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Sir Thomas Overbury (baptized 1581 – 14 September 1613) was an English poet and essayist, also known for being the victim of a murder which led to a scandalous trial.
Sir Thomas Overbury (bautizado en 1581 - 14 de septiembre de 1613) fue un poeta y ensayista inglés, también conocido por ser víctima de un asesinato que condujo a un juicio escandaloso.
1 de abr. de 2024 · Sir Thomas Overbury (baptized June 18, 1581, Compton Scorpion, Warwickshire, England—died September 15, 1613, London) was an English poet and essayist, victim of an infamous intrigue at the court of James I.
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Suele decirse que, en algunas ocasiones, la realidad supera a la ficción; un buen ejemplo de ello lo encontramos en la extraña muerte de sir Thomas Overbury, un poeta inglés de comienzos del siglo XVII, asesinado con un enema de cloruro de mercurio que lo envenenó mientras estaba preso en la Torre de Londres.
The courtier Sir Thomas Overbury is best remembered for the circumstances of his death in 1613, one of the greatest scandals of the Jacobean period, for which the King's erstwhile favourite Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, and his wife Frances Howard stood trial for murder in 1615, although only their supposed accomplices were subsequently executed.
Hace 5 días · Thomas Overbury. (1581—1613) courtier and author. Quick Reference. (1581–1613), opposed the marriage of his patron Robert Carr (afterwards earl of Somerset) with the divorced countess of Essex, and on the pretext of his refusal of diplomatic employment was sent to the Tower, where he was slowly poisoned by the agents of Lady Essex.
6 de mar. de 2019 · Sir Thomas Overbury died in 1613 while imprisoned in the Tower of London, and two years later it came to light that he had been murdered at the behest of the Countess of Somerset.
