The Turbulent Life And Tragic End Of The Last Plantagenet | Margaret Pole

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s was Margaret Pole and, despite not being ambitious for the throne of England, she would still face a horrible and unfailing death. She would survive countless monarchs changing hands across the country, including two of her own uncles, but eventually her faith would be tested. the obstacle to her

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Margaret was born on 14 August 1473 at Farley Castle, near B. She had a brother, Edward, who would be the only other surviving child of her parents, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence and Isabelle Neville, daughter of Richard Neville, Edward de Wari. Margaret's own maternal grandfather, Richard Neville, had died 2 years before Margaret's birth in the Battle of Barnet fighting her uncle Edward IV.

After this, her father George also received the titles of Earl of Warick and Salsbury, however, not everything was pleasant. George was known for having a violent and unpredictable temper at times, but it did not become more apparent how unstable he was until years later, Isabelle died in December 1476, when Margaret was only 3 years old and she herself was only 25 years old. Isabelle is now believed to have died. either from consumption or fever after giving birth, but by the time George was convinced his wife had been poisoned to make matters worse, he actually accused one of his ladies in Waiting Anchoret Two of committing the deed without any evidence.

He broke into someone else's house and dragged her away. and they took her to an impromptu trial in Warick after taking her jewelery. The justices of the peace were also dragged in to make it look realistic, although it was obvious from the beginning that they had no choice but to accept George's accusation, who said that the anchorite had given Isabelle a poisoned drink of beer on October 10 and the jury found her guilty. She was immediately taken from the trial at Guild Hall to the local jail and from there to The Gallows on the same day that her charge, trial and sentence had occurred within a few hours later, on the same day, the J admitted to having found the anchorite, mainly out of fear of what would happen to them if they didn't, just like the sheriff who was forced to drag the poor anchorite to the gallows.

Edward IV would later forgive her posthumously. but he could not bring her back from the dead. Margaret's otherwise noble and wealthy childhood would have been overshadowed by this, as would her siblings, she remained in her father's household and would likely have had nannies and ladies as part of her

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. of her small house. The staff does not have much record of her interactions or relationship with her father, but due to her age when he died plus the fact that he was often at court or abroad, it is likely that Margaret was not very close to him. , but George's bad decisions wouldn't end either.

By assuming that his mother had been poisoned after Isabelle's death, George had hoped to marry Mary of Burgundy, the stepdaughter of his sister Margaret of York, who had married Mary's father, Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy. Mary of Burgundy was young and pretty, but the most important thing is that she. she was the only access to the jkom of Burgundy, the richest and most cultured court in Europe at the time. King Edward, however, always distrustful of his brother's unstable motives, refused to accept the marriage and George threw his toys out of the pram because he had already rebelled. against Edward once before and was forgiven for it Clarence left court, a mutual hostility grew between the brothers when the comments said about the other were commented on a few months later, in May 1477, Clarence's astronomer, John Stacy, under the pressure of torture, he confessed to having Before the king's death, Stacy also implicated an Ox chaplain who had summoned Thomas Blake and George's servant Thomas Beret, all three were found guilty of treason and only Blake survived. hanging in a

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George was not involved and if all this had been left alone, it would have been the end of the matter for Edward despite their strained relationship, but George did not leave it at that and had Beret's Declaration of Innocence read to the Royal Council at through John Godard, a former Lancastrian, was the trigger. This caused Edward to call Clarence to court, accuse him of treason, and imprison him in the Tower of London. The king asked for a tainer bill for his brother and shortly after his conviction for treason he was executed privately in the tower on February 18, 1478, it is possible that he drowned in a barrel of RMS wine, apparently the favorite of George, although there is not much evidence either way, this changed things for Margaret and her brother Edward, as their father's lands had been obtained, which meant that their lands and estates now belonged to the Crown and their titles were deprived of both him and his heirs, as a result they now had to go live with their cousins ​​in the royal household, but when Margaret was 10 years old, her uncle Edward died suddenly on 9 April 1483 and while the crown was destined to be for her young 12-year-old son, Margaret's cousin, Edward V, things would not work out that way.

