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Frances Howard, portrait miniature by Isaac Oliver. Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset (31 May 1590 [1] – 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.
The Masque of Flowers was an entertainment on 6 January 1614 to celebrate the marriage of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset and Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset. [2]
Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset, by William Larkin, NPG. [1]The Somerset Masque, sometimes known as The Squire's Masque, [2] was written by Thomas Campion and performed on 26 December 1613 at the old Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace, to celebrate the wedding of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset and Frances Howard.
Frances Howard, Countess of Kildare (d. 1628), courtier Frances Stewart, Duchess of Lennox née Frances Howard (1578–1639), daughter of Thomas Howard, Viscount Bindon Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset née Frances Howard (1591–1632), countess of Somerset and dau. of Lord Thomas Howard
Flora Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk; Frances Drake; Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey; Frances Stewart, Duchess of Lennox; Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset; Francis Howard (British Army officer, born 1848) Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham; Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham; Frederick Howard (British Army officer)
Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, as a widow, after a lost portrait by Anthony van Dyck of 1633. The Stewart family vault, Westminster Abbey. Frances Stewart (née Howard), Duchess of Lennox and Richmond, Countess of Hertford (27 July 1578 – 8 October 1639) [1] was the daughter of a younger son of the Duke of Norfolk.
2.1 Duchesses of Richmond & Somerset (1525–1536) ... Countess Image Earl Tenure ... Frances Howard: 1st: 1623–1624
Somerset and Howard were brought to trial in the spring of 1616. [14] The latter confessed, and her guilt is widely accepted. Somerset's share is far more difficult to uncover, and probably will never be fully known. The evidence against him rested on mere presumption, and he consistently declared himself innocent.