Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond
Deceased Person
1578 – 1639
Who was Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond?
Lady Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, Countess of Hertford, née Howard was the daughter of a younger son of the Duke of Norfolk. An orphan of small fortune, she rose to be the only duchess at the court of James I of England. She married the son of a London alderman who died in 1599, leaving her a wealthy widow at a young age. She became, for 20 years, the third wife of the ageing Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, nephew of Jane Seymour, third queen consort of Henry VIII. Within months of Edward's death she married a cousin of James I, Ludovic Stewart, 2nd Duke of Lennox and 1st Duke of Richmond. One of the great beauties of the Jacobean court, she was also the patron of Captain John Smith of the Virginia Colony.
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- Born
- Jul 27, 1578
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- Died
- Oct 8, 1639
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on July 23, 2013
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