Edward V and his younger brother, Richard de Schury, were placed in the Tower of London by his other uncle, Richard the Duke. of Gloucester to await young Edward's coronation while he was there, however, Gloucester claimed to have seen evidence that Edward was actually illegitimate and therefore could not be king. Fortunately, he stepped up to the plate and said that he would give the job a chance, the boys would disappear. At the end of the summer and to this day the argument continues over whether they were killed or rescued, whichever the case may be, in September 1483, Glenn was king, as the sons of Richard and Edward IV had disappeared, this left Eduardo as the false daughters, but also Margarita and her brother Eduardo. as the next heirs to the throne, while their father's conqueror meant that Margaret and her brother could not inherit the titles he had held, technically it did not actually prevent a claim to the throne, however Richard stated that this was the case and sent them both.

The children moved to Sheriff Hutton Castle in Yorkshire from September of that year, here they were well cared for and even whispered that Richard, his wife and Neville failed to give the impression that Edward could be considered for the throne, although this unlikely, while Richard was also happy to say that the conqueror excluded Edward from the throne. Margaret appears to have remained with Sheriff Hutton, but her brother went to live in London with her new guardian Thomas Gray, 1st Marquess of Dorset; however, when Anne died in 1485, the last possessor. of the title of Earl of Salsbury as his father's last surviving heir, Richard returned the title to his nephew Edward, increasing the wealth and power of the young man and his guardian, but by August 1485 it was all a moot point as Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth and the Crown of England went to Victor Henry VII, while Henry II depended on the Claim by Conquest to keep the crown and strengthen it by marrying Elizabeth of York, Edward's eldest daughter.

IV. His claim could still be considered unstable compared to Margaret's brother. Edward, this increased his importance and young Edward Plantagenet, now about 10 years old, was taken to the Tower of London. This was not the first time that a child had gone missing in the tower and it was not long before people took advantage of the situation when r Rumors spread about the death of young Edward two years later, in 1487, a young man named Lambert Simnel appeared with supporters who claimed that he was actually Edward Plantagenet to quash this idea. Henry II had Edward taken out of the Tower and paraded through the streets of London, but unfortunately this did not seem to do much good, it was not until Lambert Sel's supporters were arrested or executed that everything calmed down.

Lambert Simal as a boy was allowed a job in Henry's kitchens and Edward returned to the tower, but in 1490 he was confirmed by the king in the title of Earl of Warick, to which he was really entitled, as it came from his mother and not his father. Margaret was now 14 years old enough at that time to marry and in light of her brother's dynastic importance, Henry thought it was a good idea to arrange a wedding for Margaret. She was engaged to the king's cousin, Sir Richard Paul, who was around 14 or 15 years her senior, but the match was made mainly because Richard Pole was a confident man.

I bet not only was he and the king related, as Richard's mother was the half-sister of Margaret Bord, Henry's mother, but he was also a loyal supporter of the king, but many people considered it to also be a way to keep Margaret was down dynastically, as it was a lower marriage than could ever have been expected. Margaret was the daughter of a Juke, niece of two kings, while Paul, although not a commoner, was not considered to be of the same rank as Margaret. at the time of their marriage in November 1487, but Margaret and her husband appear.

She had a happy marriage and it is likely that she was grateful to simply feel that she was in a safe place after many years of uncertainty. Being married to the king's loyal cousin, regardless of his rank, would mean Margaret could relax a little. This was enhanced by Pole becoming one of Henry's most important courtiers over the years, becoming sheriff of several castles, sheriff of Marineth Chamberlain of North Wales and Chester and a councilor in the Welsh Marches. In 1493, he was appointed Lord Chamberlain of Prince Arthur's household when he settled that year at Ludo Castle and in 1495 Paul also became judge of North Wales and constable of Canavan Castle, one of the most important fortresses in England. the north coast of Wales, while Margaret began her married life at Bokma House in Med Menam, a village in Buckinghamshire, where Paul had made his main home whenever her husband had to carry out his duties in Wales;

However, Margaret often stayed at Sto Castle in Staffordshire to be nearby, suggesting that they at least had a respectful and affectionate relationship. She became pregnant for the first time a few years later. Their marriage gave birth to their first child in 1492, a son named Henry after the king, then it seems that some years passed without children, but there could be two reasons for this, the first is simply that Paul seems to have had many roles that perform and might have been too busy. The second is that there may have been other pregnancies that ended in miscarriage or stillbirth and, unfortunately, those children simply have not been registered.

