Ancestral Trails 2016 » George VILLIERS (-1687)

Personal data George VILLIERS 

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Household of George VILLIERS

He is married to Mary FAIRFAX.

They got married on September 15, 1657 at Bolton Percy, Ainsty, Yorkshire, he was 30 years old.Source 3

  • The couple has common ancestors.

    • Notes about George VILLIERS

    George 2nd Duke of Buckingham, courtier and writer, was born 30th January 1628 and brought up with the royal children after his father's death. He fought at the battle of Worcester and escaped to Holland during the Civil War. He bore the orb in the coronation of Charles II in 1661 and was Master of the Horse and ambassador to Paris together with several other posts. On 15th September 1657 he married Mary Fairfax, daughter of Thomas, Lord Fairfax. He died of a chill caught while hunting and died in Yorkshire 16th April 1687 and was buried there. A few months later his body was removed to the Abbey but he has no monument or marker. He left no legitimate male heir. Mary was buried in the Buckingham vault on 30th October 1704 aged 67.
    https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/villiers-family

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Ancestors (and descendant) of George VILLIERS

George VILLIERS
1544-????
Mary BEAUMONT
1570-1632
Francis MANNERS
1578-1632
Frances KNYVETT
1571-1605

George VILLIERS
-1687

1657

Mary FAIRFAX
1638-1704


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Sources

  1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  2. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
    son of George Duke of Buckingham VILLIERS and Katherine Duchess of Buckingham MANNERS
    / www.ancestry.com
  3. England & Wales Marriages 1538-1940, www.ancestry.com
    Mary FAIRFAX daughter of Thomas FAIRFAX and George VILLIERS

Historical events

Day of marriage September 15, 1657

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1657: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 2 » Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days
    • April 20 » Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
    • April 20 » Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York City).
    • October 30 » Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
    • December 27 » The Flushing Remonstrance articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.

Day of death April 16, 1687

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1687: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 19 » Explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle, searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River, is murdered by his own men.
    • July 5 » Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
    • August 12 » Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
    • September 26 » Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces.
    • December 31 » The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.


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