Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey
English countess · Lived 1516 to 1577 · aged 61
Frances de Vere Howard, Countess of Surrey was the second daughter and third child of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Trussell. She first married Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and second Thomas Steyning.
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Frances Howard, Countess of Surrey, sketch by Hans Holbein the Younger, Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, c. 1535
Frances' husband ‘The Poet Earl of Surrey’, 1546, a rare English Mannerist portrait by a Flemish immigrant.
Frances' daughter Margaret with her son Lord Scrope, painting Englisch School, late 16th century![Tomb of Henry Howard and Frances de Vere displaying the Howard and De Vere families coats of arms. Their two sons and three daughters kneel at the Head and foot of the tomb. Painted alabaster, 1614[6]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Henry_Howard_Earl_of_Surrey.jpg/1280px-Henry_Howard_Earl_of_Surrey.jpg)
Tomb of Henry Howard and Frances de Vere displaying the Howard and De Vere families coats of arms. Their two sons and three daughters kneel at the Head and foot of the tomb. Painted alabaster, 1614[6]About this person
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Lived 1516 to 1577 · aged 61