De La POLE

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Served for 24 years in the wars. In command at the victory of Verneuil, and at the siege of Orleans. Taken prisoner by Joan of Arc. Assassinated 1450, murdered in an open boat and his head was cut off and thrown on the beach. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIp1,p.443-448.

Father: Michael De La POLE (2º E. Suffolk)

Mother: Catherine STAFFORD (C. Suffolk)

Married: Alice CHAUCER(d. 1475) (dau. of Thomas Chaucer and Maud De Burghersh) (w.1 of Sir John Philip - w.2 of Thomas Montagu, 4º E Salisbury) 11 Nov 1430

Children:

1. John De La POLE (2° D. Suffolk)

John De La POLE (2° D. Suffolk)

Born: 27 Sep 1442

Died: 1491

Buried: Wingfield Church, Suffolk

Notes: Knight of the Garter.

Father: William De La POLE (1° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Alice CHAUCER

Married 1: Margaret BEAUFORT (C. Richmond/ C. Derby)1449 ANNULMENT 1452

Married 2: Elizabeth PLANTAGENET (D. Suffolk) BEF Oct 1460

Children:

1. John De La POLE (1º E. Lincoln)

2. Geoffrey De La POLE

3. Edmund De La POLE (4° E. Suffolk)

4. Humphrey De La POLE (Rev)

5. William De La POLE (Sir)

6. Richard De La POLE (5° E. Suffolk)

7. Edward De La POLE (Archdeacon of Richmond)

8. Dorothy De La POLE

9. Catherine De La POLE (B. Stourton of Stourton)

10.Anne De La POLE (Prioress of Syon)

11. Elizabeth De La POLE

John De La POLE (1º E. Lincoln)

Born: ABT 1462

Christened: 13 Mar 1466

Acceded: 13 Mar 1466

Died: 16 Jun 1487, battle of Stoke

Notes: During the last year of the reign of King Richard III, he was designated heir to the throne, being Richard's closest adult male relative in the Yorkist line. After Richard's defeat at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, Lincoln was reconciled with the new king, Henry VII, but soon became impatient for power and tried to achieve it by supporting the claims of the boy pretender, Lambert Simnel. Lincoln was killed at the Battle of Stoke in 1487, at which the rebel army was defeated.

Father: John De La POLE (2° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Elizabeth PLANTAGENET (D. Suffolk)

Married: Margaret FITZALAN (C. Lincoln)

Children:

1. Edward De La POLE

Edmund De La POLE (4° E. Suffolk)

Born: 1471

Died: 4 May 1513, beheaded

Buried: Church of the Minories, without Aldgate

Notes: Knight of the Garter. On accepting the accession of Henry VII he surrendered his claim to the Dukedom of Suffolk. Degraded 1500. Beheaded 1513.

Father: John De La POLE (2° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Elizabeth PLANTAGENET (D. Suffolk)

Married: Margaret SCROPE (C. Suffolk)

Children:

1. Anne De La POLE (Nun) (b. ABT 1497)

2. Elizabeth De La POLE (b. ABT 1498 - d. AFT 1513, plague)

Elizabeth De La POLE

Died: AFT 1489

Father: John De La POLE (2° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Elizabeth PLANTAGENET (D. Suffolk)

Married:Henry LOVELL (B. Morley)

William De La POLE (Sir)