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Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (31 May 1590 – 23 August 1632), 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 Tower of London in early 1622.
Frances, Countess of Somerset. (1590-1632), Famous beauty. Sitter associated with 18 portraits. 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.
1 de mai. de 2022 · 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.
- August 23, 1632
Frances Carr, Comtesse de Somerset (1592 - 23 août 1632), née Frances Howard, était noble anglaise et femme de Robert Carr (1er comte de Somerset). Elle est la plus connue comme figure centrale du Scandale Overbury, dans lequel elle était trouvée coupable de l'assassinat du poète et homme d'État, Thomas Overbury .
- 23 août 1632Chiswick ( Middlesex)
- Frances Howard
- 1592
- Audley End, ( Comté d'Essex)
He had done this after beginning an affair with Frances Howard, Countess of Essex, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk. Overbury mistrusted the Howards and still had Carr's ear, and tried to prevent the marriage. In order to remove him from court, the Howard faction manipulated Overbury into seeming to be disrespectful to the queen.
20 de fev. de 2017 · Frances and Carr were arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Frances confessed almost immediately, but her husband was more stubborn. Whether she was actually guilty or not is hard to tell, with the waters so muddied by the biased prosecution, but most historians agree that she was involved in the plot at least.
This double portrait of Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, a favourite of James I, and his new wife Frances was probably produced around 1615 when they were being interrogated over the murder of the courtier Sir Thomas Overbury who had opposed their marriage.
