First Duke of Buckingham
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Nobles
- Curriculum: British History, Renaissance History, 17th Century European History
Article abstract: As the personal favorite of James I and Charles I, Buckingham was the most powerful political figure in Great Britain in the 1620’s. Under his leadership, British participation in the Thirty Years’ War resulted in embarrassing military defeats which caused a dangerous political and constitutional rupture between the Crown and Parliament.
Early Life
George Villiers was born August 28, 1592, the second son of the second marriage of a rather obscure country squire. His father, Sir George Villiers, died in 1605, leaving the boy to the...
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