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** Although it isn't explicitly mentioned, functionally, Gustavus Adolphus Vasa, King of Sweden, Emperor of the United States of Europe, and Hereditary Captain-General of the State of Thuringia-Franconia, out of a combination of marital loyalty and absence; his queen lives in Stockholm and doesn't travel, and he's ''never'' there, apparently because he can't stand her. They ''do'' already have one child at the beginning of the series, but the fact that she ''is'' an only child, and universally expected to remain so, is quite frequently mentioned.
** There are also quite a few important characters who are ordained Catholic priests, though one of them petitions the Pope (successfully) to be released from his vows in order to marry, and another had an illicit secret wife and sons (and was then induced - by another priest - to regularize the situation ''by marrying her while remaining a priest'').
* [[Beowulf]], possibly, as he has never been married in the 50 years the story covers and does not have an heir by blood, naming [[Hypercompetent Sidekick|Wiglaf]] his heir right before he dies. Of course, whether that means he's ''celibate'' or not is another story.
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