In 1509 he was made a member of the King's Privy Council. He also served as Lord High Steward at the coronation, and bearer of the crown. He was the chief challenger at the tournament held the following day.Īt the accession of King Henry VIII, Buckingham was appointed on 23 June 1509, for the day of the coronation only, Lord High Constable, an office which he claimed by hereditary right. At the wedding of Henry VII's then eldest son and heir Arthur, Prince of Wales, and Catherine of Aragon in 1501, he is said to have worn a gown worth £1500. In September 1497 he was a captain in the forces sent to quell a rebellion in Cornwall.Īccording to Davies, as a young man Buckingham played a conspicuous part in royal weddings and the reception of ambassadors and foreign princes, 'dazzling observers by his sartorial splendour'. The young Duke's wardship and lands were granted, on 3 August 1486, along with the wardship of his younger brother, Henry Stafford, to the King's mother, Margaret Beaufort, and according to Davies it is likely Buckingham was educated in her various households.īuckingham was in attendance at court at the creation of Henry VII's second son, the future King Henry VIII, as Duke of York, on 9 November 1494, and was made a Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1495. However, after Richard III's defeat at Bosworth on 22 August 1485, and King Henry VII's accession to the crown, Stafford was made a Knight of the Order of the Bath on 29 October 1485 as Duke of Buckingham, and attended Henry VII's coronation the following day, although his father's attainder was not formally reversed by Parliament until November. Stafford is said to have been hidden in various houses in Herefordshire at the time of the rebellion, and perhaps for the remainder of Richard III's reign. He was beheaded without trial on 2 November 1483, whereby all his honours were forfeited. In October 1483 Stafford's father participated in a rebellion against King Richard III. After her death, Sir Richard Wingfield married Bridget Wiltshire, daughter and heiress of Sir John Wiltshire of Stone, Kent. After Jasper Tudor's death on 21 December 1495, Catherine Woodville married Sir Richard Wingfield (d. 16 September 1507), an illegitimate son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke, and secondly George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon.Īfter the execution of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, his widow, Catherine Woodville, married Jasper Tudor, second son of Owen Tudor and King Henry V's widow, Catherine of Valois. Pol) and was thus a nephew of Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of King Edward IV.īy his father's marriage to Catherine Woodville, Stafford had a younger brother, Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, and two sisters, Elizabeth, who married Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, and Anne, who married firstly Sir Walter Herbert (d. Įdward Stafford, born 3 February 1478 at Brecon Castle in Wales, was the eldest son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Catherine Woodville (the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, by Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of St. He was convicted of treason, and executed on. He was the son of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, and Katherine Woodville, whose sister, Queen Elizabeth Woodville, was the wife of King Edward IV. As a result, the Dukedom of Buckingham and estates were forfeited, and her children lost their inheritance.Įdward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham KG (3 February 1478 – ) was an English nobleman. Beheaded on false charges of plotting to overthrow the king, Henry VIII., Holywell, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 56 years) Abt 1474, Leconfield, Yorkshire, England, d. (Age 29 years)Įleanor aka Alianore PERCY, Duchess of Buckingham, b. Henry STAFFORD, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, b. Tower Hill, City of London, Middlesex, England
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