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) 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 Navy from Messrs. Savage and Dryan, the original owners, as the brig "Escape"; commissioned and renamed "Prometheus", she was fitted out at Philadelphia by Master Commandant Joseph J. Nicholson. In March–May 1815 she made a cruise to the West Indies to carry U.S. Senators Eligius Fromentin and James Brown to Havana. She sailed for Europe on 14 August 1816 to take Edward Coles, special messenger from the President