Get to Know Beyoncé's Royal Family
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Beyoncé is one of the most famous women in the world, so it’s not surprising that her children were stars before they were even born. When she was pregnant with her first child, daughter Blue Ivy, Beyoncé let the world know by announcing it during the MTV Movie Awards in August 2011, unsnapping her jacket after a performance of “Love on Top” to reveal her growing baby bump. At the time, the announcement broke Twitter’s record for most tweets per second for a single event. Feverish speculation about the baby’s name became a hot topic for the next four months, until Beyoncé revealed that her little one was called Blue Ivy.
Five years later, Beyoncé nearly broke the internet again by surprising fans with an Instagram post announcing that she and husband Jay-Z were expecting twins. “We have been blessed two times over,” she wrote at the time, alongside a photo of herself wearing a veil and cradling her stomach. “We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes.” The snap became the most liked Instagram post of 2017, garnering more than 10 million likes.
While the Carters are now a happy family of five, Beyoncé has been candid about the fact that she struggled with fertility issues before welcoming Blue Ivy. In her 2013 documentary, Life Is But a Dream, she revealed that she suffered a miscarriage in 2011. She later hinted that she’d had at least one more pregnancy loss. “Having miscarriages taught me that I had to mother myself before I could be a mother to someone else,” she told Elle in 2019. “Then I had Blue, and the quest for my purpose became so much deeper. I died and was reborn in my relationship, and the quest for self became even stronger.”
Beyoncé and Jay-Z are still fiercely private about their family, but as their kids get older, they’ve given fans more glimpses of their famous offspring. Keep reading for everything to know about Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s children.
How many kids does Beyoncé have?
Beyoncé has three children: daughter Blue Ivy and twins Rumi and Sir. In 2019, she revealed that motherhood had changed her entire outlook on life. “Children and maturity have taught me to value myself beyond my physical appearance and really understand that I am more than enough no matter what stage I’m at in life,” she told Elle at the time. “Success looks different to me now. I learned that all pain and loss is, in fact, a gift.”
Who is the father of Beyoncé’s children?
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Beyoncé shares all three of her children with husband Jay-Z, whom she wed on April 4, 2008. That same year, Beyoncé told Seventeen that she was 18 when she met Jay-Z and 19 when they started dating. Their first musical collaboration, “'03 Bonnie & Clyde,” arrived in 2002.
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Who are Beyoncé's children?
Blue Ivy
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Blue Ivy is Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s eldest child. Now 11, she was born on Jan. 7, 2012. Even though she’s not yet a teenager, Blue Ivy has already collaborated with her parents several times, appearing in Beyoncé’s 2016 music video for “Formation” and rapping on the song “Blue’s Freestyle” from her dad’s 2017 album, 4:44. In 2019, Blue Ivy—then just 9 years old—won her first Grammy for the music video “Brown Skin Girl,” which appeared on Beyoncé’s visual album Black Is King.
Rumi
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Rumi and her twin brother, Sir, both 6, were born on June 13, 2017. Two months after the twins’ arrival, Jay-Z explained that his youngest daughter was named after his and Beyoncé’s favorite poet, Rumi, who lived in the 13th century. Rumi and Sir aren’t seen in public as often as Blue Ivy, but they both made a cameo in Beyoncé’s 2020 visual album, Black Is King.
Sir
Sir and his twin sister, now 6, arrived on June 13, 2017. “Sir was, like, man, come out the gate. He carries himself like that,” Jay-Z said during an August 2017 interview on the “Rap Radar” podcast, explaining how he and Beyoncé chose their son’s name. “He just came out, like, Sir.”
How old are Beyoncé's twins?
Rumi and Sir turned 6 on June 13, 2023.
How old is Blue Ivy now?
Blue Ivy celebrated her 11th birthday on Jan. 7, 2023.
At what age did Beyoncé give birth to Blue Ivy?
Beyoncé was 31 when she gave birth to her eldest child, Blue Ivy. “I felt very maternal around eight months,” she recalled to Vogue in 2013. “And I thought I couldn’t become any more until I saw the baby. … But it happened during my labor because I had a very strong connection with my child. I felt like when I was having contractions, I envisioned my child pushing through a very heavy door. And I imagined this tiny infant doing all the work, so I couldn’t think about my own pain. … We were talking. I know it sounds crazy, but I felt a communication.”
What song does Blue Ivy dance to on the Renaissance tour?
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Since the Renaissance tour touched down in Paris in May 2023, Blue Ivy has been joining her mom on stage to dance during “Black Parade” and “My Power,” both of which are from Beyoncé’s 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift. “My beautiful first born,” Beyoncé wrote via Instagram after Blue Ivy made her tour debut. “I’m so proud and thankful to be your mama. You bring us so much joy, my sweet angel.”
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Did Beyoncé give birth to any of her kids?
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Some conspiracy theorists have speculated over the years that Beyoncé welcomed her children via surrogate, but she gave birth to all of them. She initially shut down speculation about Blue Ivy’s birth in the 2013 documentary Life Is But a Dream, which included footage of Beyoncé holding her pregnant belly. "There's a stupid rumor. The most ridiculous rumor I think I've ever had about me,” she recalled in the film. “It's crazy. To think I would be that vain—I respect mothers and women so much and to be able to experience bringing a child into this world, if you're lucky and fortunate enough to experience that, I would never, ever take that for granted. It's the most powerful thing you can do. Especially after losing a child, the pain and trauma from that just makes it mean so much more to get an opportunity to bring life into the world.”
In 2017, Beyoncé performed at the Grammys while pregnant with Rumi and Sir. She was scheduled to headline Coachella that year but rescheduled to 2018 because of her pregnancy.
Who's older: Blue Ivy or North West?
Blue Ivy is about one year older than North West, who is the eldest child of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. North, now 10, was born on June 15, 2013.
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