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George Villiers, 2. Duke of Buckingham KG (* 30. Januar 1628 in London; † 17. April 1687 in Kirkbymoorside, Yorkshire) war ein englischer Peer, Diplomat und Staatsmann. Er war Günstling, leitender Minister und der einflussreichste Mann in England unter der Regierung von König Karl II.
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 considerable political power during the reign of Charles II of England. A Royalist during the English Civil War, in 1651 he joined Charles II's court-in-exile in France.
- 30 January 1628
- Mary Fairfax
- 16 April 1687 (aged 59)
George Villiers, 1. Duke of Buckingham KG, war ein bedeutender englischer Diplomat und Staatsmann am Anfang des 17. Jahrhunderts. Er war Günstling und leitender Minister unter den englischen Königen Jakob I. und Karl I.
12. Apr. 2024 · George Villiers, 2nd duke of Buckingham was an English politician, a leading member of King Charles II’s inner circle of ministers known as the Cabal. Although he was brilliant and colourful, Buckingham’s pleasure-seeking, capricious personality prevented him from exercising a decisive influence in.
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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, KG (/ ˈ v ɪ l ər z / VIL-ərz; 28 August 1592 – 23 August 1628), was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the arts. He was a favourite and self-described "lover" of King James VI and I.
Beautiful, charismatic and cunning, George Villiers caught the eye of one king, was the favourite of another, and soared to heights of power and wealth in 17th-century England – only to come to a violent end. Mary & George. Born in 1592, George Villiers was the son of a minor country gentleman who died when George was a boy.
6. März 2024 · SKY UK. Any English history buff will be familiar with the 1st Duke of Buckingham, also known as George Villiers. A notorious character whose ascendance from middling nobility to trusted favourite of one King James I – plotted by his mother, Mary – can only be described as meteoric.
