Richard de la Pole
Richard de la Pole (* 1480, † February 24, 1525 ) was the last major members of the de la Pole family and the last candidate of the House of York to the English throne.
Life
He was the son of John de la Pole and Elizabeth of York. His two older brothers, John, Earl of Lincoln, and Edmund, Earl of Suffolk had always insisted, despite the desperate circumstances after the Battle of Bosworth on her right to the crown.
John had joined the rebel Lambert Simnel connected in 1487 and fell in the battle of Stoke
His second eldest brother Edmund tried in the German king and later Emperor Maximilian I to find an ally for his desperate attempt to regain the English throne. King Henry VII of England saw this coup attempt in 1504 to no longer recognized and Edmund his remaining title as Earl of Suffolk from. He then signed a contract with the emperor, who promised to support him no more rebels. Edmund turned, as he could not support the Emperor expect more, to Aachen, where he left a big debt.
Once there, it went to Richard, who had left the family property must, the family had lost the earldom. Edmund had his younger brother in Aachen back as guarantor for their debts and probably went to Belgium. The creditors threatened Richard to extradite him to England, where the de la Poles now a familia non grata were, but he escaped and found an exile in Buda with King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary.
1506 Edmund was finally captured in Namur and delivered to Henry VII. 1509 was followed by Henry VIII after his father, but pardoned neither Edmund nor his brother. Thereupon Richard Louis XII concluded. of to France, the war with England began in 1512 and the requirements de la Pole to the English throne officially supported. Because of this threat was Heinrich any mercy for the de la Poles attacked and left Edmund eventually beheaded in 1513.
Richard, however, was one of the commanders of the French army and led the long but knew title of Earl of Suffolk by Edmunds death. 1514 saw it just like this, as should the long cherished dreams of the de la Poles are true: Richard led 12,000 mercenaries, which provide for the defense of Brittany and an invasion of England should prepare. However, this dream of peace with England put an end, followed by Richards expulsion from France.
He then went to Metz in Lorraine, where he built a home in La Haute Pierre. Although he was now without any political power, it Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey was still looking at as a major threat and could spy on him, among other things by the German - Dutch composer Pierre Alamire. Several times he negotiated with Francis I. and John Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, the Scottish regent, on an invasion of England, which, however, should never take place.
Richard de la Pole died when he fought with Francis I at the Battle of Pavia as a leader of the black gang up against the army of Charles V. With him went the bicentennial power of the de la Poles to an end.