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Richard de la Pole (died 24 February 1525) was a pretender to the English crown. Commonly nicknamed "White Rose", he was the last Yorkist claimant to actively and openly seek the crown of England. He lived in exile after many of his relatives were executed, becoming allied with Louis XII of France in the War of the League of Cambrai .
Apr 2, 2024 · Richard de la Pole (died Feb. 24, 1525, Pavia, Duchy of Milan) was the last Yorkist claimant to the English throne. Pole was the youngest son of John de la Pole, 2nd duke of Suffolk (died 1491/92), and Elizabeth, sister to the Yorkist king Edward IV (ruled 1461–70, 1471–83).
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My ancestry links to the de la Pole family via Elizabeth Pool (1555-1608), to Humphre Pole (1530-1592), Sir Henry Pole (1492-1539), Richard de la Pole (1462-1525) — who was married to Margaret Plantagenet, Sir Geoffrey de la Pole (1416-1479), Richard Pole (1400-1450).
RICHARD DE LA POLE, pretender to the English crown, was the fifth son of John de la Pole (1442-1491), 2nd Duke of Suffolk, and Elizabeth second daughter of Richard, Duke of York and sister of Edward IV. 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 uncle Richard III, who ...
Apr 28, 2022 · Richard de la Pole. Richard de la Pole (died 24 February 1525) was a pretender to the English crown. Commonly nicknamed White Rose, he was the last member of the House of York to actively and openly seek the crown of England.
- "White Rose"
- Of, Wingfield, Suffolk, England
- circa 1480
24th February 1525. Death of Richard de la Pole, Yorkist claimant. Richard de la Pole was the last Yorkist to actively claim the throne of England. A son of John de la Pole and Elizabeth of York he was a grandson of Richard, 3rd Duke of York and nephew to Kings Edward IV and Richard III.
Desmond Seward | Published in History Today Volume 61 Issue 1 January 2011. By the late 1530s Henry VIII’s insecurity verged on paranoia, despite the fact that Richard de la Pole, the last man to challenge him openly for the throne, had been dead for ten years. Possible brain damage after a fall in a tournament and the rebellion known as the ...
