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State of not having children
Childlessness is the state of not having children. Childlessness may have personal, social or political significance. Childlessness, which may be by choice
Childlessness
2008 American film
Childless is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Charlie Levi and starring Barbara Hershey, Joe Mantegna, James Naughton and Diane Venora
Childless
Lifestyle choice
Voluntary childlessness or childfreeness is the choice to neither conceive nor adopt children. Use of the word childfree was first recorded in 1901 and
Voluntary_childlessness
Vice President of the United States since 2025
same-sex marriage, and gun control. He is also an outspoken critic of childlessness. Vance has cited Catholic theology as an influence on his views, although
JD_Vance
Campaign of mass forced abortions in China
‹See RfD› Childless Hundred Days (Chinese: 百日无孩) was a campaign of mass forced abortions in Shen County and Guan County in Shandong, China. The campaign
Childless_Hundred_Days
Tax imposed on voluntary childlessness
Tax on childlessness is defined as taxes on childless adults, typically implemented in order to increase the birth rate and to combat population decline
Tax_on_childlessness
of natalist positions. He has repeatedly expressed his belief that childlessness is linked to sociopathy. Vance has repeatedly asserted that parents
Political positions of JD Vance
Political_positions_of_JD_Vance
2022 Iranian film-in-film comedy film directed by Reza Jamali
A Childless Village (قرية بلا أطفال) is a 2022 Iranian film-in-film comedy drama film produced by Salman Abbasi and directed by Reza Jamali. The film
A_Childless_Village
8th episode of the 15th season of The Simpsons
"Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" is the eighth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television
Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
Marge_vs._Singles,_Seniors,_Childless_Couples_and_Teens,_and_Gays
Form of social judgment
Infertility and childlessness stigmas are social and cultural codes that identify the inability to have children as a disgraceful state of being. Broadly
Infertility and childlessness stigmas
Infertility_and_childlessness_stigmas
King of England from 1509 to 1547
eventual legitimisation. FitzRoy married Mary Howard in 1533, but died childless three years later. At the time of his death in July 1536, Parliament was
Henry_VIII
American rapper from Detroit
own mixtapes and street projects range from the classic Tales of the Childless Father to Father's Day on to You Are The Father and Fatherly Advice. Guess
Fatt_Father
Title of French nobility
died childless in 1536, Henry substituted him as Dauphin and ceded the title to his younger brother Charles, Duke of Angoulême, who died childless in 1545
Duke_of_Orléans
Family lifestyle
kids or dual income, no kids, referring to couples who are voluntarily childless. It describes a couple without children living together while both partners
DINK
King of England from 1189 to 1199
conduct, but he was not reunited with his wife. The marriage remained childless.[citation needed] Richard landed at Acre on 8 June 1191. He gave his support
Richard_I_of_England
Duke in the Holy Roman Empire
Godfrey (or Godefrid) II (965–1023), called the Childless, son of Godfrey I, Count of Verdun (d. 1002) was the first of several members of his family
Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Godfrey_II,_Duke_of_Lower_Lorraine
Biblical prophetess, traditional author of the Song of Hannah, mother of Samuel
Peninnah, had given birth to Elkanah's children, but Hannah remained childless. Nevertheless, Elkanah preferred Hannah. According to Lillian Klein, the
Hannah_(biblical_figure)
Brothers mentioned in the Book of Ruth
leaving Naomi, Ruth, and Orpah widowed. At the time, Ruth and Orpah were childless. Naomi then plans to return to Israel. She tests her daughters-in-law
Mahlon_and_Chilion
