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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. She was found guilty but spared execution, and was eventually pardoned by the King and released from the Tower of London in early 1622.
The scheme of The Somerset Masque appears to be derived from the story of Peleus and Thetis, as related by Catullus. [6] Campion's masque on the night of the wedding ceremony was the first of a number of entertainments, including Ben Jonson's A Challenge at Tilt and The Irish Masque at Court, Thomas Middleton's lost Masque of Cupids, and The Masque of Flowers.
Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset by William Larkin The Earl and Countess of Somerset, by Renold Elstracke The costume of Kawasha may have been based on the frontispiece of Thomas Hariot's Briefe and True Report, 1590.
Even the powerful Carr, hardly experienced for the responsibilities thrust upon him and often dependent on his intimate friend Overbury for assistance with government papers, [8] fell into the Howard camp. He had done this after beginning an affair with Frances Howard, Countess of Essex, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk.
It includes English people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. ... Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset ...
Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset née Frances Howard (1591–1632), countess of Somerset and dau. of Lord Thomas Howard; Frances Howard (actress) (1903–1976), American actress and wife of film producer Samuel Goldwyn; Frances Minturn Howard (1905–1995), American poet; Frances Drake or Frances Howard (1912–2000), American actress
The Howard family is one of the leading dynasties of the English ... Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset; Francis Howard (British Army officer, born 1848 ...
31 May – Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset, née Howard (died 1632) 19 August – Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, soldier (died 1649) 27 December – Immanuel Bourne, English cleric (died 1672) [19] Eleanor Davies, prophet (died 1652) Approximate date – William Browne, poet (died 1645) 1591