William de la Pole = Catherine, daughter of Great Merchant at Kingston, | Sir John Norwich. advanced £1000 to Edward | III., for which he was | made a Banneret. | | Michael de la Pole = Katherine Wingfield. Earl of Suffolk 1385. | Impeached and exiled. | Died at Paris 1388. | | Sir Michael = Katherine, daughter of Restored to his Earldom | the Earl of Stafford. 1399. In the French | wars. Died at Harfleur | 1415. | | +-----------------------+----+ | | Michael William, 4th Earl = Alice, grand- 3rd Earl of Suffolk. Commanded at Verneuil and | daughter of Died at Agincourt Orleans. Brought Margaret | Chaucer. 1415. of Anjou over. Duke of | Suffolk 1448. Impeached, | banished, murdered in the | boat, 1450. | | +-------------------+ | John de la Pole = Elizabeth, sister Duke of Suffolk 1463. | of Edward IV. Died 1491. | | +---------------------------+------------+------------+ | | | John, Earl of Lincoln. Edmund. Fought at Richard. Fought Lord Lieutenant of first for Henry VII. for the French. Ireland. Declared heir- Subsequently took Died at Pavia 1525. apparent by Richard III. offence and withdrew His dukedom of Joined Lambert Simnel. to his aunt Margaret Suffolk given to Died at Battle of of Burgundy. Was given Charles Brandon. Stoke 1487. up. Imprisoned in the Tower. Executed as a Yorkist 1513.

BEAUFORT (Somersets), and STAFFORD (Buckinghams).

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John of Gaunt = Catherine Swinford. | 1 | 2 +--------------------------------+------------------+-----------+ | | | John, Earl of Somerset = Margaret, daughter of Henry Beaufort, | One of the accusers | Sir Thomas Holland, Cardinal Bishop | of Gloucester, 1397. | Earl of Kent. of Winchester. | Died 1410. | | | | +--------------------+ | | 3 4 | | +------------------+--------------------+ | | | | Thomas = Margaret Joan = Sir Ralph Neville, | Earl of Dorset and Neville. first Earl of | Exeter. Admiral 1404. Westmoreland. | Chancellor. Fought at | Agincourt. Died 1426. | | +---------------------------------+ | | 1 2 | +-----------------+-------+------------------------+ | | | Henry. John = Margaret, daughter of | Died Lieut.-Gen. in | Sir John Beauchamp. | young. France. Killed | | himself, 1444. | | | | Margaret = 1. Edmund Tudor, | | Earl of Richmond. | | 2. Sir Henry Stafford, | | son of 1st Duke | | of Buckingham. | | 3. Thomas, Lord | | Stanley. | | | Henry VII. | | +--------------------+ | 3 | 4 +------------------------------+ | | Edmund, = Eleanor Beauchamp, Jane = James I. of 1st Duke, 4th Earl | daughter of 5th Scotland. of Somerset, fought | Earl of Warwick. under Duke of Bedford. | Beseiged Harfleur. | Regent of France, | 1445. Killed at St. | Albans, 1455. | | +----------------+--------+------------+ | | | | Henry, Duke of Edmund John, Margaret = Humphrey, Earl of Somerset, Beaufort, killed at | Stafford (son of 1st beheaded after beheaded Tewkesbury. | Duke of Buckingham, Hexham, 1464. after | who died at battle Tewkesbury, | of Northampton). 1471. | Killed at St. Albans | 1455. [See genealogy | of [Edward III.]] | +--------------------------------------------+ | Henry, 2nd Duke of Buckingham = Catherine Woodville. Helped Richard III. Joined | Richmond. Beheaded 1483. | | +-------------+ | Edward, Duke of Buckingham = Eleanor, daughter of Percy, Restored by Henry VII. High | Earl of Northumberland. Constable. Offended Wolsey. | Beheaded 1521. | | +----------------------+ | Henry, Lord Stafford = Ursula, daughter of restored in blood by | Sir Richard Pole Edward VI., 1547. | and Margaret Died 1562. | Plantagenet. | +-----------------------------+ | | Edward, Baron Stafford. Richard, whose grandson became a cobbler.

WOODVILLES

(Courtenays. Greys.)