Since Sancho died unmarried and childless, all of his power passed to his brother Alfonso.

The ship master was so satisfied with the young Drake's conduct that, being unmarried and childless at his death, he bequeathed the barque to Drake.

Most significantly, from 1982 to 1999, single parent families have increased from 3. 6 % to 7. 4 %; there have also been increases in the number of unmarried couples, childless couples, and single men ( from 8. 5 % to 12. 5 ) and women ( from 16. 0 % to 18. 5 %).

Dmitry the Grandson was put into prison, where he died, unmarried and childless, in 1509, already under the rule of his uncle.

Holberg was both unmarried and childless, but in the end of his life had a small fortune.

Without the further expense and responsibility of a monument above the grave, the catacombs have afforded a secure, dignified and exclusive resting place for the well-to-do, particularly the unmarried, the childless and young children of those without family plots or mausolea elsewhere.

Prince Alastair and Princess Victoria died unmarried and childless.

When Elizabeth died unmarried and childless in 1603, the throne passed to James VI of Scotland, a great-grandson of Henry VII, who ruled in England as James I. James's silver coinage changed little from that of Elizabeth in production and style.

Christian August remained in Stettin and his brother took full charge of the government, but he died only four years later, unmarried and childless.

Mary gives birth to a son, James, who is expected to succeed both Mary and the unmarried, childless Elizabeth.

Queen Elizabeth was unmarried and childless, and James was her most likely successor.

One of the greatest heiresses in history, she died unmarried and childless, leaving her vast fortune to her cousin, Philippe of France.

* Maria ( 1388 – 1425 ), died unmarried and childless

* Margaret ( 1390 – 1403 ), died unmarried and childless

A report in the Perth Gazette in 1833 gives the names of his children as " Naral ", age 9, and " Willim ", age 11 ; however, most other sources state that the warrior was unmarried and childless.

The first Earl died unmarried and childless in 1916, which resulted in the extinction of the barony created in 1898.

The third Earl died unmarried and childless in 2011.

Humphrey Chetham ( 1580 – 1653 ) was an unmarried and childless financier, philanthropist and cloth merchant from Manchester.

He died unmarried and childless and was buried in Westwood Cemetery in Oberlin.

Before 1086, he had married Almodis, daughter of Count Aldebert II of La Marche in Poitou, and sister and presumptive heiress of count Boso III who was childless and unmarried.

Dirk died young, unmarried and childless.

The Union of Crowns followed the death of James ' unmarried and childless first cousin twice removed, Queen Elizabeth I of England — the last monarch of the Tudor dynasty.

' Selective swinging ' events include mostly childless, unmarried young graduates whose average ages are as low as the late 20s.

" It would appear from this text that there was an early tradition that Salome the disciple was childless, and possibly unmarried.

* Imperial Princess Shōshi ( 昇子内親王 ) ( 1195 – 1211 ) – unmarried Empress as adopted mother of Emperor Juntoku ( Shunkamon-in, 春華門院 )

* Princess Maria Grigorievna Yusupova ( died 1738 ), Lady-in-Waiting at the Court of Empress Catherine I, forced to take monastic vows by her elder brothers in order to inherit her part of family estates, unmarried and without any issue

She knew also that I was unmarried and without a single known relative.

There was a fifty-fifty chance, perhaps, that he would be unmarried, and an even more slender chance that his approach would be different.

He was the younger brother of King Edgar, who was unmarried, and his brother's heir presumptive by 1104 ( and perhabs earlier ).

When he was about 18 years old, his parents died and left him with the care of his unmarried sister.

In May 1975, as it prepared to allow unmarried blacks to enroll, BJU adopted more detailed rules prohibiting interracial dating and marriage — threatening expulsion for any student who dated or married interracially, who advocated interracial marriage, who was " affiliated with any group or organization which holds as one of its goals or advocates interracial marriage ," or " who espouse, promote, or encourage others to violate the university's dating rules and regulations.

In 19th century American slang to bach was used as a verb meaning " to live as an unmarried man ".

The Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC ) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 17 – 23.

The typical CCC enrollee was a U. S. citizen, unmarried, unemployed male, 18 – 25 years of age.

Dave Thomas was born on July 2, 1932 in Atlantic City, New Jersey to a young unmarried woman he never knew.

He was born in Texing in Lower Austria to unmarried mother Josepha Dollfuss and her lover Joseph Weninger.

While George was away working in Scotland, Robert was brought up by a succession of neighbors and then by George's unmarried sister Eleanor ( Nelly ), who continued living with them in Killingworth on George's return.

The only one of George's sons then living was the weak-minded and unmarried Frederick.

She was alive and unmarried in 1688.

She was still alive and unmarried in 1688.

She was unmarried as her parents had refused to let her marry into a northern abolitionist family.

Atta also began adhering to a strict Islamic diet, frequented the mosque, seldom socialized, and was unfriendly towards the couple's unmarried daughter who had a young child.

NeXT's health insurance plan offered benefits to not only married couples but unmarried couples and same-sex couples, although the latter privilege was later withdrawn due to insurance complications.

In 1632 her father was exiled from France after a duel, and when her mother died ten years later the unmarried Ninon entered a convent, only to leave the next year.

For the remainder of her life, she was determined to remain unmarried and independent.

The epithet parthénos (), whose origin is also unclear, meant " maiden, girl ", but also " virgin, unmarried woman " and was especially used for Artemis, the goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation, and for Athena, the goddess of strategy and tactics, handicraft, and practical reason.

The popularity of Elizabeth was extremely high, but her Privy Council, her Parliament and her subjects thought that the unmarried queen should take a husband ; it was generally accepted that, once a queen regnant was married, the husband would relieve the woman of the burdens of head of state.