1477 - 1521 (44 years)
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| Name |
STAFFORD, Edward |
| Suffix |
3rd Duke of Buckingham |
| Birth |
3 Feb 1477 |
Brecknock, Breconshire, Wales  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _COLOR |
3 |
| Death |
15 May 1521 |
London, London, England |
| Person ID |
I3621 |
Puffers |
| Last Modified |
4 Jun 2013 |
| Father |
STAFFORD, Henry 2nd Duke of Buckingham, b. 4 Sep 1455, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England d. 2 Nov 1483, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 28 years) |
| Mother |
WOODVILLE, Katherine, b. Abt 1458, Monmouthshire, Wales d. Aft 22 Jul 1525 (Age > 67 years) |
| Marriage |
1466 |
| Family ID |
F2184 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham succeeded to the title of Coun t of Perche [Normandy] on 2 November 1483.2 He succeeded to the title o f 5th Earl of Buckingham [E., 1377] on 2 November 1483.2 He succeeded t o the title of 3rd Duke of Buckingham [E., 1444] on 2 November 1483.2 H e was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 29 October 1485 .2 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) circa 1499.2 H e was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1509.2 He held the offic e of Hereditary Lord High Constable in 1514.2 On 13 May 1521 "he appear s to have entertained some notions of his possible right to the Corwn, a nd having incurred the enmity of Cardinal Wolsey, then Chief Minister, w as accused and found guilty, on very flimsy gorunds, of high treason." O n 31 July 1523 his attainder was confirmed by Parliament, with all of h is homours forfeited.
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