The succession to his dominions of Robert's son William, who had been so recently used by his enemies against him, but who was now the sole male heir of William the Conqueror, was an intolerable idea.
At the beginning of October, 1160, Louis's second wife died, leaving him still without a male heir.
Froude says that the King wanted a male heir, and he gives the same reason for the scandalously indecent haste with which Jane Seymour was married the day after Anne's execution.
His subjects were quite as anxious as he could be that he should have a male heir, and few now suppose that Anne Boleyn, or Katharine Howard, was faithful to her husband.
The king’s will would at least serve the State well in one respect if it issued in providing a male heir to the throne.
Neither his first nor his second spouse had provided him with a male heir; he had divorced the one, and cut off the head of the other.
But, as in the antique European family, daughters could not inherit: descent being in the male line, it was necessary to have a male heir.
It is still thought that the good fortune of the household depends on the observance of its cult, and that the greatest possible calamity is to die without leaving a male heir to perform the rites and to make the offerings.
The legitimacy of the Princess would not be touched, and the King undertook that the succession should be settled upon her if he had no male heir.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "male heir" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
