Katherine Villiers (née Manners, later MacDonnell), Duchess of Buckingham

by Magdalena de Passe
line engraving, circa 1620-1623
4 5/8 in. x 3 1/8 in. (118 mm x 78 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D16673

Sitterback to top

Katherine Villiers (née Manners, later MacDonnell), Duchess of Buckingham (1603?-1649), Wife of 1st Duke of Buckingham, and later wife of Randal MacDonnell; daughter of 6th Earl of Rutland. Sitter in 8 portraits.

Artistback to top

Magdalena de Passe (1600-1638), Engraver. Artist associated with 137 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

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NPG D16671: Katherine Villiers (née Manners, later MacDonnell), Duchess of Buckingham (from same plate)
NPG D16672: Katherine Villiers (née Manners, later MacDonnell), Duchess of Buckingham (from same plate)

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Macdonnell Collection

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Current affairs

The beginning of a severe economic depression in England is widely blamed on the East India Company whose export of bullion on each voyage financed their trade. Additionally, despite efforts by Lionel Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, to reduce the royal household's expenditure, James I's debt is historically high.

Art and science

Francis Bacon publishes his major philosophical work Novum Organum, which presents his account of the correct method of acquiring natural knowledge using inductive reasoning.
Inventor and mechanical engineer, Cornelis Drebbel builds an early type of submarine which he demonstrates on the Thames.

International

The Catholic League's invasion of Bohemia and victory at the battle of the White Mountain, forces Frederick V, king of Bohemia and his family into exile in the Hague, after less than a year reigning.
The Pilgrim Fathers sail for America in the 'Mayflower', escaping religious persecution in England.

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