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In his personal life Byron was notorious for his numerous romantic affairs, both with women and men; his lover, Lady Caroline Lamb, described him as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."
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In his personal life Byron was notorious for his numerous romantic affairs, both with women and [[homosexuality|men]]; his lover, Lady Caroline Lamb, described him as "mad, bad, and dangerous to know."
    
''Byron went into self-imposed exile in Italy (''he assisted the Italian freedom fighters working for democracy'')... Depressed by both his daughter's death and the drowning of [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], Byron took up a new cause - that of Greek independence from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Summoning support, he arrived in [[Greece]] with weapons and supplies, but before he could join the fight, went down with a deadly fever ''(malaria)''.'' <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126406/bio Lord Byron] IMDb. </ref>
 
''Byron went into self-imposed exile in Italy (''he assisted the Italian freedom fighters working for democracy'')... Depressed by both his daughter's death and the drowning of [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], Byron took up a new cause - that of Greek independence from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Summoning support, he arrived in [[Greece]] with weapons and supplies, but before he could join the fight, went down with a deadly fever ''(malaria)''.'' <ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126406/bio Lord Byron] IMDb. </ref>
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