George villiers duke of buckingham biography definition

George Villiers, the second son of Sir George Villiers, was born in Brooksby, Leicestershire, on 28 August 1592. Villiers was not a natural scholar, "but excelled in skills such as dancing, fencing, and riding, and since these were combined with exceptional good looks and charm of manner he was well equipped for life as a courtier".

George villiers duke of buckingham biography definition

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In 1611 Villiers met Sir John Graham, a gentleman of the privy chamber, who acted as his mentor and promoter. He arranged for Villiers to be introduced to King James I who took an immediate liking to Villiers. Throughout his reign he associated with attractive young men and according to Maurice Ashley he had developed homosexual feelings in his youth.

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Although he married Anne of Denmark in 1589, and she gave birth to Henry (1594) and Charles (1600) King James spent little time with his wife and "declined to live in the same place as a woman more than he could help...

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