John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln

John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln
Pretender
Born	1462 England
Died	16 June 1487 East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
Throne(s) claimed	England
Pretend from	c.1487 (Culminating in The Battle of Stoke
Last monarch	Henry VII of England
Connection with	nephew of Richard III, declared heir in 1485
Royal House	House of York
Father	John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
Mother	Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk
Spouse	Margaret FitzAlan
Children	Edward de la Pole
Successor	Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk

John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462/1464 – 16 June 1487) was the eldest son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk. His mother was the sixth child and third daughter born to Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. He married Lady Margaret FitzAlan, and had a son Edward de la Pole, who died young.

Contents 1 Heir to the throne 2 Ancestors 3 Notes 4 References

Heir to the throne

During the last year of the reign of his maternal uncle, King Richard III, he was designated heir to the throne.^[1] In addition, he was given revenues of about 500 pounds a year, and was appointed king's lieutenant in Ireland and president of the Council of the North.^[2]

After Richard's defeat at the Battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485, Lincoln was reconciled with the new king, Henry VII, but soon became impatient with the new rule and supported the claims of the boy pretender, Lambert Simnel. Lincoln was killed at the Battle of Stoke in 1487, at which the rebel army was defeated. In November 1487, he was posthumously attainted.

His death did not end the de la Pole claim to the throne. His younger brother Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk became the leading Yorkist claimant to the throne until his execution by orders of Henry VIII of England in 1513. Their younger brother Richard de la Pole continued their claim until his own death at the Battle of Pavia (24 February 1525).

Ancestors

Ancestors of John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln

16. Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk               8. Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk                       17. Catherine Wingfield               4. William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk                             18. Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford               9. Katherine de Stafford                       19. Philippa de Beauchamp               2. John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk                                   20. Geoffrey Chaucer               10. Thomas Chaucer                       21. Philippa Roet (sister of 31.)               5. Alice Chaucer                             22. Sir John Burghersh               11. Matilda Burghersh                       23.               1. John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln                                         24. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (brother of 30.)               12. Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge                       25. Isabella of Castile               6. Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York                             26. Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March               13. Anne de Mortimer                       27. Alianore Holland               3. Elizabeth of York                                   28. John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby               14. Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland                       29. Maud Percy               7. Cecily Neville                             30. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (brother of 24.)               15. Joan Beaufort                       31. Katherine Swynford (sister of 21.)

Notes

References

• Kendall, Paul Murray (1955). Richard the Third. New York: Norton. ISBN 0393007855. 
• Ross, Charles (1981). Richard III. Methuen. ISBN 0-413-29530-3. 

John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln House of York Born: c. 1462 1487
English royalty
Preceded by Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick	Heir to the English Throne as heir presumptive March, 1485 - 22 August 1485	Vacant Title next held by Arthur, Prince of Wales
Peerage of England
Preceded by Vacant, last held by Henry of Grosmont	Earl of Lincoln 1467 - 1487	Succeeded by Vacant, next held by Henry Brandon

Persondata
Name	Lincoln, John De La Pole, Earl Of
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Date of birth
Place of birth	England
Date of death	16 June 1487
Place of death	East Stoke, Nottinghamshire