| He highlighted widowerhood and physical illness amongst reasons why the older Spanish population do not have sexual intercourse. |
| It was noticeable in his early widowerhood how deep the affection between him and his sons. |
| Widowerhood has no spotlight because it was seen as a transitory phase in the life of a man, somewhere between the most recent wife and the next. |
| Their respective routes to widowerhood affected their kinship ties, specifically whether they had children, grandchildren, and in-laws. |
