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 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buckingham accompanied Prince Charles to Spain for marriage negotiations regarding the Infanta Maria.
Buckingham's popularity suffered further when he was blamed for the failure of the von Mansfeld expedition to recover the Palatinate (1625).
Buckingham led an expedition to repeat the actions of Sir Francis Drake; seize the main Spanish port at Cádiz and burn the fleet in its harbour.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham   (858 words)

  
 Buckingham - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Buckingham   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Buckingham was mentioned as a borough in the Domesday Book of 1086.
It became the county town, but was partly destroyed by fire in 1725 and superseded by Aylesbury.
Buckingham hung down his head, and put his right thumb into the left corner of his mouth.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Buckingham   (277 words)

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