He died suddenly on 5 November 1701 at about 40 years old, leaving no legitimate children.
All his legitimate children were born of the second wife.
She only needed to know who he was in order to find out the names of his three legitimate children.
Britt had five legitimate children, and a wife with a big mouth.
Any legitimate children of his older brother took priority in the succession list.
He was Richard's only legitimate child and died aged 10.
Won't he be expected to pay more attention to his wife and his legitimate child?
"My father wanted me to look like a legitimate child."
I had seldom been happy to have my legitimate children look me over and think what they would.
As a cleric, he had no legitimate children with which to do that.