Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk

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Charles Brandon as a three-year-old, miniature portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger , 1541

Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (dt. Duke of Suffolk; * approx. 1537 , † July 14, 1551 in Buckden) was an English nobleman and the youngest son of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk , and his fourth wife Katherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby . Through his half-sister, Frances Brandon , he was an uncle of the Nine-Day Queen Jane Gray .

Life

Charles Brandon was born in the first half of 1537, and possibly not until 1538, the exact date is unknown. A miniature portrait of him from his early childhood has been preserved, which the English court painter Hans Holbein the Younger drew in March 1541. It was probably made together with miniatures of Charles' brother Henry , his half-sister Frances Brandon and their daughters.

His father died as early as 1545 when he was about 7 years old, after which his mother received guardianship for her sons and his older brother inherited the title of Duke of Suffolk . Charles could not inherit a title as a younger son and was only known as " Lord Charles Brandon" during his lifetime . However, his father made financial provisions for him in his will and bequeathed him a. a. the guardianship of a wealthy heiress. This was an important source of income in England in the 16th century, as the guardian could manage the property of his ward until he came of age and he was entitled to all income from it.

As a ten-year-old Charles was then in the course of the celebrations for the coronation of Edward VI. beaten to the Knight of the Bath .

Two years later, on Easter 1549, Charles was enrolled at St John's College (Cambridge) . As was customary at the time, he began his university education as a teenager and Charles soon showed exceptional talent. His brother was first trained at court with the young king, but later joined him in Cambridge. Her teacher there was the scholar and humanist Sir Thomas Wilson, a friend of her mother's, who later wrote a Latin memorandum, Vita et obitus duorum fratrum Suffolcensium (Life and Death of the Two Suffolk Brothers) in her honor. He also dedicated the section An example of commending a noble personage to the brothers in his book The Arte of Rhetorique . In it, he describes Charles, among other things, as an intelligent, docile boy who “could do more in Greek, Latin and Italian than you would believe me”, “a child who, of his own accord, was more willing to be guided than almost any other by force ”,“ happy ”,“ kind ”and“ meek ”.

His life came to a sudden end when, in the summer of 1551, the English sweat , a dangerous infectious disease, broke out in Cambridge . Although Charles and Henry were immediately taken to nearby Buckden on the orders of their mother, both fell ill the evening they arrived and died the next day. Her mother, who had hurried over, found Henry dead and Charles dying.

Since he outlived his brother by about an hour and thus his title passed to him, Charles is commonly referred to as the 3rd Duke of Suffolk. He was Duke for the shortest time any English nobleman ever held a title.

The Brandon House died out with Charles' death in the male line and the Duke of Suffolk title reverted to the Crown. A little later Edward VI awarded. the title, however, to Henry Gray , the husband of his half-sister Frances Brandon. His mother's inheritance, the title of Baron Willoughby de Eresby , later passed to her second marriage son, Peregrine Bertie .

literature

  • Hugh Chisholm : The Encyclopædia Britannica . A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Vol. 26 . University Press, Cambridge 1911.
  • Steven J. Gunn: Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, c . 1484-1545 . Blackwell Publishing, Williston 1988, ISBN 0-631-15781-6 (via his father).
  • Evelyn Read: My Lady Suffolk. A portrait of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk . Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1963, (about his mother), Complete book at Archive.org
  • David Starkey (Ed.): Rivals in Power. Lives and Letters of the Great Tudor Dynasties . Macmillan, London 1990, ISBN 0-333-51452-1 .
  • Thomas Wilson (Author), GH Mair (Ed.): "The Arte of Rhetorique", 1560 . Garlad, New York 1982, ISBN 0-8240-9408-5 (reprinted from Oxford 1909 edition, complete book at Archive.org ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] Read, Evelyn: My Lady Suffolk, A Portrait of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1963, p. 42
  2. ^ Charles Brandon, 3rd Duke of Suffolk on thepeerage.com , accessed August 19, 2015.
  3. ^ Gunn, Steven J .: Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, C. 1484-1545 Blackwell Publishing, Williston 1988, p. 220
  4. ^ Gunn, Steven J .: Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, C. 1484-1545 Blackwell Publishing, Williston 1988, pp. 208 and 220
  5. ↑ Read, Evelyn: My Lady Suffolk, A Portrait of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1963, p. 63
  6. ↑ [2] “BRANDON, CHARLES. ... created KB 1547 ... “In: Venn, John: Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge , 1922, p. 206
  7. ↑ [3] “BRANDON, CHARLES. Matric. Fell.-Com. From St. John's, Easter 1549 ... “In: Venn, John: Alumni cantabrigienses; a biographical list of all known students, graduates and holders of office at the University of Cambridge , 1922, p. 206
  8. ↑ [4] "For the Greeke, the Latine, and the Italian, I know he could do more, then would be thought true by my report." In: Wilson, Thomas: "The Arte of Rhetorique", 1560; edited by GH Mair, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1909, p. 14
  9. ↑ [5] "A child, that by his owne inclination, so much yeelded to his ruler, as few by chastment have done the like [...] cherefull [...] kind [...] gentle" In: Wilson, Thomas: "The Arte of Rhetorique", 1560; edited by GH Mair, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1909, p. 16
  10. ↑ [6] Read, Evelyn: My Lady Suffolk, A Portrait of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1963, p. 83
  11. ↑ [7] Read, Evelyn: My Lady Suffolk, A Portrait of Catherine Willoughby, Duchess of Suffolk Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1963, p. 84
  12. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Buckden Village website, village history  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buckden-village.co.uk
predecessor Office successor
Henry Brandon Duke of Suffolk
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personal data
SURNAME Brandon, Charles, 3rd Duke of Suffolk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brandon, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1537
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1551
Place of death Buckden