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Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury (14 August 1473 – 27 May 1541), was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (a brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III) and his wife Isabel Neville. [2] [3] As a result of Margaret's marriage to Richard Pole, she was also known as Margaret Pole.
Gainesville War Memorial, Leonard Park. A state historical marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission in 1964, during the Civil War centennial commemorations, defends the arrest and execution of these 42 men. It claims the "Peace Party" had "sworn to destroy their government, kill their leaders, and bring in federal troops."
The king, with Reginald Pole himself out of his reach, took revenge on Pole's family for engaging in treason by word against the king. The leading family members and even Pole's mother, Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, were executed, and all their properties seized. The action destroyed the Pole family. [4]
The Union used military tribunals during and in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War. [2] Military tribunals were used to try Native Americans who fought the United States during those Indian Wars which occurred during the Civil War; the thirty-eight people who were executed after the Dakota War of 1862 were sentenced by a military ...
Guan Yu (關羽, 219) – executed during civil war by Sun Quan; Guan Ping (關平, 219) – son of Guan Yu, executed during civil war by Sun Quan; Yu Cong (于琮, 881) – Tang official beheaded by agrarian rebel Huang Chao; Li Yun (887) – decapitated by Wang Chongrong; Zhu Mei (887) – decapitated by Wang Xingyu
The same could be said for the execution of Johann Friedrich Struensee, favorite of the Danish queen Caroline Matilda of Great Britain. Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, is said to have required up to 10 strokes before decapitation was achieved. [18] This particular story may, however, be apocryphal, as highly divergent accounts exist.
The King's Curse is a 2014 historical novel by Philippa Gregory, part of her series The Cousins' War. A direct sequel to The White Princess, it follows the adult life of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, the daughter of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville. [1]
In November 1538, the last surviving member of the House of Plantagenet, Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, was imprisoned at Cowdray until September 1539. She was the niece of Richard III, the last Plantagenet king who died at Bosworth Field in 1485. She was removed to the Tower of London, [3] and was executed in May 1541.