His next surviving son arrived in 1499, another boy this time named Arthur presumably after the king's son Prince Arthur. In April 1499, Paul officiated at Prince Arthur's proxy wedding to Catherine of Aragan and was created a knight of the G In the same year, everything seemed to be going well for Margaret and her family, however everything was about to collapse within a few years, firstly another claimant to the throne appeared in the form of Perkin Warbeck, a charismatic and credible man of the Netherlands who claimed to be Richard of Shrewbury when Perkin was finally arrested after ascending the throne.

Well with Henry and going to court he was brought to the Tower of London in the autumn of 1499 due to some persuasion on the part of Warbeck. He convinced his jailers to allow him to share rooms with the Earl of Warick. The two young men got along well. and Edward, although it is difficult to know how willingly they engaged in a plot to escape with Perkin, the fact that Henry, plagued by anxiety, wanted to escape could only mean that the couple wanted to overthrow him and after a trial on November 21, 1499, Edward was executed a week later. by betrayal on November 28 Margaret had lost her brother, her only living relative from her immediate family, while at that time she had not seen him for several years due to their separation when they were children.

Margaret must have still felt the pain of this. The loss of any inheritance her family had ever had was now hers by right and she was now one of the last Plantagenets of a main family line. Over the next few years, Margaret would have three more children, her son Regginald in 1500, the most. probably born at Stouton Castle Jeffrey was born a year later in 1501 and his daughter Ursula, who was born around 1504 when Prince Arthur married Catherine of Aragan on 14 November 1501, Margaret became one of the new ladies of the Princess of Wales at Waiting in December of that year the two women immediately clicked and a lifelong friendship was struck between them, sadly Katherine's house was dissolved shortly afterwards in April 1502 when the young prince died unexpectedly of an illness.

A few years later, things went from bad to worse for Margaret when her husband Richard died. in 1504 no record remains of the cause of her death or the date, indicating that it was probably a rapid and sudden illness, the most likely cause of death for adults in the city. Century XVI. Margaret was now a 31-year-old widow with no income and five children. Caring for Henryhe gave Margaret a loan of £40 on generous repayment terms to cover her husband's funeral and a grant of £526 Shillings 8, but his meager estate would not have been enough to live on even with these extras; it is likely that this was at least partially.

Behind her reasons for giving her son Reginald to the church, it was not unusual for a noble younger son to enter a church life, especially with four children in a family, but this would also mean that Margaret was able to relinquish all financial responsibility for him. . It must have been a difficult decision for a mother to make, but one that made sense in the harsh reality of the times in which she lived years later. Reginald was still bitter about the choice his mother made and blamed her during an argument she gave him. for his brothers, but not for himself, since Margaret and her four other children could no longer live on her husband's estates, she had to go to Sion Abbey and become a guest of the nuns there, but in 1509 the Margaret's luck would change once again, now Henry VII.

King married Catherine of Aragan and once again Margaret was placed in Catherine's household as a lady-in-waiting. Things improved.Later in 152, when she was restored to the elom of Solsbury in her own right, becoming suo Jour Countess of Salsbury and all the lands her brother had held at his death became hers, it was a silent recognition of the injustice of his death and although she had to pay 5,000 marks for his restoration it was on much more generous terms than any of her male peers had to pay for theirs. Margaret was also now the first woman in 16th century England to have a page in her own right and was one of the only ones. two 16th century women who would once be the other, Anne Berin Margaret, proved to be a capable businesswoman and managed her estate so well that in 1538 she would be among the five richest peers of her generation.

