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Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk, LG (c. 1404–1475) was a granddaughter of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Married three times, she eventually became a Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter , an honour granted rarely to women and marking the friendship between herself and her third husband, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk ...
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" (Middle English: The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe) is among the best-known of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It provides insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and was probably of interest to Chaucer, himself, for the character is one of his most developed ones, with her Prologue twice as long as her ...
Alice de Salisbury, also known as Alice de Windsor (circa 1348 –1400/1401) was a mistress of King Edward III of England. As a result of his patronage, she became the wealthiest and most influential woman in the country. She was widely despised and accused of taking advantage of the old king. [1] [2]
Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk; Mary Cheke; Elizabeth Cheney (1422–1473) Katherine Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield; Penelope Chetwode; Mary Chichester; Agatha Christie; Clementine Churchill; Margaret de Clare; Margaret Holland, Duchess of Clarence; Lady Anne Clifford; Margaret Clive; Hermione Cobbold, Baroness Cobbold; Joan Brooke, 5th ...
William De Le Pole was husband of Alice Chaucer, grand-daughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer, a friend of John Hawkwood and John Liston mentioned above. [15] John Lyston seems to have a brother named Robert who is mentioned in feet of fines at this time, and some sources name Robert in the dispute. [22] Robert's wife was Isabel who died in 1491 ...
By Alice (1404–1475), daughter of Thomas Chaucer of Ewelme, Oxfordshire, married 11 November 1430 John, 2nd Duke of Suffolk: 27 September 1442: 1492: Married 1st Lady Margaret Beaufort (no issue), 2nd Elizabeth of York (had issue) By Malyne de Cay, nun and mistress Jane de la Pole: c. Mar 1430: 28 February 1494: Married Thomas Stonor
Philippa de Roet (also known as Philippa Pan or Philippa Chaucer; c. 1346 [1] – c. 1387) was an English courtier, the sister of Katherine Swynford (third wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster – a son of King Edward III) and the wife of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
By his wife he had three sons and three daughters: Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury (c. 1388–1428), who married firstly Eleanor Holland, a daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent (half-brother of King Richard II) by his wife Alice FitzAlan) and secondly Alice Chaucer by whom he had no issue. [2] [7] By his first wife he had issue: [2]