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Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham (née Beaumont; c. 1570 – 19 April 1632) was a British peeress. She is perhaps best known as the mother of the royal favourite George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham .
Villiers (/ ˈ v ɪ l ər z / VIL-ərz) is an aristocratic family in the United Kingdom. Over time, various members of the Villiers family were made knights, baronets, and peers. Peerages held by the Villiers family include the dukedoms of Buckingham (1623–1687) and Cleveland (1670–1709), as well as the earldoms of Anglesey (1623–1661), Jersey (since 1697), and Clarendon (since 17
John Villiers (c. 1591 – 18 February 1658) [1] was an English courtier from the Villiers family. The eldest son of Sir George Villiers and Mary Beaumont , later Countess of Buckingham , he was the brother of King James I's favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham .
Lady Mary Stewart (10 July 1651 – 4 July 1668), Baroness Clifton in 1660; married Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran. No issue. Sometime before 1664, Mary married Colonel Thomas Howard (d. 1678): he was a younger brother of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, and is chiefly remembered for his duel in 1662 with Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover.
George Mason-Villiers, 2nd Earl Grandison; George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey; George Child Villiers, 6th Earl of Jersey; George Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey; George Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey; George Child Villiers, Viscount Villiers; George Villiers (1759–1827) George Villiers (died 1606) George Villiers, 1st Duke of ...
Set during the reign of King James I in the early 17th century, the series introduces Moore’s Mary Villiers and offers a taste of her ruthlessness in the early going, when her second son, George ...
She was baptised in York at St Mary, Bishophill Junior on 1 August 1638. [1] During the 1650s, she was tutored by Andrew Marvell. [4] Mary was to have married Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, but developed a preference for Buckingham, whom she married on 15 September 1657 at Bolton Percy, following his return from exile. [5]
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