Elizabeth Lavenza Elizabeth Lavenza Elizabeth Frankenstein ( Lavenza) is a fictional character first introduced in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus". In both the novel and its various film adaptations, she is the fiancée of Victor Frankenstein. Born in Italy to an Italian nobleman and a German woman, Elizabeth Lavenza was adopted by Victor's family during a stay on Lake Como, after her parents' death. While Victor's cousin in the original 1818 release of the novel, in Shelley's 1831 rewrite she is first introduced as Victor Frankenstein's unrelated, adopted sister. Victor describes her as his perfect woman: young, beautiful,
USS Prometheus (1814) of the United States to the Emperor Alexander I of Russia, returning to Boston, Massachusetts, on 25 November. In 1817 she was employed in surveying the U.S. coast north of Newport, Rhode Island, and in 1818 she operated along the southern coast and at New Orleans, Louisiana. In October 1818 she was pronounced unseaworthy and decommissioned. "Prometheus" was dismantled and sold at auction at New Orleans in 1819. USS Prometheus (1814) The first USS "Prometheus" was a brig in the United States Navy from 1814 to 1818. "Prometheus" was built by William Seguin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; purchased in 1814 by the