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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

1592 - 1628

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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, KG ( VIL-ərz; 20 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. Buckingham remained at the height of royal favour for the first three years of the reign of James's son, King Charles I, until he was assassinated. Villiers was born in Brooksby, Leicestershire from a family of minor gentry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham has received more than 3,245,439 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham is the 3,266th most popular politician (down from 2,205th in 2019), the 698th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 506th in 2019) and the 121st most popular British Politician.

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the arts. He was a favourite—and possibly the lover—of King James I of England and Scotland. He was assassinated by a disgruntled employee.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 3,266 out of 19,576. Before him are Louise of Lorraine, Musa Çelebi, Gotthard Kettler, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, and Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia. After him are Prem Tinsulanonda, Cao Zhi, Emperor Ōgimachi, Cecrops I, Marcus Annius Verus, and Mihály Károlyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 8. Before him are Shah Jahan, Hong Taiji, Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm Schickard, Gerard van Honthorst, and Jacques Callot. After him are Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Catalina de Erauso, Peter Snayers, Saib Tabrizi, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Luarsab II of Kartli. Among people deceased in 1628, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 1. After him are François de Malherbe, Palma il Giovane, Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francesc Ribalta, John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Rudolph Goclenius, Magdalene of Bavaria, John Bull, Jens Munk, and Nicolas Trigault.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 698 out of 8,785. Before him are John Frederic Daniell (1790), Brian Josephson (1940), Harry Kroto (1939), Benjamin Hornigold (1680), Charles Wheatstone (1802), and James May (1963). After him are Peter Greenaway (1942), Francis Hutcheson (1694), David Brewster (1781), William Webb Ellis (1806), Julian Huxley (1887), and Chris Rea (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 121. Before him are Philippa of England (1394), Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902), John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930). After him are Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550), Offa of Mercia (800), James Macpherson (1736), H. H. Asquith (1852), Margaret of York (1446), and Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473).

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