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Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Note. 3 Bibliografia. 4 Voci correlate. Biografia. Era figlio di Henry Stafford, II duca di Buckingham e di Catherine Woodville, sorella della regina Elisabetta Woodville . Suo padre venne giustiziato per ordine di Riccardo III d'Inghilterra il 2 novembre 1483 per aver capeggiato una rivolta contro il re.
John Stafford, I conte di Wiltshire (?-1473) Edward Stafford, II conte di Wiltshire (1469–1499) Quinta creazione (1510) Henry Stafford, I conte di Wiltshire (1479–1523) Sesta creazione (1529) Thomas Boleyn, I conte del Wiltshire; Settima creazione (1550)
Henry partecipò nel 1470 ai violenti combattimenti a fianco del re. Tuttavia il fallito tentativo di negoziati tra Clarence e Margaret, sempre desiderosa di mettere al riparo la vita e gli interessi del figlio, resero vani gli sforzi di Henry e rafforzarono i sospetti che Edoardo IV nutriva verso i coniugi.
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The only son of Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford and Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Stafford, Buckingham became Earl of Stafford in 1458 upon his father's death, and was made a ward of King Edward IV. He became the Duke of Buckingham at age 4 in 1460 following the death of his grandfather, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham at the Battle ...
As Richard III's ally, the plausibility of Buckingham as a suspect depends on the princes having already been dead by the time Stafford was executed in November 1483. It has been suggested that Buckingham had several potential motives. As a descendant of Edward III, through John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of G...
Buckingham is among the major characters featured in William Shakespeare's play Richard III, which portrays him as a man openly allying with Richard III in his schemes until he is ordered to kill the Princes in the Tower. In Colley Cibber's 1699 adaptationof Shakespeare's play, he is the subject of the notable line "Off with his head! So much for B...
Kingsford, C.L. (1911). "Buckingham, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of (1454–1483)". Hugh Chisholm, ed. Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), 4. Cambridge University Press.6 April 1523. Spouse (s) Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington. Father. Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Mother. Lady Catherine Woodville. Field of the Cloth of Gold, engraving by James Basire (1774) Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire KG (c. 1479 – 6 April 1523) was an English peer.
Henry Stafford; circa 1479 - 6 aprile 1523) - Aristocratico inglese, 1° e unico conte di Wiltshire dal 1510, membro del Privy Council, Cavaliere della Giarrettiera. Cortigiano dei re Enrico VII ed Enrico VIII , con i quali era strettamente imparentato.
Avec l'accession au trône d'Henri VIII le 21 avril 1509, Stafford est emprisonné dans la Tour, soupçonné de trahison, mais est libéré sans subir de peine. Le 27 janvier 1510, il est également créé comte de Wiltshire [2] et le roi lui accorde divers postes dans l'ouest du pays.