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786
and his sexuality has been the subject of much study. Because he died childless, he was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick William II. He is buried at
Frederick_the_Great
2012 South Korean television series
2013). "Childless Comfort looks like TV game-changer". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2013-02-27. Retrieved 2013-03-04. Childless Comfort
My_Kids_Give_Me_a_Headache
Indian businessman (1856–1926)
Ratanji was married to a Parsee woman at a young age. However, she died childless not long after the marriage. Ratanji was in his forties when he married
Ratanji_Dadabhoy_Tata
American actress
"Review: 'Childless,' a Film of Connected Monologues, Stars Joe Mantegna (Published 2015)". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2020. "'Childless': Film
Natalie_Dreyfuss
Medical technique that intentionally leaves a person unable to reproduce
women aged 15 to 44 were childless in June 2008 compared to 35% of childless women in 1976. The personal freedoms of a childless lifestyle and the ability
Sterilization_(medicine)
and Charles XV. Gustav's daughter Carola of Vasa (1833–1902), who died childless, was the last member of the Swedish branch of the House of Holstein-Gottorp
List_of_monarchs_of_Sweden
Battle between English and Normans in 1066
decisive Norman victory. The background to the battle was the death of the childless King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, which set up a succession struggle
Battle_of_Hastings
Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (1913–1986)
and covertly transferred children from mothers in Magdalene asylums to childless couples. Éamon was the third child of Sinéad (née Flanagan) and Éamon
Éamon_de_Valera_(1913–1986)
Anglo-Norman lord in Ireland (c. 1130–1176)
Strongbow (Anglo-Norman: Arc-Fort). After his son and heir, Gilbert, died childless before 1189, the earldom passed through Richard's daughter Isabel de Clare
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Richard_de_Clare,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke
First Lady of Kenya since 2022
praying for a woman she had met in Bungoma who was struggling with childlessness and she later conceived twins. She narrated how a woman approached her
Rachel_Ruto
Queen of Scotland c. 1107–1122
1107, Sybilla married Alexander I, King of Scotland. The marriage was childless. The marriage ceremony may have occurred as early as 1107 or as late as
Sybilla_of_Normandy
She married Richard II, Vicomte de Beaumont, but it seems they were childless. Richard died on 17 September 1242. In 1232 Matilda and Richard gave land
Matilda_of_Amboise
Roman emperor from AD 98 to 117
Pannonia. In September 96, Domitian was succeeded by the elderly and childless Nerva, who proved to be unpopular with the army. After a revolt by members
Trajan
American actress (1914–1999)
Incorporated. The couple remained married until his death in 1965. The union was childless. Gerson retired in 1966, though still using her voice, working at the
Betty_Lou_Gerson
common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act
Succession to the British throne
Succession_to_the_British_throne
Minor character in the epic Mahabharata
Like his brother Chitrangada, he dies childless. Subsequently, through niyoga, the practice of allowing a childless widow to conceive children with a man
Vichitravirya
War between France and a European coalition (1688–1697)
hostilities, since it failed to resolve who would succeed the ailing and childless Charles II of Spain as ruler of the Spanish Empire, a question that had
Nine_Years'_War
Short dialogue in Proto-Indo-European
súhxnum ǵeǵonh₁e. English translation: Once there was a king. He was childless. The king wanted a son. He asked his priest: "May a son be born to me
The_king_and_the_god
Castrated male human
state: Eunuchs in a fourth/tenth-century Abbasid court. In Celibate and Childless Men in Power (pp. 65–78). Routledge. Gul, R., Zafar, N., & Naznin, S.
