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As a result of her marriage to Richard Pole, she was also known as Margaret Pole. One of the few members of the House of Plantagenet to have survived the Wars of the Roses , she was executed in 1541 at the command of King Henry VIII , the second monarch of the House of Tudor , who was the son of her first cousin, Elizabeth of York .
An unknown lady, Margaret Pole? On this day in history, the 27th May 1541, Margaret Pole, the 8th Countess of Salisbury was executed at the Tower of London.
May 27, 2020 · On this day in Tudor history, 27th May 1541, the frail sixty-seven-year-old Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was executed at the Tower of London. The former governess of Princess Mary had an awful end because the usual executioner was away from London, and one account has led to stories of her tormented ghost reliving her final moments at ...
As a woman of noble birth, Margaret Pole was given a private execution. There are two accounts of her execution – One says that she was executed by an inexperienced axeman who missed her neck the first time, gashing her shoulder, and that it took a further ten blows to finish her off.
Dec 22, 2021 · Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, wasn’t the wife of the Earl of Salisbury or anything like that—she was the Countess of Salisbury in her own right. Then, everybody around her decided to become a traitor, and suddenly, she found herself on the chopping block.
This page was created on February 27, 2023. The execution of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, mother of Cardinal Reginald Pole, the Pope's legate during King Henry VIII's 'Great Matter'. She was, for a time, governess to the Princess Mary. Henry VIII had her unjustly executed.
May 28, 2015 · On 27th May, in 1541 Margaret Pole, niece of Richard III and Edward IV, was executed at the command of Henry VIII. You may not of heard of Margaret Pole so I will fill you in because her death was quite brutal and makes an interesting read, (if you like the darker side of the Tudors). Here is where it gets complicated.
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