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Duke Suffolk is in Dukedoms of England Alphabetically.
Duke Suffolk (1st Creation)
Duke Suffolk is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Forfeit Dukedoms of England.
1st: William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk. Died 1450. Son
2nd: John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk. Died 1492. Son
3rd: Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk. Died 1513. Forfeit.
In 1448 William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 51) was created 1st Duke Suffolk by King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 26). Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk (age 44) by marriage Duchess Suffolk.
On 23rd March 1463 John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk (age 20) was restored 2nd Duke Suffolk. Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk (age 18) by marriage Duchess Suffolk.
Before 27th October 1492 John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk (age 50) died. He was buried at Wingfield, Suffolk. Before 27th October 1492 His son Edmund (age 21) succeeded 3rd Duke Suffolk, 3rd Marquess Suffolk 1C, 6th Earl Suffolk, 6th Baron Pole.
Before 10th October 1496 Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk (age 25) and Margaret Scrope Duchess Suffolk were married. She by marriage Duchess Suffolk. He the son of John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk (age 52). They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 26th December 1502 Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk (age 31) was proclaimed an outlaw at Ipswich, Suffolk [Map] for assuming his former title Duke Suffolk.
On 30th April 1513 Edmund Pole 3rd Duke of Suffolk (age 42) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] on the instruction of King Henry VIII after having been imprisoned for seven years. Duke Suffolk, Marquess Suffolk 1C and Earl Suffolk, Baron Pole forfeit.
He, Edmund, was the son of Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk, sister of Kings Edward IV and Richard III, and George, Duke of Clarence. He, arguably, had a better claim to the throne of England than King Henry VII if King Edward IV's children were illegitimate, and George's children barred from the succession as a consequence of George'a attainder although Anne St Leger's (age 37) claim better since she descended from an older sister Anne.
He, Edmund, had been given to King Henry VII of England and Ireland as part of the treaty of Malus Intercursus aka Evil Treaty with the condition that he not be executed. King Henry VII in his will instructed his son King Henry VIII to have him executed; an act which attracted the criticism of Montaigne in Chapter 7 of his Essays.
Duke Suffolk (2nd Creation)
Duke Suffolk is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Dukedoms of England.
1st: Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk. Died 1545. Son
2nd: Henry Brandon 2nd Duke of Suffolk. Died 1551. Brother.
3rd: Charles Brandon 3rd Duke of Suffolk. Died 1551. Extinct.
In 1514 Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 30) was created 1st Duke Suffolk by King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 22).
In May 1515 Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 31) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Suffolk. She had married Louis XII King France in Oct 1514; he had died on 01 Jan 1515. Around this time he surrendered the title Viscount Lisle which he had been created in anticipation of this marriage to Elizabeth Grey Countess Devon (age 10) which never took place. She the daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England. They were fifth cousins.
On 7th September 1533 Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 49) and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk (age 14) were married. She by marriage Duchess Suffolk. The difference in their ages was 35 years. They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 22nd August 1545 Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 61) died. His son Henry (age 9) succeeded 2nd Duke Suffolk, 2nd Viscount Lisle.
On 14th July 1551 the two Brandon brothers died of sweating sickness at the Bishop of Lincoln's Palace, Buckden [Map]. They were buried at St Mary's Church, Buckden [Map].
Henry Brandon 2nd Duke of Suffolk (age 15) died of sweating sickness . His brother Charles (age 14) succeeded 3rd Duke Suffolk, 3rd Viscount Lisle.
Charles Brandon 3rd Duke of Suffolk died of sweating sickness an hour or so after his brother. Duke Suffolk, Viscount Lisle extinct.
Charles Brandon 3rd Duke of Suffolk: In 1537 he was born to Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk. Henry Machyn's Diary. 22nd September 1551. The xxij day of September was the monyth ['s mind of the] ij dukkes of Suffoke [Note. Henry Brandon 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Charles Brandon 3rd Duke of Suffolk] in Chambryge-shyre, with [ij] standards, ij baners grett of armes and large, and banars rolles of dyver armes, with ij elmets, ij [swords, ij] targetts crownyd, ij cotes of armes, ij crests, and [ten dozen] of schochyons crounyd; and yt was grett pete of [their] dethe, and yt had plesyd God, of so nobull a stok they wher, for ther ys no more left of them.
Duke Suffolk (3rd Creation)
Duke Suffolk is also in Dukedoms of England Chronologically, Forfeit Dukedoms of England.
11th October 1551, the day before his fourteenth birthday, King Edward VI (age 13) celebrated at Hampton Court Palace [Map] by rewarding his guardians; it may have been a case of his guardians rewarding themselves.
John Dudley 1st Duke Northumberland (age 47) was created 1st Duke Northumberland. Jane Guildford Duchess Northumberland (age 42) by marriage Duchess Northumberland. His son Henry Dudley (age 25) was knighted.
Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 34) was created 1st Duke Suffolk for having married King Edward VI's first cousin Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk (age 34). Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk by marriage Duchess Suffolk.
William Paulet (age 68) was created 1st Marquess Winchester. Elizabeth Capell Marchioness Winchester by marriage Marchioness Winchester.
His guardian William Herbert (age 50) was created 1st Earl Pembroke. Anne Parr Countess Pembroke (age 36) by marriage Countess Pembroke.
Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset (age 51), the King's uncle attended.
Henry Dudley was knighted at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond [Map].
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On 23rd February 1554 Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 37) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Suffolk, Marquess Dorset, Earl Huntingdon, Baron Ferrers of Groby, Baron Harington, Baron Bonville forfeit.
Dean Hugh Weston (age 49) acted as Confessor.