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Alicia de la Pole, duquesa de Suffolk (1404–1475) era una nieta del poeta inglés Geoffrey Chaucer. Casada tres veces, con el tiempo se convirtió en Dama de la Más Noble Orden de la Jarretera. Vida. Alicia (Alice) nació como Alicia Chaucer, hija de Thomas Chaucer y Matilda Burghersh.
By William de la Pole she had a son: John de la Pole (1442–1492) who married Elizabeth of York, making him the brother-in-law of two kings, Edward IV and Richard III. John became 2nd Duke of Suffolk in 1463. Career. Alice was a lady-in-waiting to Margaret of Anjou in 1445, and a patron of the arts. Patron of art
30 de may. de 2017 · Let’s start with Chaucer’s granddaughter, Alice de la Pole. Alice was quite a lady, a duchess, with extensive lands in the Thames Valley, East Anglia and overseas. She was born in 1404, the daughter of Thomas Chaucer (d 1434) and Matilda Burghersh (d 1436).
The story of the de la Pole family – from ‘rags to rags’ over 6 generations between 1290 and 1525, is evidence that there were ways to escape the rigidity of medieval society. Their history is also evidence of the dangerous times in which they lived, and the curse of the blood of York.
Alice de la Pole was the Duchess of Suffolk and the daughter of Alice Chaucer, who commissioned her alabaster tomb in St Mary's Church, Ewelme. The tomb features a unique design of a conventional effigy and a life-size cadaver, as well as the Order of the Garter.
After Suffolk’s murder, the unrest in Kent exploded into what is known as Jack Cade’s Rebellion. Alice was one of the rebels’ targets. When the rebels entered London in July 1450, they forced members of a commissioner of oyer and terminer to indict a number of supposed traitors, Alice among them.
15 de dic. de 2014 · Alice de la Pole was the granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer and the wife of William de la Pole, a powerful duke of Suffolk. She lived through the turbulent 15th century, survived the execution of her husband, and became a patron of John Lydgate.
