What was the cause of Ada Lovelace's death?

Ada Lovelace died from uterine cancer in 1852. She died in Marylebone, London, on 27 November at the age of 36, after an illness that lasted several months.

Historical terminology requires some care. Nineteenth-century accounts commonly called the disease uterine cancer, while modern historians and medical references often describe the illness more specifically as cervical cancer. The distinction between different cancers of the reproductive system was not handled consistently in contemporary records, so “uterine cancer” remains the conventional quiz answer.

Lovelace’s final illness was treated according to Victorian medical practices, including bloodletting, which may have worsened her condition. Her mother, Lady Byron, controlled access to her during the illness and encouraged a religious transformation. Ada was buried at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, beside her father, the poet Lord Byron. Both father and daughter died at the same age.