# Relationships at Villa Diodati, 1816 ```mermaid graph LR id1(Mary Shelley) id1.1(William Godwin) id2(Percy Shelley) id2.1(Harriet Shelley) id3(Lord Byron) id3.1(Annabella Milbanke) id3.2(Ada Lovelace) id4(Claire Clairmont) id5(John Polidori) id1 == affair,<br>pregnant,<br>future spouse ==> id2 id2 -. married,<br>pregnant,<br>but abandoned .-> id2.1 id3 == affair ==> id2 id3 -. separated<br>March 1816 .-> id3.1 id3 -. father of .-> id3.2 id3.1 -. mother of .-> id3.2 id4 -- step-sisters --- id1 id4 == affair ==> id2 id4 == affair,<br>pregnant &<br>later abandoned by ==> id3 id5 == possible affair ==> id1 id5 -- personal physician -->id3 id1.1 -. father of .->id1 id2 -. follower of .->id1.1 id3.1 -. accuse of incest<br>and sodomy .->id3 class id1,id1.1,id2,id3,id3.2,id4,id5 internal-link; ``` - Villa Diodati, May 1816 - The people present: - [[Mary Shelley|Mary Shelley]] - [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Percy Shelley]] - [[Lord Byron|Lord Byron]] - [[Claire Clairmont|Claire Clairmont]], Mary's step-sister - [[John Polidori|John Polidori]], Lord Byron's personal physician - Other related people - Harriet Shelley, née Westbrook - The tangled relationships - [[Mary Shelley|Mary Shelley]] had run off with [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Percy Shelley]] in 1814, despite Percy still married to Harriet Shelley (who remained in London) - [[Mary Shelley]] was pregnant with [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Percy Shelley's]] child at this time - Some biographers believe that Harriet Shelley was also pregnant with [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Percy Shelley's]] child at this time - Mary's step-sister, [[Claire Clairmont|Claire Clairmont]], had run off with them - [[Claire Clairmont|Claire Clairmont]] had slept with [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Percy Shelley]] - [[Claire Clairmont|Claire Clairmont]] invited and pursued [[Lord Byron|Lord Byron]], and was pregnant with his child - [[John Polidori|John Polidori]] wanted to sleep with [[Mary Shelley|Mary Shelley]], possibly encouraged by [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Percy Shelley]] - [[Lord Byron|Lord Byron]] pursued [[Percy Bysshe Shelley|Percy Shelley]] - Harriet Shelley's death - Percy Shelley received a letter 1816-12-15 from friend and publisher, Thomas Hookham - Harriet had left her father's house in Chapel Street, Mayfair in 1816-09. She was pregnant. - She disappeared again, 1816-11. Her whereabouts were unknown until she was found 1816-12, floating in the Serpentine. She is believed to have killed herself. --- - **Keywords:** - [[Frankenstein, origins]] - **Related:** - **Reference:** - **Interesting Links** - https://wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2016/11/09/fictionalising-1816-the-death-of-harriet-shelley/