illegitimate child

child born outside of marriage and therefore lacking certain legal rights
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illegitimate child

Summary

illegitimate child is a legal kinship[1]. It draws 592 Wikipedia views per month (legal_kinship category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • illegitimate child's instance of is recorded as legal kinship[3].
  • illegitimate child's instance of is recorded as social status[4].
  • illegitimate child's instance of is recorded as legal status[5].
  • illegitimate child's instance of is recorded as social status[6].
  • illegitimate child was followed by legitimated child[7].
  • illegitimate child is a type of child born out of wedlock[8].
  • illegitimate child is the opposite of legitimate child[9].
  • illegitimate child comprises illegitimate daughter[10].
  • illegitimate child comprises illegitimate son[11].
  • illegitimate child's facet of is recorded as unmarried mother[12].
  • illegitimate child's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[13].
  • illegitimate child's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • illegitimate child's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • illegitimate child's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • illegitimate child's partially coincident with is recorded as supposititious child[17].
  • illegitimate child's end cause is recorded as legitimization of child[18].
  • illegitimate child's has characteristic is recorded as illegitimacy[19].
  • illegitimate child's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'illegitimate daughter'}[20].
  • illegitimate child's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'buitenechtelijke dochter'}[21].
  • illegitimate child's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'filla il·legítima'}[22].
  • illegitimate child's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'незаконна дъщеря'}[23].
  • illegitimate child's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'filla ilexítima'}[24].
  • illegitimate child's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'bastarda filino'}[25].
  • illegitimate child's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'illegitimate son'}[26].
  • illegitimate child's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'buitenechtelijke zoon'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include legal kinship[3], social status[4], and legal status[5]. illegitimate child is a type of child born out of wedlock[8]. It is the opposite of legitimate child[9].

Use and Application

Components include illegitimate daughter[10] and illegitimate son[11].

Influence

Things named for illegitimate child include Bastards[28], a film[29], directed by Aleksandr Atanesyan[30].

Why It Matters

illegitimate child draws 592 Wikipedia views per month (legal_kinship category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include Bastards[28], a film[29], directed by Aleksandr Atanesyan[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q24499278. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Q24499278. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Q24499278. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q24499278. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Robin van der Vliet · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14453 bastarda gefilo
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32203|batch #32203]]: Import of gender-neutral Esperanto family words"
  2. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    End cause legitimization of child
    Facet of unmarried mother
    Aliases
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3962, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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