Eunuch
2006 film by Mike Judge
anti-intellectualism, commercialism, consumerism, dysgenics, voluntary childlessness, and overpopulation. 20th Century Fox was hesitant to promote the film
Idiocracy
Maharana of Udaipur from 1874–1884
He was a son of Maharaj Shakti Singh of Bagore and was adopted by his childless first cousin Maharana Shambhu Singh whom he succeeded in the year 1874
Sajjan_Singh_of_Udaipur
Annual Swazi woman's ritual
beginning of September. In Eswatini, tens of thousands of unmarried and childless Swazi girls and women travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini
Umhlanga_(ceremony)
King of Joseon from 1545 to 1567
Won-hyeong. He ascended to the throne at the age of 11, upon the death of his childless half-brother, King Injong. Since he was too young to govern, his mother
Myeongjong_of_Joseon
Spouse's sibling or sibling's spouse
whereby a man had a non-obligatory duty to wed his deceased brother's childless widow, so she might have progeny by him. Look up sibling-in-law in Wiktionary
Sibling-in-law
King of England from 1100 to 1135
of Louvain, in the hope of having another son, but their marriage was childless. In response to this, he declared his daughter Matilda his heir and married
Henry_I_of_England
Cultural archetype of a woman who owns many cats
slammed for 'childless cat ladies' comment". ABC News. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2025. "Taylor Swift endorses Harris in post signed 'Childless Cat Lady'"
Cat_lady
Duke of Milan from 1521 to 1535
France. Surviving a poisoning, he married Christina of Denmark, but died childless. He was the last member of the Sforza family to rule Milan. Francesco
Francesco_II_Sforza
King of the English from 1042 to 1066
Edward repudiated Edith and sent her to a nunnery, perhaps because she was childless, and Archbishop Robert urged her divorce. Sweyn went on pilgrimage to
Edward_the_Confessor
Duchess of Savoy
took those titles. In 1496, her brother Duke Charles II of Savoy died childless, being the male heir of the line of Savoy, and her uncle became sovereign
Yolande_Louise_of_Savoy
Queen of Wessex from 856 to 860
King Ætheldbald died in 860. Both of Judith's first two marriages were childless. Her third marriage was to Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, with whom
Judith_of_Flanders
Indian folktale collected in Bihar
The Daughter of the Childless King is an Indian folktale collected in Bihar. In it, a queen devises a ruse to trick the king into believing she gave birth
The Daughter of the Childless King
The_Daughter_of_the_Childless_King
satisfying families and support childrearing. Among all social classes, childless couples or those who wanted to expand the size of their families instead
Adoption_in_ancient_Rome
French painter (1840–1926)
1857 when he was sixteen years old, and he was sent to live with his childless, widowed but wealthy aunt, Marie-Jeanne Lecadre. He went on to study at
Claude_Monet
2025 Indian Malayalam-language film
lead roles. Manojan and Vimala are married for three years but they are childless. After consulting with doctors, Vimala finally becomes pregnant and gives
Samshayam
Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584
Feodor Ivanovich, to inherit the throne, a man whose rule and subsequent childless death led to the end of the Rurik dynasty and the beginning of the Time
Ivan_the_Terrible
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Charles became Duke of Parma and Piacenza following the death of his childless grand-uncle Antonio Farnese. At the age of 18, he led Spanish troops in
Charles_III_of_Spain
Major heat wave in Europe
from the group of elderly not requiring constant medical care; often childless women who lived alone. That shortcomings of the nation's health system
2003_European_heatwave
she conducted a study that found that nearly half of such women are childless by circumstance. Her initial interest in defining PANKs for marketing
Melanie_Notkin
American actress (1937–2008)
suffered a miscarriage during her marriage to Gallagher, and they were childless. Asked about children in an October 2000 interview, Pleshette stated:
Suzanne_Pleshette
Fictional character from King of the Hill
The Simpsons. Fox Broadcasting Company. "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays". The Simpsons. Fox Broadcasting Company.
Hank_Hill
without issue Anne de Mortimer, first daughter of Roger, succeeded her childless brother Edmund Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, only son of Anne
Alternative successions to the English and British Crown
Alternative_successions_to_the_English_and_British_Crown
First Duke of Brunswick-Bevern
August 1674 – 10 September 1711), died childless Augustus Ferdinand (29 December 1677 – 2 July 1704), died childless Ferdinand Albert II (1680–1735) Ferdinand
Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
Ferdinand_Albert_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern
Country house of the British Prime Minister
