George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 19th Baron de Ros, KG, PC, FRS (30 January 1628 – 16 April 1687) was an English statesman and poet who exerted...
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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, KG (/ˈvɪlərz/ VIL-ərz; 28 August 1592 – 23 August 1628), was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the...
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Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey, and John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck, were brothers of the first Duke of Buckingham. Also, Edward Villiers, 1st...
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the mother of Mary Villiers, Duchess of Richmond and of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (who inherited her title as 20th Baron de Ros). She wrote...
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Charles Villiers, 2nd Earl of Anglesey (d. 1661) George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592–1628) George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687)...
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Mary Villiers, Duchess of Buckingham (née Fairfax; 30 July 1638 – 20 October 1704), was the wife of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Mary Fairfax...
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Buckingham George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592–1628), courtier of James I of England, minister to Charles I George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687)...
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Ben Chaplin (category Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama)
(2002), Chaplin played George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham in the romantic drama, Stage Beauty (2004), set in the world of British theatre in the...
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2nd Duke of Buckingham may refer to: Edmund Sheffield, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1716–1735), English nobleman George Villiers, 2nd Duke of...
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Buckingham (d. 1397) Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham (d. 1399) Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham (1570–1632) see Duke of Buckingham, second creation From...
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The Blue Boy (category Collection of the Huntington Library)
Dyck's portraits of young boys, especially his double portrait of brothers George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Lord Francis Villiers. Gainsborough...
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of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. The earldom of Coventry was created a second time in 1697, again in the Peerage of England, in favour of Thomas...
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1592-1672). His father was the older half-brother of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favourite of both James VI and I and Charles I, a relationship...
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certainly by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and others. Several people have been suggested as collaborators, including Samuel Butler of Hudibras...
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of his brother George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, a favourite of James I. Villiers was the third son of Sir George Villiers (c. 1544–1606) of Brooksby...
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Duchess of Richmond and Duchess of Lennox (1622–1685), formerly Lady Mary Villiers, was the daughter of the George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Katherine...
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Clarendon ministry (category Ministries of Charles II of England)
the House of Commons and forced to flee; the Duke of Albemarle sold his position to George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; and Sir George Carteret simply...
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marquessate of Buckingham became extinct. George Villiers, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1592–1628) (created Duke of Buckingham in 1623) See Dukes of Buckingham George...
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Cliveden (category Frederick, Prince of Wales)
designed by architect William Winde as the home of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. But before Buckingham's purchase the land was owned by the Mansfield...
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Rehearsal, written by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Henry Fielding, in Tragedy of Tragedies, or the Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great (1730)...
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2nd Earl of Essex 1587–1601 Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester (c. 1601–1616) George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1616–1628), created Duke of...
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wife of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3rd creation (1702) Catherine Sheffield, Duchess of Buckingham (Lady Catherine Darnley), wife of John...
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Charles Pelham, although some accounts have him bred by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and only later passing into Pelham's hands. He went on...
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history of British royals". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 April 2024. Butler, Minette. "The King's Favourite: George Villiers, 1st Duke Of Buckingham". Historic...
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17th century in literature (category History of literature)
Rehearsal (play) by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham published 1674 Iphigénie (play) by Jean Racine The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome (play) – Nathaniel...
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York House, Strand (redirect from Of Alley)
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. After an interlude during the English Civil War it was returned to George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, who...
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theatrical practice with an ancient framework for literature. George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and others satirised heroic drama in The Rehearsal. The...
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Baron de Ros (redirect from Barons de Ros of Helmsley)
great-nephew of the 2nd earl), as the barony was inherited by the Earl's daughter Katherine, who had married George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. Katherine's...
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daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cardigan, on 10 January 1659. On 16 January 1668, he duelled with one of his wife's lovers, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham...
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Anne Fairfax (category Daughters of barons)
betrothed to Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, but married the royalist George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham when he returned to England in...
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