General Notes

English nobleman prominent during the reign of Richard III. A descendant of
King Edward III on both his father's and his mother's side, Stafford became
duke of Buckingham in 1460. When Edward IV died in 1483, Buckingham
supported the deposition of Edward's young son Edward V by Richard, duke of
Gloucester, and was named lord high constable of England when Gloucester
became king as Richard III. In October of the same year, Buckingham led a
rebellion against Richard, perhaps intending to seize the throne for
himself. He was captured and executed for treason the following month.