" We are the legitimate heirs of these works, " he said.

" 我们是这些作品的合法继承人，" 他说。

It was consequently a pressing issue for him to wed and produce a legitimate heir.

因此，结婚并产生合法继承人对他来说是一个紧迫的问题。

But if Lothair had succeeded in divorcing his wife, and had a legitimate heir, Lorraine might now rank with Spain, France and Germany as one of the great states of continental Europe.

如果洛泰尔能如愿与妻子离婚并拥有合法继承人，也许如今洛林已是欧洲大陆上与西班牙、法国和德国并驾齐驱的大国。

By the late 1670s, Queen Catherine had reached her fortieth year and it was clear that there would be no legitimate heir born of her and Charles' marriage.

到了 1670 年代末，凯瑟琳女王已经四十岁了，很明显，她和查尔斯的婚姻不会产生合法继承人。

But in the late 1600’s, the Royal line of succession came to a standstill, as the King and his wife had only one legitimate heir who ultimately bore no children.

但在 1600 年代后期， 王室继承顺序陷入停顿，因为国王和他的妻子只有一名合法继承人， 但最终没有生育。

With Charles' death, despite his siring of many, many illegitimate children, the crown nevertheless passed to his brother, James, Duke of York, as Charles did not have a legitimate heir.

查尔斯去世后，尽管他生下了许多非婚生子女，但王位仍然传给了他的兄弟约克公爵詹姆斯，因为查尔斯没有合法继承人。

However, his only legitimate heir had not yet  been born at the time of his death in 323 BCE, causing some dispute over who should  rule the vast empire in his stead.

然而，在他于公元前 323 年去世时， 他唯一的合法继承人尚未出生，引发了关于谁应该代替他统治这个庞大帝国的争论。

And as it went on I set it against the background of that other talk, and as I matched the two together I had no doubt that one was the descendant, the legitimate heir of the other.

随着它的继续， 我把它放在另一个谈话的背景下，当我将两者放在一起时， 我毫不怀疑一个是后裔， 另一个的合法继承人。