Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk (April 22, 1444, Rouen – after January, 1503, Wingfield, Suffolk) was the sixth child and third daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... Events March 2 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance April 16 - Truce of Tours. ... Rouen Cathedral The entrance to Rouen Cathedral Abbey church of Saint-Ouen, (chevet) in Rouen Rouen, medieval house Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and presently the capital of the Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) région. ... Year 1503 (MDIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Richard, Duke of York (21 September 1411 – 30 December 1460) was a member of the English royal family, who served in senior positions in France at the end of the Hundred Years War, and in England during Henry VIs madness. ... Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495), Duchess of York, was called the Rose of Raby (because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham, England) and Proud Cis (because of her pride and a temper that went with it). ...

She was a younger sister of Anne of York, Edward IV of England and Edmund, Earl of Rutland. She was also an older sister of Margaret of York, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Richard III of England. Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470–1471. ... Edmund, Earl of Rutland (May 17, 1443 – December 31, 1460) was the fourth child and second surviving son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. ... Margaret of York (May 3, 1446 - November 23, 1503) - also by marriage known as Margaret of Burgundy- was a daughter to Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville, a sister of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, third wife to Charles the Bold, Duke... George, Duke of Clarence (21 October 1449 – 18 February 1478) was the third son of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, and the brother of kings Edward IV and Richard III of England. ... Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death. ...

Marriage

Sometime before February 1458, Elizabeth was married to John de la Pole. John was the eldest son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Chaucer and Maud Burghersh. John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (27 September 1442 - 1491) was the son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who was executed in 1450. ... William de la Pole, 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396- May 2, 1450), was an important English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years War, and later Lord Chamberlain of England. ... Thomas Chaucer ( 1367–1434), was the Speaker of the British House of Commons on three occasions and son of Geoffrey Chaucer and Philippa (de) Roet. ...

Her father-in-law had served as the principal power behind the throne for Henry VI of England from 1447 to 1450. His three years in this position saw the near-complete loss of the English possessions in northern France, towards the end of Hundred Years' War. Suffolk could not avoid taking the fall for the failure. He had been imprisoned in the Tower of London and had been attainted. Consequently John had not succeeded to his titles when his father was executed on 2 May 1450. The phrase power behind the throne refers to a person or group that informally exercises the real power of an office. ... Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471, and King of France from 1422 to 1453. ... Combatants France Castile Scotland Genoa Majorca Bohemia Crown of Aragon Brittany England Burgundy Brittany Portugal Navarre Flanders Hainaut Aquitaine Luxembourg Holy Roman Empire The Hundred Years War was a conflict between France and England, lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453. ... Her Majestys Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically simply as The Tower), is a historic monument in central London, England on the north bank of the River Thames. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... // March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen. ...

Her older brother Edward IV of England restored his brother-in-law to the title of Duke of Suffolk in 1463. She remainer the Duchess of Suffolk until his death in 1491/1492. They were settled in Wingfield Suffolk. The title of Earl of Suffolk has been created several times in the Peerage of England, most recently in 1603 for Thomas Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Walden. ...

She survived her husband by almost a decade. She is last mentioned alive in January, 1503. She was mentioned being deceased by May, 1504. Her death is placed in the sixteen months in between the two reports.

Children

In 1460, she married Suffolk. They were parents of the following children: Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ...

• John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (c.1462 - June 16 1487). Designated heir to his maternal uncle Richard III of England. He married Lady Margaret FitzAlan. No issue.
• Geoffrey de la Pole (b. 1464), died young.
• Edward de la Pole (1466-1485). Archdeacon of Richmond.
• Elizabeth de la Pole (c.1468 - 1489), married to Henry Lovel, Lord Morley.
• Edmund de la Pole, 6th Earl of Suffolk, (1471 - April 30 1513), (beheaded).
• Dorothy de la Pole (b.1472), died young.
• Humphrey de la Pole (1474-1513), in Holy Orders.
• Anne de la Pole (1476-1495), Nun.
• Catherine de la Pole (c.1477 - 1513), married to William, 5th Lord Stourton.
• William de la Pole, Knt., of Wingfield, (1478-after January 1504).
• Richard de la Pole (1480-February 24 1525), at the battle of Pavia, 'Pretender' for the English Crown.

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External links

• A listing of the children of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York