With no heir, all he can do is wait the inevitable destruction of his land.
I will return with your true king, or his heirs.
With no male heir, the title became extinct upon his death.
If he died with no other legal heir, I would inherit his property.
The house (and much of the surrounding neighborhood) remained with his heirs for many years.
Only recently, the report added, the bank settled with the account holder's heirs.
Most especially as you have not yet seen fit to provide the clan with your heir.
With no clear heir to succeed him, his early death threw the Empire into political crisis.
Augustine could have worked out such an arrangement with his priest's heirs.
Now he was going back to a harassed kingdom, with no heir to stand beside him.