Percy Shelley's child

A child was born to Percy Shelley and his wife. It was abandoned with its mother when Percy ran away with 16-year-old Mary Shelley. (AUDIO: Mary's Story)

Behind the Scenes
Elizabeth Ianthe Shelley [1813–76] was a daughter of Percy Shelley and Harriet Westbrook. On 28 July 1814, Percy abandoned her and her mother and ran away with Mary Shelley to Switzerland, taking Mary's stepsister Claire Clairmont with them. In Switzerland in June 1816, they met the Eighth Doctor.