5]
Venezuela
[edit]- Judith Chacón (2009), weightlifter
Vietnam
[edit]- Tá Thiên (1807), also known as original name Hồ Thị Hoa. Consort of Nguyễn Phúc Kiểu, the future Minh Mạng Emperor of Nguyễn dynasty and mother of Nguyễn Phúc Miên Tông, the future Thiệu Trị Emperor
- Lê Vũ Anh (1981), daughter of Lê Duẩn and only wife of Viktor Maslov
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ O'Kane, Caitlin (March 27, 2024). "Longtime Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader Krystal Anderson dies after giving birth". CBS News. Retrieved April 3, 2024.