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Personal data Lord Michael de la Pole 1st Earl of Suffolk 

• He was born about 1331 in Wingfield Church, Wingfield, Suffolk, England.
• Profession: 1st Baron de la Pole, later 1st Earl of Suffolk.
• (MARR) on October 18, 1361 in Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire, England.
• (Marriage) in the year 1363 in France: Spouse: Katherine de Wingfield.
• (Reference Number) : 18JL-CMJ.
• He died about September 5, 1389 in Paris, Ille de France, France. He was about 57-58 years old.
• He is buried on September 18, 1415 in Church Of The Carthusians, Kingston-Upon-Hull, England.
• A child of Katherine Cicely de Norwich

Household of Lord Michael de la Pole 1st Earl of Suffolk

(1) He has/had a relationship with Katherine de Stafford.

(2) He is married to (Not public).

They got married on October 18, 1361 at Kington Upon Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire, England.

Child(ren):

1. Thomas de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk  1353-1420
2. Michael de la Pole 2nd Earl of Suffolk  ± 1361-1415
3. Anne Thorley  ± 1365-1412
4. William de la Pole  ± 1365-1390
5. Michael de la Pole  1367-1415 
6. Richard de la Pole  ± 1367-1402
7. Richard (1367) de la Pole  ± 1367-1402
8. John de la Pole  ± 1369-1415
9. Katherine de la Pole  ± 1373-± 1423
10. Elizabeth (1373) de la Pole  ± 1373-1373
11. Anne Anne Pole Amy Pole Thorley de la Pole  1375-1412
12. Sir Thomas de la Pole  ± 1378-1420 
13. Lady Isabel De La de la Pole  1395-1466 
14. Sir Alexander de la Pole  ????-1429
15. Margaret de la Pole  
16. Sir John de la Pole  ????-1429 

Notes about Lord Michael de la Pole 1st Earl of Suffolk

Michael de la Pole (c. 1330 - 1389) was an English financier, Lord Chancellor of England, and Earl of Suffolk.

He was the oldest son of William de la Pole (d. 1366) and Catherine Norwich, daughter of Sir Walter Norwich.

His father was a wool merchant from Hull who became a key figure during the reign of Edward III: after the collapse of the Bardi and Peruzzi families, he emerged as Edward's chief financier. Michael enjoyed even greater popularity at court than his father, becoming one of the most trusted and intimate friends of Edward's successor, Richard II.

He was appointed Chancellor in 1383, and created Earl of Suffolk in 1385, the first of his family to hold any such title. However, in the late 1380s his fortunes radically altered, in step with those of the king. During the Merciless Parliament of 1386 he was impeached on charges of embezzlement and negligence, a victim of increasing tensions between Parliament and Richard.

Even after this disgrace, he remained in royal favour, although soon fell foul of the Lords Appellant. He was one of a number of Richard's associates accused of treason by the Appellants in November 1387. After the Appellants' victory at Radcot Bridge (December 1387) and before the so-called Merciless Parliament met in February 1388, De La Pole shrewdly fled to Paris, thus escaping the fate of Sir Nicholas Brembre and Chief Justice Robert Trefilian. He remained in France for the remainder of his life. Sentenced in his absence, his title was stripped from him.

Jean Froissart's references to de la Pole in the Chroniques (II.173) portray a devious and ineffectual counsellor, who dissuaded Richard from pursuing a certain victory against French and Scottish forces in Cumberland, and fomented undue suspicion of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster.

De la Pole's descendants were key players in the political life of the next two centuries at Wingfield_Castle in Suffolk:

· His son Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk was a supporter of Henry IV and opponent of Richard. He regained his father's title on Henry's accession in 1399, and died at the Siege of Harfleur.

· His eldest grandson Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk died at the Battle of Agincourt.

· His younger grandson William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk was appointed Lord Chamberlain under Henry VI, before being murdered in exile.

· His great-great grandson was Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, who led a botched rebellion against Henry VII in 1501.

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