Today is the first in a trio of blogs to celebrate LGBT+ History Month. Paul M. Hunneyball, Associate Editor of the House of Lords 1604-1629 project, kicks off with a sequel to his blog from last LGBTHM, ‘James I and his favourites: sex and power at the Jacobean Court’. In this new blog he explores the evolution of the duke of Buckingham’s position at court in the 1610s and 1620s and explores the intricacies of his relationship with James I…
George
Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, is probably best known today for his
decade-long liaison with James I. However, in historical terms he is equally
notable for being the principal court favourite of two successive monarchs,
James and his son Charles I, an unparalleled feat in Europe during that era.
When one considers the very different nature of his relationships with the two
kings, Buckingham’s achievement seems…
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