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: BET 29 Oct 1491 / 27 Oct 1492

Buried: Wingfield Church, Suffolk, England

Notes: 2nd Duke of Suffolk, 2nd Marquess of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Suffolk.Knight of the Garter.Known as "the Trimming Duke". He was married to Lady Margaret Beaufort on 7 Feb 1450, though the Papal Dispensation to marry was not signed until 18 Aug 1450. This marriage was annulled by Henry VI in Feb 1453. Richard, Duke of York had been a bitter enemy of John's father (executed in 1450), but John supported the House of York in the Wars of the Roses. Sometime before Feb 1458, John married Elizabeth, the second surviving daughter of Richard of York and Cecily Neville. She was the sister of Edward IV and Richard III. John was thus brother-in-law of two Kings of England.

The Dukedom of Suffolk had been forfeited when John's father was executed. The title was restored by Edward IV, and John was created Duke of Suffolk by Letters Patent on 23 Mar 1463. He was Constable of Wallingford Castle and held the Honour of Wallingford. In 1472 he was made a Knight of the Garter and appointed High Steward of Oxford University. He was also sometime Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

He submitted to Henry VII after Bosworth Field. He served Henry loyally, even though three of his sons later rebelled.

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.