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21 de ago. de 2013 · David Lindley re-examines the murder trials of Frances Howard and the historical representations of her as `wife, a witch, a murderess and a whore', challenging the assumptions that have constructed her as a model of female villainy.
Frances Howard's stellar rise from penniless orphan to merchant's wife, countess, duchess, double duchess, and would-be queen of England, and her alleged vanity and avarice, were a theme of Jacobean wags, including the letter-writer John Chamberlain, who makes frequent mention of this ‘Diana of the Ephesians’ (Letters of John Chamberlain, 2.499).
July 1616. Frances Howard, Countess of Essex (and by her latest marriage Countess of Somerset), pleaded guilty to accusations of having Sir Thomas Overbury poisoned to end his publicizing her sexual misconduct.
Frances Howard (1903 - 1976) fue una actriz de Estados Unidos conocida por: Too Many Kisses, El cisne y El golpe de muerte
Lady Frances Howard was married at the age of 14 to the 13-year-old Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex. The marriage was primarily a political union; they were separated after the wedding to prevent them from having intercourse, with the view that premature sex and pregnancy was to be avoided[citation needed].
29 de dic. de 2020 · Portrait of Frances Howard, Countess of Hertford, at bust length (Marcus Gheeraerts II) Female portrait paintings by Marcus Gheeraerts (II) Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox; 1610s portrait paintings from England (female) 1610s portrait paintings from Flanders (female) 17th-century oil portraits of women at half length
When Lady Frances Howard was born before 21 December 1630, her father, Theophilus Howard, was 46 and her mother, Elizabeth Hume, was 32. She married Sir Edward Villiers - Viscount Grandison van Limerick in 1642, in Suffolk, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 7 November 1677, in Westminster Abbey ...
