Christine Ponthieure de Berlaere (1837), first wife of Louis Antoine Debrauz de Saldapenna.

Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1826), Empress of Brazil and Queen of Portugal.

the first wife of Johann Georg Hiedler (1824).

Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1817), Archduchess of Austria.

Barbara Reisinger (1806), wife of Franz Xaver Gerl and opera singer.

Elisabeth of Württemberg (1790), Archduchess of Austria.

Maria Antonia of Austria (1692), first wife of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria.

Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1649), Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia.Maria Anna of Spain (1646), youngest daughter of King Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria, who also died in childbirth.Margaret of Austria (1611), Queen of Spain and Portugal.Joanna of Austria (1578), Grand Duchess of Tuscany.Doreen Harrison (1953), mother of serial killer Catherine Birnie.Daphne Akhurst (1933), five time consecutive winner of women's singles title at the Australian Championships from 1925 to 1930.Hattie Shepparde (1874), first wife of Henry Hallam.Elizabeth Jane Hunter (1857), maternal aunt of Gustave Slapoffski (she died in England).Also, it has been reported that about 10% of maternal deaths may occur late, that is after 42 days after a termination or delivery thus, some definitions extend the period of observation to one year after the end of gestation. Cases with 'incidental causes' include deaths secondary to violence against women that may be related to the pregnancy and be affected by the socioeconomic and cultural environment.

However, the WHO definition is only one of many other definitions may include accidental and incidental causes. Fatalities during but unrelated to a pregnancy are termed accidental, incidental, or non-obstetrical maternal deaths. Generally, there is a distinction between a direct maternal death that is the result of a complication of the pregnancy, delivery, or management of the two, and an indirect maternal death that is a pregnancy-related death in a woman with a pre-existing or newly developed health problem unrelated to pregnancy. Note that this wording includes abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth, and ectopic pregnancy. 'the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes.' This is a list of notable women, either famous themselves or closely associated with someone well known, who suffered maternal death as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO): You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

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