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William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk KG (16 October 1396 – 2 May 1450), nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He became a favourite of Henry VI of England , and consequently a leading figure in the English government where he became associated with many of the royal ...
Sir William de la Pole (1478 – sometime between October and November 1539), [1] was an English nobleman, and Knight of Wingfield Castle in Wingfield, Suffolk. He was the son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1442–1492) and Elizabeth Plantagenet (Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk) (1444–1504), a sister of Edward IV and Richard III .
William de la Pole (1450) – beheaded at sea, possibly by order of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York; James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (1450) – beheaded in London by rebels led by Jack Cade; James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley (1459) – executed after Battle of Blore Heath for being a Lancastrian
Arms of De la Pole: Azure, a fess between three leopard's faces or. Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1330–1389), Lord Chancellor under Richard II, was stripped of his titles by the Merciless Parliament in 1388; Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (1367–1415), son of the 1st Earl, obtained restoration to his father's title in ...
7 February – John de la Pole marries Lady Margaret Beaufort. 15 April – Hundred Years' War: French defeat the English at the Battle of Formigny. [1] 2 May – execution of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, while he is being sent into exile, being blamed for English losses in the Hundred Years' War. [1]
Edmund de la Pole, 6th Earl of Suffolk: 30 April 1513 Leading Yorkist claimant to the throne. Extradited to England by Philip the Handsome and executed for treason at Tower Hill. Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham: 17 May 1521 Member of the Henry VIII's Privy Council and descendant of the Plantagenet Dynasty. Executed for alleged treason ...
William de la Pole may refer to: Sir William de la Pole (of Mawddwy) (died bef. 1319) Sir William de la Pole of Hull (died 1366) William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (died 1450) Sir William de la Pole (1478–1539), son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, incarcerated in the Tower of London for 37 years
10 March – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, general (born 1443) 30 April – Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, executed (born c. 1471) 27 October – George Manners, 11th Baron Ros, nobleman (year of birth unknown) Robert Fabyan, chronicler (year of birth unknown) 1514 2 January – William Smyth, bishop and statesman (born 1460)