{"id":3173,"date":"2022-02-02T11:37:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T11:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2022-03-01T13:09:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:09:37","slug":"margaret-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishhistory.net\/tudor\/citizens\/margaret-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Pole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Margaret was born into the House of York<\/a> and was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, brother of \u00a0Edward IV<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret was born in 1473 during the Wars of the Roses<\/a> in the first 12 years of her life would come the death of Edward IV, the disappearance<\/a> of his sons Edward V<\/a> and Richard Duke of York, Richard III<\/a> taking control of the crown and the Battle of Bosworth Field<\/a> which brought Henry VII<\/a> to the throne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Henry Tudor came to power, the remaining members of the House of York were systematically dealt with through marriage, imprisonment or execution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry VII arranged for Margaret to be married to Sir Richard Pole, whose mother was a half-sister to Henry\u2019s own mother, Margaret Beaufort<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Henry VIII<\/a> became king in 1509 Margaret attended on Queen Catherine of Aragon<\/a>, whom she had also served in her short time as Princess of Wales before the death of Prince Arthur<\/a>. In 1512 Margaret was granted the title of Countess of Salisbury in her own right, restoring her to a title that was previously held in her family. The restoration brought a good income from the Salisbury estates and lands, eventually making Margaret one of the wealthiest peers in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1520s and 30s, Margaret\u2019s relationship with the crown became strained because of Margaret\u2019s support of Catherine of Aragon and the Princess Mary<\/a>, as well as her sons\u2019 relationship with Edward Stafford<\/a>, the Duke of Buckingham, who was executed for treason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret\u2019s son Reginald spoke out against the Royal Supremacy<\/a> \u2013 an act of treason, although from the safety of Italy. Some of the members of the family closer to the King\u2019s wrath weren\u2019t so lucky. Geoffrey Pole was arrested and Margaret was kept in custody, first at her interrogator William Fitzwilliam\u2019s residence, but was later transferred to the Tower of London<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 1539, an act of attainder was passed against her for aiding and abetting her sons Henry and Reginald and having \u2018committed and perpetrated diverse and sundry other detestable and abominable treasons\u2019. Although imprisoned in the Tower, Margaret was fairly well-appointed and even had new clothes made by the Queen Kathryn<\/a>\u2019s tailor in March 1541. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a rising in the north may have been the tipping point and at 7 o\u2019clock in the morning on May 27th<\/sup> 1541, Margaret was executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was laid to rest, like many others executed before and after her, in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London. In 1886 she was beatified by Pope Leo XIII.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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