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William de la POLE 1396–1451 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 October 1396

Birth Location: Cotton, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 2 May 1451

Death Location: Wingfield, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England

Father: Michael Suffolk

Mother: Catherine Pole)

Spouse(s): Alice Tales)

Children(s): John Suffolk

In 1396, William de la POLE entered the world in Cotton, Suffolk, England, born to Michael De La Pole 2Nd Earl Of Suffolk And Catherine De Stafford De La Pole. William de la POLE married Alice Chaucer Philip De Montagu Montacute De La Pole Granddaughter Of Poet Geoffrey Chaucer Author Of The Canterbury Tales, and had children including Anna De La Pole, John De La Pole 2Nd Duke Of Suffolk. William de la POLE passed away in 1451 in Wingfield, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • In 1396, William de la POLE entered the world in Cotton, Suffolk, England, born to Michael De La Pole 2Nd Earl Of Suffolk And Catherine De Stafford De La Pole.
  • William de la POLE married Alice Chaucer Philip De Montagu Montacute De La Pole Granddaughter Of Poet Geoffrey Chaucer Author Of The Canterbury Tales, and had children including Anna De La Pole, John De La Pole 2Nd Duke Of Suffolk.
  • William de la POLE passed away in 1451 in Wingfield, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William POLE's Ancestors

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William POLE
1396–1451
Birth Place: Cotton, Suffolk, England
Parents
Michael de la POLE 2nd Earl of Suffolk
1367–1415
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Catherine (de STAFFORD (de la) Pole)
1376–1419
England
Grandparents
Michael (de la POLE 1st Earl of) Suffolk
1330–1389
Kingston upon Hull, Kingston upon Hull Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Catherine (WINGFIELD (de la Pole) Countess of) Suffolk
1349–1386
Wingfield, Suffolk, England
Hugh (de) STAFFORD
1342–1388
Staffordshire, England
Phillipa BEAUCHAMP
1344–1386
England
Great-Grandparents
William POLE
1302–1366
Katherine NORWICH
1306–1382
John WINGFIELD
1320–1361
Eleanor Glanville
–1375
Earl Stafford
1301–1372
Margaret Baroness
1305–1347
Thomas Warwick
1313–1369
Katherine Beauchamp)
1314–1369
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Pole
–1328
Elena MP
1287–1338
Edmund Stafford
1272–1308
Margaret (Stafford)
1280–1337
Hugh Gloucester
1289–1347
Margaret CLARE
1292–1342
Guy BEAUCHAMP
1271–1315
Isabella BERKELEY
1262–1333
Roger March
1287–1330
Joan GRENEVILLE
1285–1356

William POLE's Descendants

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William (de la) POLE (16 October 1396–2 May 1451) m. Alice (CHAUCER (Philip) (de Montagu \ Montacute) (de la Pole) (granddaughter of poet Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury) Tales) (1405–20 May 1475)
  1. 1. John (de la POLE 2nd Duke of) Suffolk 1442–1492 m. Margaret BEAUFORT 1443–1509 m. Elizabeth (PLANTAGENET (De la) Pole) 1444–1504
    1. 1. John (de la) POLE 1465–1487
    2. 2. Edmund (de la) POLE 1460–1513
    3. 3. Richard (de la) POLE 1470–1525

William POLE's Timeline

2 Records

1396
16 October 1396
Birth of William de la POLE in Cotton, Suffolk, England
Cotton, Suffolk, England
1451
2 May 1451
Age 55
Death of William de la POLE in Douvres, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Douvres, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 October 1396
    Event Place: Cotton, Suffolk, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1396

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 May 1451
    Event Place: Douvres, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Wingfield, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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