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A posthumous birth is the birth of a child after the death of a parent. [1] A person born in these circumstances is called a posthumous child or a posthumously born person . Most instances of posthumous birth involve the birth of a child after the death of its father, but the term is also applied to infants delivered shortly after the death of ...
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 ...
Women who died during, as result of childbirth or from pregnancy complications (e.g. eclampsia or puerperal fever. Pages in category "Deaths in childbirth" The ...
A posthumous name is an honorary name given mainly to revered dead people in East Asian culture. It is predominantly used in Asian countries such as China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand. Reflecting on the person's accomplishments or reputation, the title is assigned after death and essentially replaces the name used during life.
This is a list of people who died in the last 3 days without an article at the English Wikipedia. For women without an English Wikipedia page of the last 30 days see Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Missing articles by time period/Recent deaths For people with an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths.
Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined in slightly different ways by several different health organizations. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines maternal death as the death of a pregnant mother due to complications related to pregnancy, underlying conditions worsened by the pregnancy or management of these conditions.
While the exact definition of orphan and foundlings varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents". [1] According to the United Nations, the definition of an orphan is anyone that loses one parent, either through death or abandonment.
List of entertainers who died during a performance; List of solved missing person cases: post-2000; List of people who disappeared mysteriously: pre-1910; List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990; List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1990–present; List of fatal dog attacks; List of drowning victims; List of deaths from ...