May 31, 1590: Notorious Tudor noblewoman Lady Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset was born in London to Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and his second wife, Katherine Knyvett.
"Frances Howard was the daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, and a famous beauty. She was divorced from Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex in 1613 and married Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset, a favourite of James I. In 1615 she and her second husband, along with several accomplices, were convicted of poisoning Sir Thomas Overbury who had opposed their marriage. Although the couple were imprisoned until 1621, they were later pardoned of their crime. It was said of Somerset, 'If he had not met with such a woman he might have been a good man.'" - National Portrait Gallery
'Frances Howard Countess of Somerset' - via The History Jar:
https://thehistoryjar.com/2018/06/15/thomas-and-katherine-howard-avarice-personified/(Frances, Countess of Somerset by William Larkin, circa 1615)
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