[post_page_title]Royals wrote their wills when they learned they were expecting[/post_page_title]
Most modern women would receive the discovery of their pregnancy with unbridled joy. Or, well, at least they would if it was planned. For women in the Middle Ages, however, it was a mixed blessing at the best of circumstances. Though necessary for the monarchy’s survival, pregnancy also meant there was a chance the royal in question would end up losing their lives.
The mortality rate was worse than one in three, and even royals weren’t safe – Princess Charlotte of Wales passed at only 21 after delivering a stillborn baby. Expectant royals would therefore often draft their wills when they discovered they were with child.
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