Джордж Вильерс: Фаворит двух королей | Взлёт и падение первого герцога Бекингема

In 1628, a man called the handsomest man in Europe by his contemporaries was assassinated in the port city of Portsmouth. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, rose from an obscure provincial nobleman to the favorite of two English kings, James I and Charles I. In fourteen years, he became Lord Admiral, a member of the Privy Council, and the most hated man in England. This video tells the full story of his life: his childhood in Leicestershire, his years in Paris, his meteoric rise at court, his secret trip to Madrid in disguise, his failed expedition to the Isle of Ré, the birth of the Petition of Right, and finally, his death at the dagger of John Felton, applauded by the people in the streets. #history #dukeofbuckingham #georgevillers #historyofengland #stuartsofengland #jamesthefirst #charlesthefirst #favorite #murder #historicaldocumentary #middleages #historyofeurope #englishrevolution