Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset
English noblewoman (1599-1674) · Died at 74
Frances Seymour, Duchess of Somerset was an English noblewoman who lived during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I and Charles II. Her father was Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Elizabeth I's favourite who was executed for treason in 1601.
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She was the second wife of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, and the mother of his seven children.