Buckingham
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- Created on: 01-12-21 14:02
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- Buckingham
- Hatred due to his power due to patronage system
- assassinated in 1628
- royal favourite under James
- Madrid trip with Charles 1623
- political influence under Charles
- Duke of Buckingham 1623
- War with Spain
- Arranges Charles' marriage to Henrietta Maria of France
- Real name is George Villiers
- Accused of killing James
- Lionel Cranfield owed his position to Buckingham
- INFLUENCE UNDER JAMES
- good looking and charming - designed to catch the eye of James
- part of factional rivalry designed to undermine the Howards
- rose to power very quickly- established nobility are very jealous
- control over royal patronage meant he could put others in power
- INFLUENCE UNDER CHARLES
- Under Charles, Buckingham developed immense political influence
- influence was cemented over the young impressionable King on the pairs Spanish adventure
- as Charles was inexperienced, he was willing to trust the advice of others
- as Chief Adviser, Buckingham was able to indulge his own ambitious foreign policy- one which England could not afford
- he arranged the unpopular marriage between Charles and the French Catholic Princess Henrietta Maria
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