# Unwed Queen Baby Succession **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 7, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwed-queen-baby-succession/687921 "2014-05-07T23:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwed-queen-baby-succession/687921/41 "2014-06-03T14:11:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > …As Louis grew older, he had no legitimate heir, and his legitimate heir was Wilhelm… Well, which is it? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwed-queen-baby-succession/687921/42 "2014-06-03T14:28:02Z")
I think he meant that Louis had no legitimate children, so his heir presumptive was Wilhelm. ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwed-queen-baby-succession/687921/43 "2014-06-03T19:55:56Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Actually it’s still high treason under British law to commit adultery with the queen consort, or the wife of the heir apparent (or for either of those women to have sex w/ anyone other than their husbands); it just hasn’t been a capital crime since 1998. Granted the only plausible scenario I can see for anybody to prosecuted for treason under those provisions would be if they actually raped one of said women (or a queen-regnant). There’s the interesting scene in _The Prince Regent_ where his new wife (Caroline of Brunswick) is being escorted to London; she makes a comment suggesting she is anticipating the fun to be had surrounded by all these luscious young men, and her face drops when the prince’s man tells her “Oh, no, your grace, it would be a capital offense for them to even look at you wrongly.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwed-queen-baby-succession/687921.md?page=2)