Frances Howard
British noble
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- association with Suffolk
- In Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk
…three daughters was the notorious Frances Howard, who instigated the poisoning of poet and essayist Sir Thomas Overbury.
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- In Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk
marriage to
- Essex
- In Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex
…I arranged Essex’ marriage to Frances Howard, countess of Suffolk. But the countess soon fell in love with the king’s Scottish favourite, Robert Carr, and in 1613 James had a divorce commission annul her marriage so that she could marry Carr, who was also created earl of Somerset. Not surprisingly,…
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- In Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex
- Somerset
- In Robert Carr, earl of Somerset
…had fallen in love with Frances Howard, wife of Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex. He persuaded James to have a commission annul Frances’ marriage, and during these proceedings Frances, probably with Carr’s assistance, secretly poisoned Carr’s former friend and mentor Sir Thomas Overbury (died Sept. 15, 1613), who had…
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