Henry (Stafford), 2nd Duke of Buckingham

1455 - 1483  (28 years)

• Name	Henry (Stafford)  [1]
  Suffix	2nd Duke of Buckingham
  Born	4 Sept. 1455  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Office	17 June 1460  [2]
  	Constable of Nottingham Castle
  Decoration	26 May 1465  [2]
  	Knight of the Order of the Bath (K.B.)
  	At the coronation of Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV. [2]
  Decoration	1474  [1, 2]
  	Knight of the Order of the Garter (K.G.)
  Office	1483  [1]
  	Warden of the Cinque Ports
  Office	July 1483  [1]
  	Lord High Constable
  	Recognised as hereditary [1]
  Hereditary Title	10 July 1460 – 2 Nov. 1483  [1, 2]
  	2nd Duke of Buckingham [E., 1444]
  Hereditary Title	10 July 1460 – 2 Nov. 1483  [2]
  	3rd Earl of Buckingham [E., 1377?]
  Hereditary Title	10 July 1460 – 2 Nov. 1483  [3]
  	7th Earl of Stafford [E., 1351]
  Hereditary Title	10 July 1460 – 2 Nov. 1483  [3]
  	8th Baron Stafford [E., 1299]
  Died	2 Nov. 1483  [1, 4]
  Person ID	I762	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	12 Aug. 2018

  
  

  Father	Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford,   d. 1457/58
  Mother	Lady Margaret Beaufort
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Katharine Woodville
  Children	+ 1. Edward (Stafford), 3rd Duke of Buckingham,   b. 3 Feb. 1477/78, Brecknock Castle, Brecknock, Brecknockshire, Wales ,   d. 17 May 1521, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 43 years)   2. Henry (Stafford), 1st and last Earl of Wiltshire,   b. circa 1479,   d. March 1522/23  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Last Modified	12 Aug. 2018
  Family ID	F421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry		Arms of Stafford quartering Arms of Thomas of Woodstock (Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Stafford, Baron Stafford) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, quarterly France Modern and England within a bordure Argent (THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK); 2nd and 3rd, Or a chevron Gules (STAFFORD).
  		Arms of Stafford (Earl of Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, Baron Stafford) Or a chevron Gules. Source: Burke's General Armory, last ed. (1884), Fourth Impression (London: Heraldry Today, 1984), page 958.

  
  

• Notes

  He was beheaded without trial and attainted, 2 Nov. 1483, for conspiring on behalf of the future Henry VII. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 3, page 3707. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume II, page 389. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume XII/1, page 182. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume II, page 390.