William de La Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk, K.G. 
William was born on October 16th, 1396 in Cotton, Suffolk.1 Birth Notes
<b>More information from Genealogics:</b>
William de La Pole was a younger son of Michael de La Pole, 2nd earl of Suffolk, and Katherine de Stafford. In September 1415 with his father and elder brother he was at the siege of Harfleur, where he was seriously wounded and his father was killed. Later that year his elder brother was killed at the Battle of Agincourt, and he succeeded as 4th Earl.
Death Notes
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While leaving England in accordance with the king's sentence, on 1 May 1450 his ship was intercepted by the ship 'Nicholas of the Tower' in Dover Roads, and he was murdered there on 2 May 1450, his head being cut off in an open boat. His body was thrown on the beach near Dover and was buried at Wingfield. The person or persons behind his death remain a mystery
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1367 d.18 Sep 1415 in Harfleur
- b.16 Oct 1396 in Cotton, Suffolk d.02 May 1450
- b.1342 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.16 Oct 1386 in Isle of Rhodes
- b.1370 d.08 Apr 1419
- b.14 FEB 1312/13 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England d.13 Nov 1369 in Calais, France (Plague)
- b.1340 in Elmley, Gloucestershire, England d.06 Apr 1386
- b.25 Apr 1287 in Thornbury, Herefordshire, England d.29 Nov 1330 in hanged at the Elm, Tyburn, London, England
- b.1310 in Wigmore, England d.1363 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.1255 in Trim Castle, co. Meath, Ireland d.08 Jun 1292
- b.2 FEB 1284/85 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England d.19 Oct 1356
- b.1255 in Lusignan, France d.1323
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Details of William's family with Alice Chaucer
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Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wandawhy9&id=I7714, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2944943&id=I07783
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Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wandawhy9&id=I7714, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2944943&id=I07783
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