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Frances, Countess of Somerset. A famous beauty, Frances Howard was divorced from Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex in 1613 and married Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, a favourite of James I. In 1615 she and her second husband, along with several accomplices, were convicted of poisoning Sir Thomas Overbury, who had opposed their marriage.
20 de feb. de 2017 · Frances was released from the Tower in 1622, and her husband was released in 1624. The pair lived in relative obscurity for the rest of their lives, as did Frances’ father. They had retained their titles, though as they had no other children the Earldom of Somerset died with Robert Carr. Frances passed on in 1632, at the young age of 42.
Lady Frances Howard. Anne Russell, Countess of Bedford (9 December 1615 [1] – 10 May 1684), formerly Lady Anne Carr, was a wealthy English noblewoman, and the wife of William Russell, 5th Earl of Bedford, a peer and soldier during the English Civil War, who after her death was created Duke of Bedford. Her mother was Frances Howard.
Died. 23 August 1632. Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (31 May 1590 [1] [2] – 23 August 1632), born Frances Howard, was an English noblewoman who was the central figure in a famous scandal and murder during the reign of King James I. She was found guilty but spared execution, and was eventually pardoned by the King and released from the ...
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Anne Turner is a character in Thomas Costain 's 1942 historical novel For My Great Folly . Jean Plaidy's novel, The Murder in the Tower, published in 1964, mentions Anne Turner as one of the characters involved in the Overbury Murder. Anne Turner is mentioned in Nathaniel Hawthorne 's The Scarlet Letter as an "especial friend" of Mistress ...