16th-century antiques and tapestries and the Cromwellian antiquities), and the childless Lees formed a plan. While previous prime ministers had always belonged
Chequers
Mother of Pandavas in Hindu epic Mahabharata
life is described in detail. Born to Shurasena, she is adopted by her childless uncle, Kuntibhoja, and during her adolescence, she receives a divine mantra
Kunti
Eldest surviving son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
until his death in Milan in 1858. Like his brother, he was unmarried and childless; thus the Mozart family line died with him. His name was also spelt as
Karl_Thomas_Mozart
La Grande Mademoiselle (1627–1693)
Montpensier. One of the greatest heiresses in history, she died unmarried and childless, leaving her vast fortune to her cousin Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. After
Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
Anne_Marie_Louise_d'Orléans,_Duchess_of_Montpensier
King of Qin
Qin. He also successfully convinced Lord Anguo's primary spouse, the childless Lady Huayang, to adopt Yiren as her own son, thereby making Yiren Lord
King_Zhuangxiang_of_Qin
Spouse of Al-Husayn ibn Ali
of Husayn ibn Ali, the third Shia Imam. After some years of remaining childless, she bore Husayn two children, named Sakina and Abd-Allah, also known
Rubab_bint_Imra_al-Qais
Duke of Austria and Styria
Styria and Carinthia. His marriage with Catherine of Luxembourg remained childless; upon his death, he was succeeded by his younger brothers Albert III and
Albert_II,_Duke_of_Austria
Austrian musical family
official in the service of the Viceroy of Naples in Milan; unmarried and childless Johann Thomas Leopold Mozart (1786–1786) Theresia Constanzia Adelheid
Mozart_family
Region and former province of the Netherlands
were in fact known as counts of Frisia until 1101). When John I died childless in 1299, the county was inherited by Count John II of Hainaut. By the
Holland
British peer and politician
He joined the military and served in the Household Division. Upon his childless brother's death in 1900, he inherited the family title and estates. Wellesley
Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington
Arthur_Wellesley,_4th_Duke_of_Wellington
1817–19 UK succession scramble
likely to have legitimate children. The king's five daughters were all childless and past childbearing age. Hope rested on the middle sons, who had remained
Hymen's_war_terrific
1996 Telugu film directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana
office. The film was a remake of Tamil film Thaikulame Thaikulame. Being childless haunts Sriram and Sita, a couple with trustworthy characters. After Sriram's
Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu
Intlo_Illalu_Vantintlo_Priyuralu
Castle in Utrecht, Netherlands
ownership of the De Haar family until 1440, when the last male heir died childless. The castle then passed to the Van Zuylen family. In 1482, the castle
De_Haar_Castle
Person who is first in line of succession
the current title-holder. The clearest example occurs in the case of a childless bearer of a hereditary title that can only be inherited by one person
Heir_apparent
Play by Federico García Lorca
describes the play as "a tragic poem." The play tells the story of a childless woman living in rural Spain. Her desperate desire for motherhood becomes
Yerma
Historic building in County Sligo, Ireland
Cowper-Temple (later created the 1st Baron Mount Temple). The latter died childless in 1888 and the estate passed to his nephew, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, the
Classiebawn_Castle
Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(26 February 1742 – 8 August 1761), died childless William Adolf (18 May 1745 – 24 August 1770), died childless Elizabeth Christine Ulrike (1746–1840),
Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Charles_I,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Term referring to an average (American) person
nonetheless be inaccurate to state that the average American lives in a childless couple arrangement as 71.3% do not. Today, statistics by the United States
Average_Joe
1825 coronation in France
1814. Charles’ elder brother became Louis XVIII, and as the King was childless, Charles was his heir presumptive. Charles emerged as the leader of the
Coronation of Charles X of France
Coronation_of_Charles_X_of_France
Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
He was childless and was succeeded by his younger brother Eric, the third Baron. He was a captain in the Royal Navy. He was also childless and was succeeded
Baron_Ailwyn
British aristocrat and officer (1907–1967)
cousin, William Grosvenor, 3rd Duke of Westminster, who died unmarried and childless. He was commissioned into the 9th Lancers from the Royal Military College
Gerald Grosvenor, 4th Duke of Westminster
Gerald_Grosvenor,_4th_Duke_of_Westminster
Japanese samurai and daimyō (1567–1636)
adopted by Iizaka Muneyasu [ja] to succeed the Iizaka clan but died childless Date Muneyasu (1602–1639), by Shōkō'in, first head of the Iwadeyama-Date
Date_Masamune
