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Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

1402 - 1460

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Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 6th Earl of Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford, (15 August 1402 – 10 July 1460) of Stafford Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and a military commander in the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses. Through his mother he had royal descent from King Edward III, his great-grandfather, and from his father, he inherited, at an early age, the earldom of Stafford. By his marriage to a daughter of Ralph, Earl of Westmorland, Humphrey was related to the powerful Neville family and to many of the leading aristocratic houses of the time. He joined the English campaign in France with King Henry V in 1420 and following Henry V's death two years later he became a councillor for the new king, the nine-month-old Henry VI. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham has received more than 574,067 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham is the 13,744th most popular politician, the 3,191st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 442nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 13,744 out of 19,576. Before him are Turhan Pasha Përmeti, Jakub Berman, Marcus Junius Pera, Eberhard Diepgen, Alicia Moreau de Justo, and José Mariano Salas. After him are Mikhail Khorobrit, Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, Mireya Luis, Margaret Abbott, Daniel Noboa, and Ganira Pashayeva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1402, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 7. Before him are Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Jean de Dunois, Nezahualcoyotl, Loukas Notaras, Isabel of Barcelos, and Ferdinand the Holy Prince.  Among people deceased in 1460, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 16. Before him are Ma Huan, Niccolò Antonio Colantonio, Petr Chelčický, Francesco II Acciaioli, Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and Gonçalo Velho Cabral. After him is Edmund, Earl of Rutland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 3,191 out of 8,785. Before him are Mike Parkes (1931), Benjamin Glazer (1887), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Robert Greene (1558), Charles Shaughnessy (1955), and John Pulman (1923). After him are Ethel Thomson Larcombe (1879), Eddie Marsan (1968), David Sylvian (1958), Nicholas Hoult (1989), Lonnie Donegan (1931), and Rita Tushingham (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 442. Before him are Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), Charles Townshend (1725), Florence Green (1901), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Alan Bullock (1914), and Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885). After him are George W. Campbell (1769), Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Charlie Whiting (1952), Nevile Henderson (1882), and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341).

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