List of youngest fathers
This is a list of notable youngest fathers, all aged 19 years and under at the time of the child's birth.
List
Date |
Name |
Age |
Country |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
440 |
Tuoba Huang |
12 years |
China |
His first son Emperor Wencheng would become a father at age 14. |
636 |
Yazdegerd III |
12 years |
Iran |
Was the last Sasanian King of the Kings. |
440 |
Emperor Gao |
13 years |
China |
Had 18 children with multiple wives and concubines. |
13 October 467 |
Emperor Xianwen |
13 years |
China |
Abdicated the throne at age 17 in favor of his 4-year-old son |
712 |
Dagobert III |
13 years |
France |
Died at age 16. His son later became King of the Franks. |
809 |
Emperor Muzong |
13 years |
China |
First son was born a month before his 14th birthday. Had a total of 13 children by his wives and concubines. |
1209 |
Emperor Tsuchimikado |
13 years |
Japan |
Had a total of 21 children by multiple wives and concubines. |
1262 |
Emperor Kameyama |
13 years |
Japan |
Was married at age 12 and had other children by multiple consorts and concubines. |
11 June 1920 |
13 years |
Nepal |
King of Nepal, married at age 13 to two wives on the same day (wives were sisters: one aged 13 and one aged 12 on the wedding day, had more children with both under the age 15 and later and also other children later with junior wives) |
|
2001 |
Dillian Whyte |
13 years |
United Kingdom |
Whyte later became a professional boxer. |
29 May 1997 |
Vili Fualaau |
13 years |
United States |
With his 35 year old teacher Mary Kay Letourneau. Had his second child with her at age 15. |
454 |
Emperor Wencheng |
14 years |
China |
His son Emperor Xianwen became a father at age 13. |
573 |
Emperor Xuan |
14 years |
China |
He abdicated the throne to his 6-year-old son at age 20. |
701 |
Theuderic II |
14 years |
France |
Had a total of 4 children by different mistresses by age 17 |
1147 |
Sigurd II |
14 years |
Norway |
Fathered four additional children by various concubines before his [...] at age 18. |
1409 |
Charles, Duke of Orléans |
14 years |
France |
The couple were married at 11 and 16 respectively. Isabella died in childbirth. |
1446 |
Mehmed II |
14 years |
Ottoman Empire |
Regarded as one of the greatest sultans in the Ottoman Empire’s history. |
1604 |
Ahmed I |
14 years |
Ottoman Empire |
Is the youngest sultan to become a father in the Ottoman Empire’s history. |
1767/68 |
14 years |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
Was married aged 11 or 12. Later became a renowned philosopher. |
|
1867 |
Chulalongkorn |
14 years |
Thailand |
Their daughter, Phongpraphai, was given the Mom Chao in the Serene Highness style. |
1977/78 |
14 years |
United States |
||
2011 |
14 years |
Brazil |
Moraes became a professional footballer in the Premier League. Other accounts say that Moraes was 15 when he had his first child. |
See also
- Hermesmann v. Seyer
- "The Trees They Grow So High"
- List of oldest fathers