Editing William Wordsworth (section)

===Relationship with Annette Vallon===
In November 1791, Wordsworth visited [[Revolutionary France]] and became enchanted with the Republican movement. He fell in love with a French woman, Annette Vallon, who, in 1792, gave birth to their daughter Caroline. Financial problems and [[Great Britain|Britain]]'s tense relations with France forced him to return to England alone the following year.<ref name=webbio>Everett, Glenn, [http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/ww/bio.html "William Wordsworth: Biography"] at The Victorian Web, accessed 7 January 2007.</ref> The circumstances of his return and subsequent behaviour raised doubts about his declared wish to marry Annette. However, he supported her and his daughter as best he could in later life. The [[Reign of Terror]] left Wordsworth thoroughly disillusioned with the French Revolution, and the outbreak of armed hostilities between Britain and France prevented him from seeing Annette and his daughter for some years.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}


With the [[Peace of Amiens]] again allowing travel to France, in 1802, Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy visited Annette and Caroline in [[Calais]]. The purpose of the visit was to prepare Annette for the fact of his forthcoming marriage to Mary Hutchinson.<ref name=webbio/> Afterwards, he wrote the sonnet "[[It is a beauteous evening, calm and free]]", recalling a seaside walk with the nine-year-old Caroline, whom he had never seen before that visit. Mary was anxious that Wordsworth should do more for Caroline. Upon Caroline's marriage, in 1816, Wordsworth settled £30 a year on her (equivalent to £{{Formatnum:{{inflation|UK|30|1816|2021|r=-2}}}} in 2021), payments which continued until 1835, when they were replaced by a capital settlement.<ref>Gill (1989) Pp. 208, 299</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1245 to Present|url=http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ppoweruk/|publisher=MeasuringWorth.com|access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref>