William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk^[1]

1396 - 1450  (53 years)

• Name	William de la Pole
  Suffix	1st Duke of Suffolk
  Birth	16 Oct 1396	Cotton, Suffolk
  Christening	Cotton, Suffolk
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	2 Jun 1448
  Death	2 May 1450	Dover Castle, Kent, England
  	Cause: Murdered
  Burial	Carthusian Priory, Hull
  Notes	Murdered in an open boat and his head was cut off and thrown on the beach. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIp1,p.443-448. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal26317 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/DeLaPOLE.htm#William%20De%20La%20POLE%20(1°%20D.%20Suffolk) «u»Knight of the Garter <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/Knights%20of%20the%20Garter.htm>«/u». Served for 24 years in the wars. In command at the victory of Verneuil, and at the siege of Orleans. Taken prisoner by Joan of Arc. Assassinated 1450, murdered in an open boat and his head was cut off and thrown on the beach. The Complete Peerage vol.XIIp1,p.443-448.
  Person ID	I8837	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2007

  
  

  Father	Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk,   b. Abt 1362   d. 18 Sep 1415, siege of Harfleur (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Katherine de Stafford, Countess Suffolk,   b. Abt 1376   d. 8 Apr 1419 (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	1383
  Family ID	F6298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Chaucer   d. 20 May 1475
  Marriage	11 Nov 1430
  Children	1. John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk,   b. 27 Sep 1442   d. 1491 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F3692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).