Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

Also known as: Margaret his sole daughter · Family: England · Role: daughter and countess · First appears: Edward IV 35

Life events

1477 · Margaret Pole married Richard Pole.(Edward IV 35)
- With: Richard Pole
- “Margaret his sole daughter maried to sir Richard Pole knight”
1477 · Henry VIII restored Margaret Pole's earldom title and possessions.(Edward IV 35)
- With: Henry VIII
- “and by Henrie the eight restored to the name, title, & possessions of the earldome of Salisburie”
c. 1477 · Margaret Pole was attainted for treason against Henry VIII.(Edward IV 35 · 📍 open parlement)
- With: Henry VIII
- “was at length for treason committed against the said Henrie the eight atteinted in open parlement”
c. 1477 · Margaret Pole was beheaded within the Tower.(Edward IV 35 · 📍 the Tower)
- “sixtie two yeares after hir father had suffered death in the Tower, she on the gréene within the same place was beheaded.”

parent: George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence “This duke left behind him two yoong infants begot of the bodie of his wife, the daughter of Richard late earle of Warwike: which children by destinie as it were, or by their owne merits, following the steps of their ancestors, succéeded them in like misfortune and semblable euill chance. For Edward his heire, whome king Edward had created earle of Warwike was thrée and twentie yeares after, in the time of Henrie the seauenth, atteinted of treason, and on the Tower hill lost his head. Margaret his sole daughter”
siblings with Edward Plantagenet, Earl of Warwick “For Edward his heire, whome king Edward had created earle of Warwike was thrée and twentie yeares after, in the time of Henrie the seauenth, atteinted of treason, and on the Tower hill lost his head. Margaret his sole daughter”
married with Richard Pole “Margaret his sole daughter maried to sir Richard Pole knight”

Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.