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Letter of William de la Pole. By Cerdic 8 years ago 1 Comments. he contemporary verdict on William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396-1450) was a good deal. harsher than the modern historian. At the time, William was hounded from office by Richard of York and the Commons in Parliament, impeached so that Henry VI was forced to exile him.
William de la Pole was a senior magnate who became a favourite of King Henry VI. The Duke served during the Hundred Years War, being wounded during the siege of Harfleur (1415). He later fought in the Battle of Verneuil and at the sieges of Montargis, Orleans and Jargeu, where he was captured by the French. Suffolk became a senior commander in ...
10 de dez. de 2016 · Rightly or wrongly, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk was blamed for the loss of English territory in France, fiscal mismanagement, civil unrest and the general overall troubles of the reign of King Henry VI of England. He was arraigned on many charges and put in the Tower. Parliament was at the ready….
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, KG (16 October 1396 – 2 May 1450), nicknamed Jackanapes, was an English magnate, statesman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War.
THE DEATH OF WILLIAM DE LA POLE, DUKE OF SUFFOLK BY ROGER VIRGOE, B.A., Ph.D. LECTURER IN ENGLISH HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA ON 2 May 1450 William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, on his way to exile in France, was intercepted by sailors in the Straits of Dover and there murdered. His exile was the result of
SUFFOLK, WILLIAM DE LA POLE, Duke of (1396–1450), second son of Michael de la Pole, second earl of Suffolk, was born on the 16th of October 1396. His father died at the siege of Harfleur, and his elder brother was killed at Agincourt on the 25th of October 1415.
WILLIAM DE LA POLE, Earl, Marquis, and Duke of Suffolk, chief minister of Henry VI and the favourite of Margaret of Anjou, was son of the second and brother of the third Michael de la Pole, and was born in 1396. He served in the French wars, and contributed in 1424 to the defeat of the French and Scots at Verneuil.
