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===Children=== [[File:Isadora Duncan and her children.jpg|thumb|left|Duncan with her children Deirdre and Patrick, in 1913]] Duncan bore three children, all out of wedlock. Deirdre Beatrice was born September 24, 1906. Her father was theatre designer [[Edward Gordon Craig|Gordon Craig]]. Patrick Augustus was born May 1, 1910,<ref name=kurthbook>Kurth (2001)</ref> fathered by [[Paris Singer]], one of the many sons of [[sewing machine]] magnate [[Isaac Singer]]. Deirdre and Patrick both died by drowning in 1913; while out on a car ride with their nanny, the automobile accidentally went into the [[Seine|River Seine]].<ref name=kurthbook /> Following this tragedy, Duncan spent several months on the Greek island of [[Corfu]] with her brother and sister, then several weeks at the [[Viareggio]] seaside resort in [[Italy]] with actress [[Eleonora Duse]]. In her autobiography, Duncan relates that in her deep despair over the deaths of her children, she begged a young Italian stranger, the sculptor [[Romano Romanelli]], to sleep with her because she was desperate for another child.<ref>Gavin, Eileen A. and Siderits, Mary Anne, ''Women of vision: their psychology, circumstances, and success'' (2007), [https://books.google.com/books?id=2LQfmHb64CgC&q=Romanelli+%22Isadora+Duncan%22&pg=PA267 p. 267]</ref> She gave birth to a son on August 13, 1914, but he died shortly after birth.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.darklanecreative.com/blog/isadora-duncan-and-paris-singer|title=Isadora Duncan and Paris Singer|date=2013-07-03|work=Dark Lane Creative|access-date=2018-04-17|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gerrie-thefriendlyghost.blogspot.com/2014/09/isadora-duncan-taste-for-life.html|title=The Linosaurus: Isadora Duncan: a taste for life|last=Gerrie|date=2014-09-24|website=The Linosaurus|access-date=2018-04-17}}</ref>
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