This is a list of notable youngest fathers, all aged 14 years and under at the time of the child's birth.
Age considerations
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Research on the subject has varied for the reasons stated above, as well as changes in the average age of pubescence, which has been decreasing at an average rate of three months a decade.[1] Research from 2010 indicated that the average age for spermarche in the U.S. was 12–16.[2] In 2015, researchers in China determined that the average age for spermarche in China was 14.[3] Historical data from countries including Nigeria[4] and the United States also suggest 14 as an average age.[5]
List
editDate | Name | Age | Country | Description |
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440 | Tuoba Huang | 12 years | China | His first son Emperor Wencheng would become a father at age 14.[6] |
636 | Yazdegerd III | 12 years | Iran | Was the last Sasanian King of the Kings.[7] |
440 | Emperor Gao | 13 years | China | Had 18 children with multiple wives and concubines.[8] |
13 October 467 | Emperor Xianwen | 13 years | China | Abdicated the throne at age 17 in favor of his 4-year-old son [9] |
712 | Dagobert III | 13 years | France | Died at age 16. His son later became King of the Franks.[10] |
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.[11] |
1209 | Emperor Tsuchimikado | 13 years | Japan | Had a total of 21 children by multiple wives and concubines.[12] |
1262 | Emperor Kameyama | 13 years | Japan | Was married at age 12 and had other children by multiple consorts and concubines.[13] |
11 June 1920 | Shah Tribhuvan | 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.[14][15][16] |
454 | Emperor Wencheng | 14 years | China | His son Emperor Xianwen became a father at age 13.[6] |
573 | Emperor Xuan | 14 years | China | He abdicated the throne to his 6-year-old son at age 20.[17] |
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 murder at age 18. |
1409 | Charles, Duke of Orléans | 14 years | France | The couple were married at 11 and 16 respectively. Isabella died in childbirth.[18] |
1446 | Mehmed II | 14 years | Ottoman Empire | Regarded as one of the greatest sultans in the Ottoman Empire’s history.[19] |
1604 | Ahmed I | 14 years | Ottoman Empire | Is the youngest sultan to become a father in the Ottoman Empire’s history.[20] |
1767/68 | Salomon Maimon | 14 years | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Was married aged 11 or 12. Later became a renowned philosopher.[21] |
1867 | Chulalongkorn | 14 years | Thailand | Their daughter, Phongpraphai, was given the Mom Chao in the Serene Highness style.[22] |
1977/78 | Glenn Stearns | 14 years | United States | [23] |
2011 | Wesley Moraes | 14 years | Brazil | Moraes became a professional footballer in the Premier League.[24][25][26] Other accounts say that Moraes was 15 when he had his first child.[27][28] |
See also
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edit- ^ Eckert-Lind, Camilla; Busch, Alexander S.; Petersen, Jørgen H.; Biro, Frank M.; Butler, Gary; Bräuner, Elvira V.; Juul, Anders (2020-04-06). "Worldwide Secular Trends in Age at Pubertal Onset Assessed by Breast Development Among Girls: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis". JAMA Pediatrics. 174 (4): e195881. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5881. ISSN 2168-6203. PMC 7042934. PMID 32040143.
- ^ Laron, Zvi (2010). "Age at first ejaculation (spermarche)--the overlooked milestone in male development". Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews: PER. 7 (3): 256–257. ISSN 1565-4753. PMID 20526238.
- ^ Song, Y.; Ma, J.; Wang, H.-J.; Wang, Z.; Lau, P. W. C.; Agardh, A. (October 2016). "Age at spermarche: 15-year trend and its association with body mass index in Chinese school-aged boys: Age at spermarche and relation to BMI". Pediatric Obesity. 11 (5): 369–374. doi:10.1111/ijpo.12073. PMID 26403948. S2CID 4772897.
- ^ Adegoke, Alfred A. (April 1993). "The experience of spermarche (the age of onset of sperm emission) among selected adolescent boys in Nigeria". Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 22 (2): 201–209. doi:10.1007/bf01536653. ISSN 0047-2891. S2CID 145581215.
- ^ Moshang, Thomas (2005). Pediatric Endocrinology: The Requisites in Pediatrics. Mosby. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-323-01825-8. Cites Sun, S. S.; Schubert, C. M.; Chumlea, W. C.; Roche, A. F.; Kulin, H. E.; Lee, P. A.; Himes, J. H.; Ryan, A. S. (1 November 2002). "National Estimates of the Timing of Sexual Maturation and Racial Differences Among US Children". Pediatrics. 110 (5). American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): 911–919. doi:10.1542/peds.110.5.911. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 12415029.
- ^ a b Grousset 1939.
- ^ Mark, Joshua J. "Yazdegerd III". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ Xiao Daocheng, Book of Southern Qi.
- ^ Rene Grousett. The Empire of the Steppes.
- ^ Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum, vol. II, pp. 324-326
- ^ Old Book of Tang, vol. 52..
- ^ Richard Arthur Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane. The Imperial House of Japan.
- ^ Arthur Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane. The Imperial House of Japan.
- ^ "Shot, stabbed and a father at 13 - boxer Dillian Whyte on turning his life around". TVNZ.
- ^ "Dillian Whyte's knockout win over Dereck Chisora tops off a remarkable night for boxing". GiveMeSport. 23 December 2018.
- ^ Lewis, Ron (28 July 2018). "Dillian Whyte: Joseph Parker is my route to Anthony Joshua". The Times.
- ^ Book of Zhou, vol. 8
- ^ "Charles Duke of Orleans - Charles Duke of Orleans Biography".
- ^ Mustafa Çağatay Uluçay. Padişahların kadınları ve kızları.
- ^ Ahmed I at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ "Jewish Book Annual". Jewish Book Council of the National Jewish Welfare Board. 3 November 1950 – via Google Books.
- ^ "King Chulalongkorn and his half-sister consorts". 10 February 2020.
- ^ Loveland, Mariel (8 August 2019). "Glenn Stearns: The truth about the Undercover Billionaire". Nicki Swift.
- ^ "Aston Villa's Wesley: How being a dad at 14 motivated me". Sky Sports.
- ^ "Aston Villa Striker Wesley Moraes Discusses Being A Dad At 14". SPORTbible.
- ^ "Aston Villa striker Wesley: Becoming a dad at 14 pushed me to go professional". Sky News.
- ^ James, Stuart (21 July 2019). "Wesley Moraes: Aston Villa's record signing with a remarkable backstory". The Guardian.
- ^ Jacob, Gary. "How Wesley Moraes arrived at Aston Villa via Brazil, Slovakia and Belgium". The Times.
Bibliography
edit- Grousset, René (1939). L'Empire des steppes [The Empire of the Steppes] (in French). Éditions Payot.