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Sir Richard Pole, KG (1462 – October 1504) was a supporter and first cousin of King Henry VII of England. He was created a Knight of the Garter and was married to Margaret Plantagenet, a member of the House of York. The marriage reinforced the Tudor alliance between the houses of York and Lancaster.
Richard Pole may refer to: Sir Richard Pole (courtier) (1462–1505), Welsh supporter of King Henry VII and husband of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. Richard de la Pole (died 1525), pretender to the English crown.
Jul 6, 2022 · Despite Sir Richard Pole’s loyal service to two generations of Tudors, his wife and sons were rounded up and executed on account of their Plantagenet blood and their Catholicism– an irony for the Pole children given their Lancastrian heritage and links to Margaret Beaufort.
Margaret Pole was a Plantagenet heir, a Roman Catholic, and a noblewoman who survived the Wars of the Roses and the Tudor rule. She was executed by Henry VIII for her son Reginald's opposition to his divorce and supremacy.
Richard Pole died in 1505, leaving Margaret a widow with five children. She had a small estate of land inherited from her husband but no other income or prospects. Henry VII paid for Pole's funeral.
Jul 6, 2022 · The king’s cousin – Sir Richard Pole. Posted on July 6, 2022. Portrait purported to be Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury. The Poles owned land in Cheshire and Buckinghamshire. Richard’s father, a Welshman, was buried in Bisham Abbey, the mausoleum of the Montagu Earls of Salisbury in 1479.
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Jan 21, 2024 · Sir Richard Pole was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles. Sir Richard Pole (husband of the Countess of Salisbury) is not the pretender Richard de la Pole (single; mother: Duchess of Suffolk). Biography. Sir Richard Pole, KG (1462 - ante 18 Dec 1505), is the son of: Geoffrey Pole, esq. and Edith St John. Marriage. m.
