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Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham KG (4 September 1455 [1] – 2 November 1483) was an English nobleman known as the namesake of Buckingham's rebellion, a failed but significant collection of uprisings in England and parts of Wales against Richard III of England in October 1483. He was executed without trial for his role in the uprisings.
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Sir Henry Stafford [1] ( c. 1425 – 4 October 1471) was the...
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Henry Stafford, 2nd duke of Buckingham (born c. 1454—died Nov. 2, 1483, Salisbury, Wiltshire, Eng.) was a leading supporter, and later opponent, of King Richard III.He was a Lancastrian descendant of King Edward III, and a number of his forebears had been killed fighting the Yorkists in the Wars of the Roses (1455–85).
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Anne of Gloucester. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 6th Earl of Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford, KG (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 ...
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Buckingham was beheaded in Salisbury on the following day of 2nd of November 1483. His widow, Catherine Woodville was later married to Henry Tudor's uncle, Jasper Tudor. Buckingham's eldest son, Edward Stafford (1478-1521), eventually succeeded him as Duke, his attainder was removed in 1485. He was executed for treason by Henry VIII in 1521.
Search for: '2nd duke of Buckingham, Henry Stafford' in Oxford Reference ». (1455–83).Buckingham came from a staunchly Lancastrian family. He could expect little favour from the Yorkist establishment, but Edward IV's death opened the door. Allying himself with Richard of Gloucester, the two dukes swept to power in the summer of 1483.