born between 1097 and 1100. Her son Saul was the heir presumptive to her childless brother, Stephen II of Hungary. Sophia is one of the three children and
Sophia (Coloman of Hungary's daughter)
Sophia_(Coloman_of_Hungary's_daughter)
Aristocratic Republic in Europe (1569–1795)
strengthen frontiers of his dominion and maintain unity. As he remained childless, his death in 1572 marked the end of the Jagiellonian dynasty. It introduced
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth
King of England (1461–70; 1471–83)
the throne. This was strengthened in 1447, when York became heir to the childless King Henry VI on the death of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. Allegations
Edward_IV
German woman, wife of Albrecht Dürer
of the German artist Albrecht Dürer. During their marriage, which was childless, she was portrayed several times by Dürer. Agnes Dürer was the daughter
Agnes_Dürer
Extinct branch of Japanese imperial family
Sadayoshi, who was given his title by Emperor Meiji. As Prince Moriosa was childless, the title passed briefly first to his grandnephew Prince Kikumaro, then
Nashimoto-no-miya
English historian
"misinterpreted and sounded darker than I'd intended." She has said that she is "childless-by-choice". As a television presenter, she is known for having a rhotacism
Lucy_Worsley
Imperial dynasty of Russia (1613–1917)
reforms. The direct male line of the Romanovs ended when Elizabeth died childless in 1762. As a result, her nephew Peter III, an agnatic member of the House
House_of_Romanov
1578 battle in Morocco
with Ottoman support. The defeat of Portugal and disappearance of the childless Sebastian led to the end of the Aviz dynasty, and the integration of the
Battle_of_Alcácer_Quibir
Succession crisis
death of his great-uncle King Henry in 1580. As Sebastian and Henry died childless, a dynastic crisis unfolded, marked by internal conflicts and external
Portuguese succession crisis of 1580
Portuguese_succession_crisis_of_1580
Blind ruler of Kuru kingdom in Indian epic Mahabharata
the result of the ancient practice of Niyoga. After Vichitravirya died childless, his half-brother Vyasa fathered children with Vichitravirya’s widows
Dhritarashtra
British Duke (1758–1787(
mistress Nell Gwyn. He died in 1787, aged 28 in London, unmarried and childless, and his titles passed to his cousin, Aubrey Beauclerk. He was buried
George Beauclerk, 4th Duke of St Albans
George_Beauclerk,_4th_Duke_of_St_Albans
Duchess of Nemours
Henri II, Duke of Nemours in 1657. When he died in 1659, leaving her childless, the rest of her life was mainly spent in contesting her inheritance with
Marie_de_Nemours
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1622–1665)
Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, on 9 October 1653. He died childless at Celle on 15 March 1665 and was succeeded by his brother George William
Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Christian_Louis,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg
French monarchist faction in support of the House of Orléans
movement formed by pure Orléanists and by those Legitimists who after the childless death of Henri, Count of Chambord in 1883 endorsed Philippe, Count of
Orléanist
Empress consort of Mughal Emperor Akbar (1539–1613)
his death, Salima was married to her first cousin, Akbar. She remained childless in both her marriages, but she raised the second son of Akbar, Murad Mirza
Salima_Sultan_Begum
Second wife of King Shantanu in Hindu epic Mahabharata
ruled the kingdom with the help of Bhishma. Although both her sons died childless, she arranged for her eldest son, Vyasa, to father the children of the
Satyavati
Head of the Osmanoğlu family (1930–2021)
full-brother, Harun, born in 1932. Osmanoğlu was married to Yüsra Hanım and was childless. She died on 25 July, 2017, in Damascus. In 1974, the Ottoman family was
Dündar_Ali_Osman
French noble; great-grandson of Louis XIV (1747–1768)
the Prince of Lamballe from birth. He pre-deceased his father, and died childless. Louis Alexandre was born on 6 September 1747, at the Hôtel de Toulouse
Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe
Louis_Alexandre,_Prince_of_Lamballe
CHILDLESS
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Boy/Male
Indian
Sky, Education, Instruction
Girl/Female
Assamese, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
A Fruit
Male
Scottish
Older form of Scottish Gaelic Seumas, SHEUMAIS means "supplanter."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Giles.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Minor deity
Girl/Female
Tamil
Night
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of German Anselm, ANSELMI means "divine helmet."
Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess of beauty
Boy/Male
Muslim
Glory
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n.
The state of being childless.
a.
Having no race or kindred; childless.
v. t.
To bereave of children; to make childless.
a.
Having no issue or progeny; childless.
a.
Bereaved; fatherless; childless.