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Sir George Villiers, Knt.

Sir George Villiers, Knt. (see here),
born 1545 [age 14 in 6th Mary according to Collins Peerage, 1756],
mar 1stly to Audrey Sanders and had issue:

1. Sir William Villiers, 1st Baronet, born est c.1580,
   mar Rebecca Roper [dau of Robert Roper and Elizabeth Nott],
   cr 1619 [extinct 1712],
   had issue:
   1. Catherine Villiers,
      mar Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke [bapt 1621] and had issue.

2. Sir Edward Villiers, born est c.1585.

Audrey died 1588,
mar 2ndly to Mary Beaumont and had issue:

1. George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (see here), born 1592,
   favourite (and possibly gay lover) of James I,
   see images at [NPG],
   had issue:
   1. Mary Villiers, born 1622,
      mar 1stly, Jan 1635, to Charles Herbert,
      Charles died Jan 1635,
      mar 2ndly, Aug 1637, to James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond,
      James was cr 1st Duke of Richmond 1641,
      he died 1655, title extinct 1672, recreated 1675.
      See CLIFTON in Debrett's Peerage, 1790.

   2. George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (see here).

2. Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey,
   mar Elizabeth Sheldon and had issue,
   died 1630, she remarried.

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
See full size.
From here and here.

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• The nursery rhyme "Georgie porgie pudding and pie" may refer to the 1st Duke of Buckingham, although there are other theories.