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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.
Henry Stafford, 2nd duke of Buckingham 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). In 1460 he succeeded his grandfather.
HENRY STAFFORD, Second DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, 1 (1454-1483), was the son of Humphrey Stafford, killed at the first battle of St. Albans in 1455, and grandson of Humphrey the 1st Duke (cr. 1444), killed at Northampton in 1460, both fighting for Lancaster.
Humphrey's grandson Henry Stafford, the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, claimed the de Bohun lands should have devolved to him. Buckingham was rewarded for his support by Richard III, by being granted these lands, pending the approval of Parliament.
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. Henry Stafford (known as Harry) was born in 1455, his father being Humphrey Stafford, son and heir to Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham. His mother was Margaret Beaufort, daughter of Edmond Beaufort and cousin of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. Harry was three when his father died of the ...
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, was born 4 September in Abergaveny, Monmouthshire, and grandson to the 1 st Duke. Henry became a member of the King’s Household after his wardship was purchased by Edward IV in 1464 with half of the Bohun Estates appropriated into the Crown Property.
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham KG (4 September 1455 – 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.
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