Earl Buckingham is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been four creations of Earl Buckingham:
1st. 1097. Walter Giffard 1st Earl Buckingham. Extinct. 1164.
2nd. 1377. Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester. Extinct. 2nd September 1399.
3rd. 5th January 1617. George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham. Extinct. 16th April 1687.
4th. 13th August 1618. Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham. Extinct. 19th April 1632.
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1097. 1st. Walter Giffard 1st Earl Buckingham created.
15th July 1102. 2nd. Son Walter Giffard 2nd Earl Buckingham succeeded.
1164. 2nd. Walter Giffard 2nd Earl Buckingham extinct.
In 1097 Walter Giffard 1st Earl Buckingham was created 1st Earl Buckingham.
On 15th July 1102 Walter Giffard 1st Earl Buckingham died. His son Walter succeeded 2nd Earl Buckingham.
In 1164 Walter Giffard 2nd Earl Buckingham died. Earl Buckingham extinct.
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1377. 1st. Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 21] created.
16th September 1397. 2nd. Son Humphrey 2nd Earl Buckingham [aged 16] succeeded. See Murder of Thomas of Woodstock.
2nd September 1399. 2nd. Humphrey 2nd Earl Buckingham extinct.
In 1377 Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 21] was created 1st Earl Buckingham. Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester [aged 11] by marriage Countess Buckingham.
On 16th September 13971 Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester [aged 42] was murdered in Calais [Map] for his role as leader of the Lords Appellant. Duke Albemarle, Duke Gloucester, Earl Essex forfeit. His son Humphrey [aged 16] succeeded 2nd Earl Buckingham.
Walter Clopton was part of the inquiry into his death the outcome of which is not known. A John Hall was executed for the murder.
Note 1. The date based on the reference in the Annals of Kings Richard II and Henry IV in which the Chronicler write that the Hereford-Mowbray duel of 16th September 1398 took place "on the anniversary of the very day on which the same Duke of Norfolk had caused the Duke of Gloucester to be suffocated."
On 2nd September 1399 Humphrey 2nd Earl Buckingham [aged 18] died. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. Earl Buckingham extinct.
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5th January 1617. 1st. George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 24] created.
23rd August 1628. 2nd. Son George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham succeeded. See Murder of the Duke of Buckingham.
16th April 1687. 2nd. George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham extinct.
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On 5th January 1617 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 24] was created 1st Earl Buckingham by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 50]; his favourite.
On 16th May 1620 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 27] and Katherine Manners Duchess Buckingham [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Buckingham. She the daughter of Francis Manners 6th Earl of Rutland [aged 42] and Frances Knyvet Lady Bevill. He the son of George Villiers of Brokesby and Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham [aged 50].
On 23rd August 1628 George Villiers 1st Duke of Buckingham [aged 35] was murdered at Greyhound Pub, Portsmouth by a disgruntled soldier John Felton [aged 33]. He was buried at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His son George succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, 2nd Earl Buckingham.
Felton was considered a hero by many who blamed Buckingham for the failures of the 1625 Cádiz Expedition and 1627 Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré. Felton was subsequently hanged.
On 16th April 1687 George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham [aged 59] died. Duke of Buckingham, Marquess of Buckingham, Earl Buckingham extinct. Baron Ros Helmsley abeyant.
See Earldoms of England Chronologically, Created Countesses of England, Extinct Earldoms of England.
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13th August 1618. 1st. Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham [aged 48] created.
19th April 1632. 1st. Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham extinct.
Around 13th August 1618 Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham [aged 48] was created 1st Countess Buckingham. It appears this title was for life only since her sons did not inherit it?
On 19th April 1632 Mary Beaumont 1st Countess Buckingham [aged 62] died. She was buried at the Chapel of St Nicholas, Westminster Abbey [Map] with her husband. Their monument comprises an altar-tomb surmounted with effigies. Earl Buckingham extinct.