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  1. Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham (née Beaumont; c. 1570 – 19 April 1632) is perhaps best known as the mother of the royal favourite George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. She was the daughter of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leicestershire , a direct descendant of Henry de Beaumont , and his wife Anne Armstrong, daughter of Thomas Armstrong of Corby .

  2. Mar 5, 2024 · George secured his place in the king’s inner circle, and Mary’s rise in court was swift. She also set about securing advantageous marriages for her other children. In 1618, the same year that she became Countess of Buckingham, the king reportedly said that he “lived to no other end but to advance the Villiers family”.

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  3. Mar 18, 2024 · Learn about the lives and roles of Mary Villiers, Susan Villiers and Katherine Manners, the mother, sister and wife of George Villiers, the favourite of King James I. Discover how they used social networking, secret service and royal favour to rise through the ranks of Jacobean society.

  4. Mar 4, 2024 · Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine star as Mary and George Villiers, who used their sexual and political influence to rise to power in King James I's court. Learn about the real-life characters, their rise and fall, and the historical context of this period drama.

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  5. Mary Countess of Buckingham was the wife of Sir George Villiers, a politician and soldier, and the mother of George 1st Duke of Buckingham, a favourite of James I and Charles I. She has a white marble monument with effigies in the chapel of St Nicholas in Westminster Abbey, where she was buried in 1632.

  6. Apr 5, 2024 · Who was Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham? Julianne Moore as Mary Villiers in Mary & George. ... On the contrary, King James proclaimed to love Villiers, the duke of Buckingham, "more than ...

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  8. Mar 6, 2024 · The Sky TV series Mary & George tells the story of the Countess of Buckingham, Mary Villiers (Julianne Moore), who moulded her son George (Nicholas Galitzine) to seduce King James I. She believed ...

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