KER 'OR CARRE', Robert 1st Earl of Somerset 1
- Born: About 1587
- Marriage (1): HOWARD, Frances on 26 December 1613 in Chapel of Whitehall, London, England 1
- Died: July 1645, London, England 1
- Buried: 17 July 1645, St Paul's, Covent Garden, London 1
User ID: C176.
General Notes:
"Robert Ker or Carre, the celebrated favourite of James VI., mentioned in 'a Decision,' dated 26 April 1595, in connection with the lands of Redden, as Robert Ker, son of Sir Thomas Ker and Dame Janet Scott."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1
Robert married Frances HOWARD on 26 December 1613 in Chapel of Whitehall, London, England.1 (Frances HOWARD was born on 31 May 1590 2 and died on 23 August 1632 2.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (Robert Ker) was married, 26 December 1613, in the chapel of Whitehall, in the presence of the King and Queen, to Lady Frances Howard, third daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Suffolk, K.G., Lord High Treasurer of England, the divorced wife of Robert, Earl of Essex. He and his Countess were tried for, and convicted of, the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 24 May 1616. They were both sentenced to death, but were only imprisoned. He was freed from imprisonment in the Tower 17 January 1621-22, 2 but ordered to be confined to the house of Viscount Wallingford. He obtained a pardon under the Great Seal 7 October 1624."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1
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