Elisabeth Maxwell had 9 children with her husband
Robert Maxwell: Michael (1946, died 1967 aged 15), Philip (1948), Ann (1949), twins Christine &
Isabel Maxwell (1951), Karine (1954, died 1957), Ian (1956),
Kevin Maxwell (1959) and
Ghislaine Maxwell (1961). Karine died of leukaemia aged 3, whilst Michael, his eldest son, died after nearly 7 years in a coma following a car accident in 1961 when he was severely injured, thereafter never regaining consciousness.