- Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk
Infobox_pretender
English name =Edmund de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk
birth_date = 1471
birthplace =England
death_date =30 April 1513
deathplace =
regnal =
title =
throne = England
pretend from =16 June ,1487
year = 1485,Battle of Bosworth Field
king =Richard III of England
relationship = Richard III declared his older brother as his heir and head of the House of York
house =House of York
father =John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
mother =Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk
spouse =Margaret Scrope
children =
predecessor =John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln
successor =Richard de la Pole
footnotes =Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Suffolk (1471/1472 –
April 30 1513 ), Duke of Suffolk was a son ofJohn de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his wife Elizabeth of York.Family
His mother was the second surviving daughter of
Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York andCecily Neville . She was also a younger sister toEdward IV of England andEdmund, Earl of Rutland as well as an older sister toMargaret of York ,George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence andRichard III of England .His paternal grandparents were
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer. Suffolk was an important English soldier and commander in theHundred Years' War , and laterLord Chamberlain of England. He also appears prominently inWilliam Shakespeare 's "Henry VI, part 1 " and "Henry VI, part 2 ".Alice Chaucer was a daughter of
Thomas Chaucer andMaud Burghersh . Thomas was theSpeaker of the British House of Commons on three occasions,Chief Butler of England for almost thirty years, attended fifteen parliaments and was Speaker of the House five times, a feat not surpassed until the 18th century.Thomas was a son of
Geoffrey Chaucer and his wifePhilippa (de) Roet . Geoffrey was an English author, poet,philosopher , bureaucrat (courtier), anddiplomat . He is sometimes called the father of English literature. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative "The Canterbury Tales ". He is also credited by some scholars with being the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of thevernacular English language, rather than French orLatin .Yorkist heir
His eldest brother
John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln (c. 1464-1487), is said to have been named heir to the throne by his maternal uncle, Richard III of England, who gave him a pension and the reversion of the estates ofLady Margaret Beaufort . However on the accession of Henry VII following theBattle of Bosworth Field , Lincoln took the oath of allegiance instead of claiming the throne for himself. In 1487, Lincoln joined the rebellion ofLambert Simnel , and was killed at theBattle of Stoke .Following the death of his older brother at the Battle of Stoke, Edmund became the leading Yorkist claimant to the throne. Nevertheless, Henry spared his life and allowed him to succeed as Duke of Suffolk in 1491. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard Scrope. The headstrong Edmund did not have his father's pragmatism, and a title was not enough for him. He left the
Kingdom of England in 1501, this time seeking the help ofMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor . He drew others such as SirJames Tyrrell into his intrigue. He himself escaped punishment until the reign of KingHenry VIII of England , and was executed in 1513.His younger brother
Richard de la Pole declared himself Earl of Suffolk and was the leading Yorkist pretender until his death at theBattle of Pavia onFebruary 24 ,1525 .References
"Ewelme - The fall of the de la Pole family:" [http://www.fordsfarm.co.uk/Ewelme-III.html]
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