| Edmund de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk | |
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| Pretender | |
| Born | 1471 England |
| Died | 30 April 1513 |
| Throne(s) claimed | England |
| Pretend from | 16 June 1487 |
| Monarchy abolished | 1485, Battle of Bosworth Field |
| Last monarch | Richard III of England |
| Connection with | Richard III declared his older brother as his heir and head of the House of York |
| Royal House | House of York |
| Father | John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk |
| Mother | Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk |
| Spouse | Margaret Scrope |
| Predecessor | John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln |
| Successor | Richard de la Pole |
Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Suffolk (1471/1472 – 30 April 1513), Duke of Suffolk, was a son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his wife Elizabeth of York.
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His mother was the second surviving daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. She was also a younger sister to Edward IV of England and Edmund, Earl of Rutland as well as an older sister to Margaret of York, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England.
His paternal grandparents were William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer. Suffolk was an important English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years' War, and later Lord Chamberlain of England. Alice Chaucer was a daughter of Thomas Chaucer, Speaker of the Commons on three occasions, Chief Butler of England for almost thirty years, and granddaughter of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
His eldest brother John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln (c. 1464-1487), was named heir to the throne by his maternal uncle, Richard III of England, who gave him a pension and the reversion of the estates of Lady Margaret Beaufort. However, on the accession of Henry VII following the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lincoln took the oath of allegiance instead of claiming the throne for himself. In 1487, Lincoln joined the rebellion of Lambert Simnel and was killed at the Battle of Stoke.
Following the death of his older brother, Edmund became the leading Yorkist claimant to the throne. Nevertheless, Henry allowed him to succeed as Duke of Suffolk in 1491, though at some time later, Edmund's title was demoted to the rank of Earl. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard Scrope.
In 1501, the headstrong Edmund fled the Kingdom of England with the help of Sir James Tyrrell, who was subsequently executed for these actions. Edmund sought the help of Maximilian, the Roman-German king. In 1506, Maximilian's son, Phillip of Burgundy, was blown off course while sailing, and reluctantly and unexpectedly became a guest of Henry VII. Needing to set sail again in order to claim his wife's inheritance (Castile), he was persuaded by Henry to hand over the Earl of Suffolk. Henry agreed to the proviso that Suffolk would not be harmed and restricted himself to imprisoning the Earl. The next king, Henry VIII, did not feel bound to this agreement and had Suffolk executed in 1513.
His younger brother, Richard de la Pole, declared himself Earl of Suffolk and was the leading Yorkist pretender until his death at the Battle of Pavia on 24 February 1525.
He had a daughter, Margaret de la Pole, also known as Marguerite de la Pole. On 21 May 1539 at Fontainebleau, she married Sibeud de Tivoley, seigneur de Brenieu, who died after 1566, and by whom she had two daughters, surnamed de Brenieu-Suffolk.[1]
| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by John de la Pole |
Duke of Suffolk 1491–1513 |
Succeeded by Forfeit |
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| Name | Suffolk, Edmund De La Pole, 3rd Duke Of | |
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| Place of birth | England | |
| Date of death | 30 April 1513 | |
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