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Lord William 'Jackanapes' de La Pole 1396 – 1450 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Oct 1396

Birth Location: Cotton, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 2 May 1450

Death Location: English Channel near Dover, Kent - beheaded by the French after his ship was taken

Father: Lord Pole

Mother: Katharine Stafford

Spouse(s): Lady Chaucer

Children(s): Sir Pole

Lord William 'Jackanapes' de La Pole , 1st Duke of Suffolk was born in 1396 in Cotton, Suffolk, England, the child of Lord Michael de La Pole and Katharine de Stafford. Lord William 'Jackanapes' de La Pole , 1st Duke of Suffolk married Lady Alice Chaucer, and had children including Sir Knight Geoffrey de la Pole. Lord William 'Jackanapes' de La Pole , 1st Duke of Suffolk passed away in 1450 in English Channel near Dover, Kent - beheaded by the French after his ship was taken.

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Biography

  • Lord William 'Jackanapes' de La Pole , 1st Duke of Suffolk was born in 1396 in Cotton, Suffolk, England, the child of Lord Michael de La Pole and Katharine de Stafford.
  • Lord William 'Jackanapes' de La Pole , 1st Duke of Suffolk married Lady Alice Chaucer, and had children including Sir Knight Geoffrey de la Pole.
  • Lord William 'Jackanapes' de La Pole , 1st Duke of Suffolk passed away in 1450 in English Channel near Dover, Kent - beheaded by the French after his ship was taken.

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Lord Pole's Ancestors

Self
Lord Pole
1396 – 1450
Birth Place: Cotton, Suffolk, England
Parents
Lord Michael de La Pole
1367 – 1415
Katharine (de) Stafford
– 1419
Grandparents
Michael (de La) Pole
1330 – 1389
Catherine Wingfield
1349 – 1386
Wingfield Castle, Wingfield, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
William Pole
1302 – 1366
Katherine NORWICK
1306 – 1380
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Pole
1275 – 1324
Helen ROTHENHERING
1287 –

Lord Pole's Descendants

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Lord (William 'Jackanapes' de La) Pole (16 Oct 1396 – 2 May 1450) m. Lady (Alice) Chaucer (Abt. 1404 – 20 May 1475)
  1. 1. Sir (Knight Geoffrey de la) Pole (Abt. 1430 – Abt. 4 Jan 1479) m. Lady (Edith St) John (1430 – 4 Jan 1491)
    1. 1. Lord (Sir Richard De La) Pole (1462 – 18 December 1505) m. Lady (Margaret 'Blessed Margaret') Plantagenent (14 August 1479 – 28 May 1541)
      1. 1. Lord (Sir Knight Henry De La) Pole (1492 – 9 Dec 1539) m. Lady (Jane De) Neville (1481 – 26 October 1539)
        1. 1. Lady (Catherine de la) Pole (1511 – 23 Sep 1576) m. Sir (Francis) Hastings (1514 – 20 Jun 1561)
        2. 2. Sir (Knight Thomas) Poole (1531 – 28 May 1557) m. Matilda (Maud) Fitton (1527 – 1570)
        3. 3. Sir (William Grimsted Humphrey de la) Pole (1530 – 1590) m. Lady (Alice) Quarles (1534 – 30 June 1591) m. Lady (Bridgett) Brampton (1512 – 30 Jun 1591) m. Lady (Agnes Drake) Pechey
      2. 2. Lady (Ursula Pole, Baroness of) Stafford (1500 – 12 Aug 1570) m. Lord (Henry) Stafford (18 September 1502 – 30 April 1563)
        1. 1. Lady (Dorothy) Stafford (1 Oct 1526 – 22 September 1604) m. Lord (Sir Knight William De Stafford, Baron of) Chebsey (1499 – 5 May 1556)
        2. 2. Lord (Edward) Stafford (17 Jan 1535 – 18 October 1603)

Lord Pole's Timeline

2 Records

1396
16 Oct 1396
Birth of Lord William 'Jackanapes' de La Pole , 1st Duke of Suffolk in Cotton, Suffolk, England
Cotton, Suffolk, England
1450
2 May 1450
Age 54
Death of Lord William 'Jackanapes' de La Pole , 1st Duke of Suffolk in English Channel near Dover, Kent - beheaded by the French after his ship was taken
English Channel near Dover, Kent - beheaded by the French after his ship was taken

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1396
    Event Place: Cotton, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 May 1450
    Event Place: English Channel near Dover, Kent - beheaded by the French after his ship was taken

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