The broken heart of a young knight.

>[Frances Pranell]( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Marcus_Gheeraerts_the_Younger_Frances_Howard_Countess_of_Hertford.png), the beautiful wife of the [Earl of Hertford]( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Edward_Seymour%2C_Earl_of_Hertford%2C_Attributed_to_Hans_Eworth_%281515_-_1574%29.jpg), was [Anna]( https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Anne_of_Denmark_in_mourning.jpg)’s latest favorite. She had run off and married a poor vintner’s son for her first husband and taken the opposite course with the second, marrying the aged Earl for his money and in the process breaking the heart of the young knight, Sir George Rodney, to whom she was promised. >The wretched man had written a suicide note to her in his own blood before falling on his sword. ___________________________________ **Source:** Lisle, Leanda De. "An Anointed King" *After Elizabeth: The Rise of James of Scotland and the Struggle for the Throne of England*. New York: Ballantine, 2005. 235-36. Print. __________________________________ **Further Reading:** [Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond and Lennox, Countess of Hertford, née Howard]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Howard,_Duchess_of_Richmond) [Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, 1st Baron Beauchamp, KG]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Seymour,_1st_Earl_of_Hertford) [Anne of Denmark / Anna of Denmark]( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Denmark)