DEATHS WITHIN CHILDBIRTH - by age
Béatrix Luxemburgi (1305-1319) 14 y
a historical record for young age when
pregnant; nonviable offspring
Catherine Poděbrady (1449-1464) 15 y
parturition; stillbirth
Empress Yujiulü (525–540) 15 y
grew depressed and died either during or shortly after childbirth
Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212-1228) 16 y
puerperal disorders
Aleksandra Pavlovna (1783-1801) 17 y
developed puerperal fever within eight days
María Manuela de Portugal (1527-1545) 17 y
bleeding; died four days later vía hemorrhaging
Agaf'ja Semёnovna Grušeckaja (1662-1681) 18 y
died as a consequence of childbirth three days later
Alexandra Nikolaevna (1825–1844) 19 y
tuberculosis complicated pregnancy
María Amalia of Spain (1779–1798) 19 y
contracted an infection when baby got
stuck by the shoulders
Ánna Petrovna (1708-1728) 20 y
caught puerperal fever
Frederica of Württemberg (1765-1785) 20 y
died from childbirth and mastocarcinomi
Josipine Urbančič Turnograjske (1833-1854) 20 y
combination of complications at childbirth and measles
Majida Baklouti (1931-1952) 20 y
postpartum bleeding
Natalia Alexeyevna of Russia (1755-1776) 20 y
infection five days of agonizing distress
during contractions
Urilla Sutherland Earp (1849-1870) 20 y
pregnant and about to deliver her first child when she
died from typhoid while pregnant
Alexandra Georgievna (1870-1891) 21 y
Seven months into her second pregnancy
collapsed with violent labor pains, lapsed
into a fatal coma, dying six days later
Auguste Marie Joana (Baden-Baden) d'Orléans (1704-1726) 21 y
three days after giving birth with extreme labor pain
Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1796–1817) 21 y
prolonged labor (abdominal pain, vomiting)
Henahenet (21st century BC) 21 y
died in childbirth when she was 21
Isabel Joannna de Bragança (1797-1818) 21 y
breech; erroneous caesarean bleeding heavily
vía medical error
Nāhiʻenaʻena (1815–1836) 21 y
never recovered physically or emotionally from the birth
Dorethéa Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1587–1609) 22 y
died whilst giving birth to her fourth child, a still-
born who was born an hour after Dorothea's death
Élisabeth de Valois (1545–1568) 22 y
pyelonephritis; died the same day
Helen Louise Hollenbach (26 July 1905–May 1928) 22 y
complications 6 days later at home of puerperal sepsis
Julia Caesaris (-76--54) 22 y
parturition; premature labor
Anne Chamberlyne (1667–1691) 23 y
child bed
Bl. Maria Christina of Savoy (1812-1836) 23 y
having given birth five days before
Ana de Áustria (1573–1598) 24 y
caesarean section while pregnant
María De las Mercedes (1880–1904) 24 y
peritonitis and appendicalgia complicating
premature birth
Marija Elimovna Mesjtjerskaya (1844-1868) 24 y
eclampsia the day after
Bisi Komolafe (1986–2012) 26 y
died of pregnancy-related complications
Ánna Leopoldovna (1718–1746) 27 y
nine days after of puerperal fever
Louise of Great Britain (1724-1751) 27 y
ill with pinched umbilical hernia while pregnant
Gertrude of Süpplingenburg (April 1115 18 April 1143) on her own birthday
died in childbirth
Emma Soyer (1813-1842) 28 y
died same night to complications
with her pregnancy, owing to
fright produced by a thunderstorm
Isabella Mary (Mayson) Beeton (1836-1865) 28 y
feverish the following day, postpartum infections
Daphne Jessie (Akhurst) Cozens (1903-1933) 29 y
ectopic pregnancy
Élisabeth Thérèse de Lorraine (1711-1741) 29 y
fallen ill with puerperal fever after childbirth
Jane Seymour (1509-1537) 29 y
postnatal complications less than
two weeks after birth; retained
placenta; bacterial infection
contracted during the birth
Pauline-Felicité (1712-1741) 29 y
convulsions while giving birth
Bobana Momčilović Veličković (1990-2020) 30 y
complications at childbirth including pre-eclampsia
Caroline Lilllian Ritter (1846-1876) 30 y
exhaustion vía difficult labor
Constanza Manuel de Villena (1318-1349) 31 y
two weeks after vía postpartum consequences
Jóann Bruhn (1890–1921) 31 y
puerperal fever
Joannah von Österreich (1547-1578) 31 y
scoliosis; ruptured womb; child prematurely
presented arm first
Lê Vũ Anh (1950-1981) 31 y
postpartum hemorrhage
Mary Welch (1922-1958) 36 y
internal hemorrhage while pregnant
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) 31 y
died after birth; pneumonia
developed; asthma
Smita Patil (1955-1986) 31 y
Puerperal sepsis; alleged
medical negligence
Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611-1644) 32 y
day after delivery as a consequence of infection
Tori Bowie (1990-2023) 32 y
eclampsia, respiratory distress and
high blood pressure vía obstetric
labor complication
Āmànníshā Hàn (1526-1560) 34 y
puerperal disorders
Mary I of Hungary (1371-1395) 34 y
accidental falling from a horse while
pregnant; premature labor, unassisted
Catalina de Trastámara de Aragon (1403–1439) 35 y
died following a miscarriage
Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612-1648) 35 y
having given birth to twins
Isabel de Avis (1503–1539) 35 y
antenatal complications; fever
vía consumption; pneumonia
two weeks later
Pauline Gower (1910-1947) 36 y
myocardial infarction (heart attack)
after giving birth to twins
Rachel Wriothesley (de Massue de Ruvigny) (1603–1640)
36 y
Elizabeth of York (1466 11 February 1503) on her own birthday
Succumbing to a postpartum infection
Dora Pejačevič (1885-1923) 37 y
died of puerperal sepsis after childbirth
Eliza Ann (Ashurst) Bardonneau (1813-1850) 37 y
miscarried and later died in childbirth
Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841) 37 y
dying of puerperal fever shortly after
Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson (1864-1901) 37 y
dysentery during childbirth
Suzanna Sablairolles (1830 13 January 1867) on her own birthday
died in childbirth in the middle of a successful tour
Arjumand Banu Begum (1593-1631) 38 y
postpartum hemorrhage after prolonged
labor; puerperal infection
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) 38 y
the placenta broke apart during the
birth and became infected; post-partum
infection
Isabel Marshal de Clare (1200-1240) 39 y
liver failure, contracted while in childbirth
Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519) 39 y
Sepsis vía parturition
Maya K. Peterson (1980–2021) 41 y
complications vía amniotic fluid embolism
Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749) 42 y
six days from embolism
Ingeborg Eriksdotter (1212–1254) 42 y
childbirth complications, possibly giving
birth to twins
Sibylle Ursula von (1629–1671) 42 y
syphilis; depression; died in childbirth
Maria Miloslavsky (1624-1669) 45 y
fever after having given birth
mw.t-nḏm.t (14th century BC) ~45
premature birth of stillborn
Eleanor of Scotland (1433 – 20 November 1480)
46 y
Eliza Gordon Cumming (1795-1842) 47 y
complications following birth
Joanna Pfirt (1300–1351) 51 y
had children unusually late