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William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (16 October 1396 - 2 May 1450) William de la Pole, who features in Shakespeare's ' Henry VI ' was the second son of Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and Katherine de Stafford, daughter of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford.
Impeachment of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. William de la Pole was a senior magnate who became a favourite of King Henry VI. The Duke served during the Hundred Years War, being wounded during the siege of Harfleur (1415). He later fought in the Battle of Verneuil and at the sieges of.
Sir William de la Pole (1478 – sometime between October and November 1539), [1] was an English nobleman, and Knight of Wingfield Castle in Wingfield, Suffolk. He was the son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1442–1492) and Elizabeth Plantagenet (Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk) (1444–1504), a sister of Edward IV and Richard III.
WILLIAM DE LA POLE, Earl, Marquis, and Duke of Suffolk, chief minister of Henry VI and the favourite of Margaret of Anjou, was son of the second and brother of the third Michael de la Pole, and was born in 1396. He served in the French wars, and contributed in 1424 to the defeat of the French and Scots at Verneuil.
Sep 1, 2021 · William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Favourite of Henry VI who became subject to parliamentary trial and his banishment. Murdered whilst leaving England.
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk,, nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He became a favourite of the weak king Henry VI of England, and consequently a leading figure in the English government where he became associated with many of the royal government's failures of ...
Pole, William de la, earl, marquis, and 1st duke of Suffolk (1396–1450). Suffolk had a chequered career in the French war from 1417 to 1437. As an associate of Cardinal Beaufort, he became steward of Henry VI's household in 1432. This position enabled him to make himself the king's chief councillor after Beaufort's death, create a household ...
