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Clara Mary Jane Clairmont (27 April 1798 – 19 March 1879), or Claire Clairmont as she was commonly known, was the stepsister of the writer Mary Shelley and the mother of Lord Byron's daughter Allegra.
Claire Clairmont. Jane Clairmont, known throughout her life as Claire, 1798 -1879, step-sister of Mary Shelley.
28 Mac 2014 · Claire Clairmont was the archetypal Romantic woman, far more than her more famous step-sister, Mary Shelley.
22 Jun 2024 · The first biography of Claire Clairmont, Claire Clairmont: Mother of Byron’s Allegra, published in 1939, was unsentimental about its subject’s relevance. Clairmont was indeed the mother of Lord...
Overview. Claire Clairmont. (1798—1879) a member of the Shelley–Byron circle. Quick Reference. (1798–1879), daughter of Mary Clairmont, who became William Godwin's second wife. She accompanied Mary Godwin on her elopement with Shelley, and in spite of pursuit remained with them on the Continent.
In Lord Byron: Life and career. …eloped and were living with Claire Clairmont, Godwin’s half sister. (Byron had begun an affair with Clairmont in England.) In Geneva he wrote the third canto of Childe Harold (1816), which follows Harold from Belgium up the Rhine River to Switzerland.
2 Apr 1992 · Claire Clairmont, the stepsister of Mary Shelley, has usually been presented as a minor, though damaging figure in the great dramas of Shelley and Byron.
