James indeed lavished wealth and status on his much younger male favorite, George Villiers, referring to ... I have this strapping young man, and this is a window of opportunity.

Sir George Villiers and his wife Mary Countess of Buckingham have a white marble monument with effigies in the chapel of St Nicholas in Westminster Abbey. Mary died on 19th April 1632 and was buried a ...

And everybody was trying to push forward different hot, young men to try and seduce ... James was in love with George Villiers.” The question is, was George ever in love with James?

However, he is aware how precarious his position is and how easily he might be replaced. His worst fears become manifest when young George Villiers arrives at the court with his mother. Somerset has ...