In 1810, Narishige abdicated his title in favor of his elder son Naritatsu ( 1788 – 1826, r. 1810-1826 ), who succeeded as the ninth lord of Kumamoto.

* Hosokawa Naritatsu ( 1797 – 1826 )

Naritatsu, 9th Lord of Kumamoto ( 1788-1826 ; r. 1810-1826 )

Charles had died two weeks before, in early November, without being reconciled to the Church.

Marcus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus ( died before 138 ), died young without issue

Marcus Galerius Aurelius Antoninus ( died before 138 ), died young without issue

Aurelia Fadilla ( died in 135 ), died without issue

::::: i. Pomponia Ummidia ( 219-after 275 ), died without known issue

:: B. Gemellus Lucillae ( 7 March 148 or 150-c. 150 ), died young without issue

::: I. Aurelia Lucilla ( born 165 ), died young without issue

Lucilla Plautia ( after 165-182 ), died without issue

Lucius Verus, died young without issue

Pompeianus ( 170 – between 212 and 217 ), died without issue

:: D. Titus Aelius Antoninus ( after 150-before 7 March 161 ), died young without issue

:: E. Titus Aelius Aurelius ( after 150-before 7 March 161 ), died young without issue

:: F. Hadrianus ( 152-157 ), died young without issue

:: G. Domitia Faustina ( after 150-before 7 March 161 ), died young without issue

::: I. Petronius Antoninus ( after 173-between 190 and 192 ), died young without issue

:: J. Titus Aurelius Fulvus Antoninus ( 161-165 ), died young without issue

:: K. Commodus ( 31 August 161 – 31 December 192 ), died without issue

:: L. Marcus Annius Verus Caesar ( after May 162 – 10 September 169 ), died young without issue

:: M. Vibia Aurelia Sabina ( 170-before 217 ), died without issue

In 1474, King Henry IV of Castile died without a male heir.

This doctrine is a 17th century innovation, although it is now applied retrospectively for centuries ; the seventh Baron De La Warr had three surviving sons ; the first died without children, the second left two daughters, the third left a son.

When Artemis and Apollo heard this impiety, Apollo killed her sons as they practiced athletics, and Artemis shot her daughters, who died instantly without a sound.

Alexander died in April 1124 at his court at Stirling ; his brother David, probably the acknowledged heir since the death of Sybilla, succeeded him.

Baldwin III died on 10 February 1163 and the kingdom passed to Amalric, although there was some opposition among the nobility to Agnes ; they were willing to accept the marriage in 1157 when Baldwin III was still capable of siring an heir, but now the Haute Cour refused to endorse Amalric as king unless his marriage to Agnes was annulled.

At the age of three, Catherine was betrothed to Prince Arthur, heir to the English throne, and they married in 1501, but Arthur died five months later.

However, when Henry died of suspected typhoid ( or possibly porphyria ) at the age of 18 in 1612, two weeks before Charles's 12th birthday, Charles became heir apparent.

To his concerns regarding his new heir, Louis, who had been destined for the monastic life of a younger son ( the former heir, Philip, having died from a riding accident ), was added joy over the death of one of his most powerful vassals – and the availability of the best duchy in France.

When Kōtoku died, his designated heir was Naka no Ōe.

Along with his younger brother, Prince Woke, Oyoke was raised to greater prominence when Emperor Seinei died without an heir.

When Buretsu died, Kanamura recommended Keitai at his age of 58 as a possible heir to the Yamato throne.

Honorius died of edema on 15 August 423, leaving no heir.

After the duke died without a male heir in 1447, fighting broke out to restore the so-called Ambrosian Republic.

Early in 1539, Frederick was married to Elizabeth of Mansfeld, but he died shortly afterwards, leaving no prospect of an heir.

When he died in 1138, the princes again aimed at checking royal power ; accordingly they did not elect Lothair's favoured heir, his son-in-law Henry the Proud of the Welf family, but Conrad III of the Hohenstaufen family, close relatives of the Salians, leading to over a century of strife between the two houses.

Her firstborn, a daughter named Isabella, married Afonso of Portugal, forging important ties between these two neighboring countries and hopefully ensuring future alliance, but Isabella soon died before giving birth to an heir.

When Stephen's son and heir apparent Eustace died in 1153, the king reached an accommodation with Henry of Anjou ( who became Henry II ) to succeed Stephen and in which peace between them was guaranteed.

In 1501, the king's son Arthur, having married Catherine of Aragon, died of an illness at the age of 15, leaving his younger son Henry, Duke of York, as his heir.

In 136 an ailing Hadrian adopted Lucius Aelius as his heir, but the latter died suddenly two years later.

When King Conrad III died without adult heir in 1152, Frederick also succeeded him, taking both German royal and Imperial titles.

This sought to bar Prince Henry from both thrones by stipulating that if either King William or Duke Robert died without an heir, the two dominions of their father would be reunited under the surviving brother.

In law, an heir is a person who is entitled to receive a share of the decedent's ( the person who died ) property, subject to the rules of inheritance in the jurisdiction where the decedent died or owned property at the time of death.

Caesar also wrote that if Octavian died before Caesar did, Marcus Junius Brutus would be the next heir in succession.

The future French king, Charles VII, assumed the title of Dauphin – the heir to the throne – at the age of fourteen, after all four of his older brothers died in succession.

John's elder brothers William, Henry and Geoffrey died young ; by the time Richard I became king in 1189, John was a potential heir to the throne.