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Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey ( née de Vere; c. 1517 – 30 June 1577) was the second daughter and third child of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Trussell. She first married Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (executed for treason in 1547), and second Thomas Steyning. Frances Howard, sketch by Hans Holbein the Younger, Royal ...
13 de jun. de 1996 · ABSTRACT. 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 (1578-1639) was considered one of the great beauties of the Jacobean Court, and was also wealthy, being the granddaughter of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Frances was 43 years old when this portrait was painted, and had been married three times: first at the age of 14 to a wealthy London alderman (Henry Pranell), then to Edward ...
16 de oct. de 2018 · Frances Howard was 14 when she married the 13-year-old Robert Devereux, the 3rd Earl of Essex, in about 1604. The union between the two teenagers was no Romeo and Juliet love match, but a political alliance between two powerful families.
10 de abr. de 2019 · The Countess, otherwise known as Frances Howard, is a fascinating figure. Cast as the poster girl for wicked women of the time, she was an infamous beauty, scion of a powerful family, surrounded by scandal and remembered as a murderer, a witch and a whore. There is a portrait of her by Larkin, famed for his images of Jacobean courtiers, in ...
Frances Howard (1903 – 1976) was an American actress. Media in category "Frances Howard (actress)" The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total.
dence suggests that Frances Howard and Robert Devereux’s attempts to consummate their marriage were unsuccessful. David Lindley notes contemporary references that suggest Devereux might have been impo-tent. In any case, it also appears that by this time Frances had fallen in love with the Scot Robert Carr, who had risen rapidly in King James
