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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham > 
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham , was the favourite, claimed by some to be the lover of King James I of England[1] and one of the most rewarded royal courtiers in all history.
He was born in Brooksby, Leicestershire in August 1592, the son of the minor gentleman Sir George Villiers (1550-1604). His mother, Mary (1570 - 1632), daughter of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leicestershire, who was left a widow early, educated him for a courtier's life, sending him to France with Sir John Eliot.
Villiers took very well to the training; he could dance well, fence well, and speak a little French. In August 1614, Villiers, reputedly "the handsomest-bodied man in all of England," was brought before the king, in the hope that the king would take a fancy to him, diminishing the power at court of then-favourite Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset.
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