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![]() Clairmont in 1819, painted by Amelia Curran | |
Born | Clara Mary Jane Clairmont 27 April 1798 |
Died | 19 March 1879 | (aged 80)
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Partner | Lord Byron |
Children | Allegra Byron |
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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 English writer Mary Shelley and the mother of Lord Byron's daughter Allegra. She is thought to be the subject of a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.