I mean what if there isn't a male heir?

如果没有男性继承人呢？

Like many global dynasties of the era, the Qing were obsessed with producing male heirs.

就像那个时代的许多世界王朝一样，清朝痴迷于生育男性继承人。

He wanted to marry her lady-in-waiting Anne Boleyn instead and hopefully produce a male heir.

他想娶她的侍女安妮·博林为妻，并希望能生育一位男性继承人。

They're down to only three male heirs left - they've got Akihito's brother, Naruhito's brother and Naruhito's young nephew.

现在日本皇室只有三位男性继承人，分别是明仁天皇的弟弟、德仁皇太子的弟弟以及德仁皇太子年轻的侄子。

After her brother, Amenemhat IV, died without a male heir, she took the throne and ruled for almost four years.

她的弟弟阿蒙涅姆哈特四世死后没有男性继承人，她继承王位并统治了近四年。

He moved back to Hiroshima at 40; it was expected of him as the sole male heir to their name.

40岁时他又把家搬回了广岛。他作为这个姓氏的唯一男性继承人，家人都盼望他回到广岛。

Cixi was promoted first to rank four then with no more concubines producing male heirs, right up to rank three Noble Consort.

慈禧被封妃，排位第四，然后没有更多的妃子产生皇子，一跃升到贵妃，排位第三。

Before rules were changed in 2012, male heirs came first.

在 2012 年改变规则之前，男性继承人排在第一位。

Henry the Eighth wanted a male heir to ensure the Tudor line of succession.

【line】亨利八世想要一个男性继承人来确保都铎王朝的延续。

Here he tires of Boleyn—who has failed to produce a male heir—and sets to luring Jane Seymour, “modest as a drift of green-white hellebore”.

而在《死尸示众》中，亨利厌倦了未能给他诞下王储的博林皇后，转而追求“保守得像一簇绿白色藜芦”的简·西摩。

And should her parents, or Prince Albert, have had a son, the male heirs would jump ahead of Elizabeth in the line of succession.

如果她父母有个儿子的话，男性继承人就会排在伊丽莎白之前。

Having failed to provide him with a male heir, Anne fell from favour with the king, whose chief minister had her charged with treason and adultery.

由于未能给这位国王生下一名男性继承人，安娜最终失宠。并被国王的首席大臣指控犯有叛国罪和与他人私通。

When the reality of her crime was that she hadn't produced a male heir and the king already had his eye on one of her ladies-in-waiting, Jane Seymour.

当时她的罪行是她没有生育男性继承人，而国王已经盯上了她的一个侍女，简·西摩。

Furthermore, when he produced a male heir himself in 1688, his enemies became extremely concerned that a new Catholic line of kings was imminent.

此外，当他于 1688 年亲自产生一位男性继承人时，他的敌人变得极其担心新的天主教国王世系即将到来。

It was imperative to secure the Tudor dynasty by producing a male heir – something Catherine failed to do in over twenty years of marriage.

必须通过生育男性继承人来确保都铎王朝的安全—— 这是凯瑟琳在二十多年的婚姻中未能做到的。

When he had become Archduke and Holy Roman Emperor in 1711, Charles was the last male heir in the direct line of the House of Habsburg.

1711 年，查理成为大公和神圣罗马帝国皇帝，他是哈布斯堡王朝最后一位男性直系继承人。

The Salian dynasty ended when the last male heir  died childless. The next family to rule the Holy Roman Empire was the Hohenstaufen,   also known as the Staufer Dynasty.

萨利安王朝在最后一位男性继承人无子而死时结束。统治神圣罗马帝国的下一个家族是 Hohenstaufen， 也被称为 Staufer 王朝。

Nelson Mandela’s oldest male heir Mandla is alleged to move the remains of two of Mr. Mandela’s late sons and a daughter without the family’s consent from Qunu to the nearby village of Mvezo in 2011.

据悉2011年纳尔逊·曼德拉的长孙曼拉没有得到家族同意，擅自将曼德拉已故二子和一女的遗体从库奴移到附近姆维佐村。

Asha, he thought, confounded. She was three years older than Theon, yet still … " A woman may inherit only if there is no male heir in the direct line, " he insisted loudly. " I will not be cheated of my rights, I warn you" .

阿莎！他有些不知所措，她比席恩大三岁，但是… … " 除非男性直系血亲断绝，否则女人没有继承权！" 他大声强调，" 我警告你，谁也别想抢走我的权利！"