Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk

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Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk was a late 15th- and early 16th-century English nobleman of the Yorkist line who became a leading claimant to the English throne against Henry VII and was eventually executed for treason.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
Yorkist claimant to the English throne
noble
person
accusation treason
allegiance House of York NERFINISHED
birthDate circa 1471
birthPlace England
causeOfDeath beheading
claimToThroneAgainst Henry VII of England NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of England
deathDate 30 April 1513
deathPlace Tower Hill, London, England NERFINISHED
ethnicity English
executedBy Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED
exile Flanders NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
extraditedBy Philip the Fair NERFINISHED
extraditedTo England NERFINISHED
father John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk NERFINISHED
fullName Edmund de la Pole NERFINISHED
grandfather William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk NERFINISHED
heldAsPrisonerUnder Henry VII of England NERFINISHED
Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED
historicalContext aftermath of the Wars of the Roses
house de la Pole family NERFINISHED
imprisonedIn Tower of London NERFINISHED
imprisonmentStart 1506
language English
lostTitleToCrown Dukedom of Suffolk NERFINISHED
mannerOfDeath execution
maternalGrandfather Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge NERFINISHED
maternalGreatGrandfather Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York NERFINISHED
mother Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk NERFINISHED
nobleTitle 3rd Duke of Suffolk NERFINISHED
Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED
notableFor being a leading Yorkist claimant after the Wars of the Roses
being executed to remove a dynastic threat to the Tudor monarchy
paternalGreatGrandfather Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED
period early 16th century
late 15th century
politicalRole Yorkist pretender to the English throne
reducedTitle Earl of Suffolk NERFINISHED
religion Roman Catholic
royalLineage descendant of Edward III of England
sibling John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln NERFINISHED
soughtSupportFrom Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy NERFINISHED

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