royal family

[4getmenot]

has there ever been a time when a king or queen was unable to have children?

[jno]

Mary I didn't have any, despite trying. (She seems to have had phantom pregnancies.) The throne went to her sister, Elizabeth

[Twirls]

who also didn't have any if memory serves me right

[dotty.]

If she did they were Robert Dudley's and hence bastards even if they did survive the birth, but probably she didn't have any.

[4getmenot]

if only theyd had ivf. And would the first sextuplet out be next in line? Lol

[Twirls]

first male one would!

[alexanderd]

twirls, didnt have to be male in those days , Elizabeth certainly wasnt!!!

[Twirls]

good point!

[4getmenot]

do you think there would ever be a gay royal wedding in years to come?

[dotty.]

Elizabeth got it cos she was Protestant, she fought the bastardy tag all her life cos her dad was a divorcee

[4getmenot]

yer but was that because she had no brothers?

[PurpleParis]

William IV didn't have any children, which is why his niece, Victoria took the throne.....

[saxy_jag]

Elizabeth had a half brother, who died young.

[dotty.]

still no breakthrough on who Victoria's real father was, the porphyria is a big clue but still not unearthed the line, oh well,

[jno]

Elizabeth did have a brother, who ruled first - Edward VI. He had no children (didn't marry) and so his sisters took the throne in age order. Elizabeth didn't marry, but Mary did and couldn't produce an heir.

[jno]

and William IV had heaps of children - 10 - just not by his wife.

[tiggerblue10]

Charles II wife Catherine of Braganza. Charles himself had many barstewards and he has many living descendants today.

[mike11111]

The following monarchs left no legitimate children:
William II
Richard I
Richard II
Henry VI
Edward V
Richard III
Edward VI
Mary I
Elizabeth I
Charles II
William III/Mary II
William IV (10 illegitimate)
Edward VIII

[jno]

doesn't mean they were unable, though: some had children by the wrong woman, others were gay, and some died too young.

[Cowtipper]

I saw that add in the paper:
Make money from home! Be your own boss! Thousands per day income potential. No experience required. Contact: Archbishop of Canterbury. No phone calls, EOE. Drug Free Workplace. Minorities encouraged to apply.

[atalanta]

Queen Anne had loads of children, but they all died before she did.