  duke of buckingham, referring to buckingham, is a title that has been created several times in the peerages of england, great britain, and the united kingdom. there have also been earls of buckingham. ==history== ===dukes of buckingham, first creation (1444)===   the first creation of the dukedom was on 14 september 1444, when humphrey stafford, 6th earl of stafford, was made duke of buckingham. on his father's side, stafford was descended from edmond de stafford, who had been summoned to parliament as lord stafford in 1299. the second baron had been created earl of stafford in 1351. on his mother's side, stafford was the son of anne of gloucester, countess of buckingham, daughter of thomas of woodstock, earl of buckingham (later duke of gloucester), youngest son of king edward iii of england. stafford was an important supporter of the house of lancaster in the wars of the roses, and was killed at the battle of northampton in july 1460. the 1st duke of buckingham was succeeded by his grandson, henry stafford, 2nd duke of buckingham, who aided richard iii in his claiming the throne in 1483 (edward iv of england's marriage to elizabeth woodville having been declared null and void and edward's sons illegitimate by act of parliament titulus regius), but who then led a revolt against richard and was executed later that same year. his titles were forfeited along with the dukedom. his son, edward stafford, 3rd duke of buckingham, was restored to the title upon henry vii's accession to the throne in 1485, but he was ultimately executed for treason in 1521 due to his opposition to cardinal thomas wolsey, henry viii's chief advisor. at this time the title became extinct; it was posthumously attainted in 1523. ===dukes of buckingham, second creation (1623)===  the second creation of the dukedom was in 1623 for george villiers, a favourite of james i of england. he had previously been made baron whaddon, of whaddon in the county of buckingham, and viscount villiers in 1616, then earl of buckingham in 1617, then marquess of buckingham in 1618 until he was also c
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