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Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

1402 - 1460

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Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 6th Earl of Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford (15 August 1402 – 10 July 1460) of Stafford Castle in Staffordshire, was an English nobleman and a military commander in the Hundred Years' War and the Wars of the Roses. Through his mother he was of royal descent from King Edward III, his great-grandfather, while from his father, he inherited, at an early age, the earldom of Stafford. By his marriage to a daughter of Ralph, Earl of Westmorland, Humphrey was related to the powerful Neville family and to many of the leading aristocratic houses of the time. He joined the English campaign in France with King Henry V in 1420 and following Henry V's death two years later he became a councillor for the new king, the nine-month-old Henry VI. Stafford acted as a peacemaker during the partisan, factional politics of the 1430s, when Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, vied with Cardinal Beaufort for political supremacy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham is the 14,278th most popular politician (down from 13,741st in 2019), the 3,554th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,191st in 2019) and the 492nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 14,278 out of 19,576. Before him are Germán Riesco, Karin Kneissl, Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia, Audeca, Arda of Armenia, and Tiribazus. After him are Sarduri III, Silvestro Valier, Higinio Uriarte, Stoyan Danev, Ragna Nielsen, and Wu Den-yih.

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Among people born in 1402, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 7. Before him are Jean de Dunois, Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Loukas Notaras, Isabel of Barcelos, Nezahualcoyotl, and Ferdinand the Holy Prince.  Among people deceased in 1460, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 16. Before him are Michael Szilágyi, Petr Chelčický, Niccolò Antonio Colantonio, Gonçalo Velho Cabral, Francesco II Acciaioli, and Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury. After him is Edmund, Earl of Rutland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 3,555 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Phillips (1977), Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), Bernard Sumner (1956), John Alcott (1930), and Hereward the Wake (1035). After him are Fred Martin (1929), Aldhelm (639), Ted Drake (1912), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), William Robert Brooks (1844), and David Cox (1924).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 492. Before him are Jane Marcet (1769), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Keir Hardie (1856), Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), and Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868). After him are Stafford Cripps (1889), Ceol of Wessex (600), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), William Martin (1767), Cherie Blair (1954), and Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845).

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