She also was careful in choosing who she employed. to manage her properties and many of them were women in many areas, such as litigation and marriage arrangements for her children. Margaret was equal to the men around her, but in places where she was not, she used her male children to replace her. The eldest son, Henry, sat in the House of Lords in his place, as women were not allowed into the chambers, and he led his men into battle when necessary. Margaret's children obtained very good results in her restoration. Her second child, Arthur, was born in 1514 with Margaret Chudder.

As part of his retinue in 1518 he was a knight of Henry's privy chamber, Arthur became close friends with a patron of his Edward Stafford, the 3rd Duke of Buckingham, but when Buckingham was convicted of treason in 15 21, Arthur was expelled from court, however, the following year. On his return Reginald studied abroad in Padua and despite not being ordained a priest he became dean of exiter and wimbor Minster Dorset and canon of York in 1529 he would be part of those who represented Henry VII to convince the French theologians of the sborn. to accept her separation from Cather of Aragan, Margaret's daughter Ursula also succeeded in her mother's promotion at court in 1515.

She was suggested as a possible wife of the Duke of Milan, but on 20 October 1518 Ursula married Henry Stafford, first son of Baron Stafford. by Edward Stafford However, after the fall of their father, Henry and Ursula were left in a difficult financial situation, but this would improve little when Margaret accepted one of her granddaughters into her own home to alleviate the finances needed for her children and Ursula and Henry made a full recovery. in wealth and power when Mary the First took the throne many years later, Margaret was also an extremely well-educated woman and patron of many humanist scholars.

Erasmus's day of imensa mercy or the great mercy of God was translated into English for her by Jeen Hervé de Oro, one of those whom she sponsored, her association with humanist scholars was probably also encouraged by her son Reginald, who would have introduced to many of those I knew at the beginning. Margaret did well at court, but when Queen Catherine fell out of favor with Henry, so did Margaret in 1518. She had a dispute with the king over some lands she felt she had a right to claim. Henry ruled against her and instead awarded the disputed lance to the duchy of Somerset, which incidentally had been held by the Bort family and was now in possession of the crown. but in 1520, as Catherine's favorite, Margaret was placed in the home of the king's young daughter, Princess Mary, she was Mary's governess and the two had a close bond that would remain for the rest of Margaret's life;

However, when Arthur fell into disgrace due to his friendship with Edward Stafford so did Margaret, she was removed from Mary's household, but in 1525 she had been placed as governor again that same year, Henry fell in love with a berin and began To figure out how to put Catherine aside, Catherine obviously refused to comply with his demand, so the class was divided between those who supported Enrique and those who supported Catherine. Margaret definitely fell into the second group and openly supported the queen and her friend in 1531; However, Catherine was banished from court 2 years later, in January 1533, Henry had his marriage to Katherine declared void and married Amberin as his second wife, as a result, Mary Catherine and Henry's daughter was also declared illegitimate and in December of that year her own house would be dissolved and she would be sent to live with her little half-sister Elizabeth in Hatfield House, this also meant that Margaret was no longer allowed to be part of Mary's household.

Mary had a strong maternal bond with Margaret, who became a maternal presence to her friend's daughter when Henry demanded that Mary's gold plate and jewels be handed over to him. she bravely refused. She also asked if she could serve Mary for nothing, that she would pay for everything and that it would cost the crown nothing to allow her to continue caring for Mary. Henry refused even 2 years later, when the imperial ambassador Eustus Chapu suggested it was a good idea for Henry to call the inexperienced Margaret a fool, but the worst was yet to come despite representing the king once for his marriage to Amberin.

Margaret's son, Reginald, had come to believe that the marriage was wrong. Warning as such in 1531 in 1532 Shapis made a suggestion to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles I that perhaps Reginald could marry Mary and combine her dynastic claims. This seemingly innocent suggestion was much more dangerous than it seemed, as he suggested that Reginald and Mary could take the English throne if Henry were deposed. From it, Reginald also wrote a pamphlet rejecting Henry's views on marrying a brother's widow and the idea that a king could have supremacy over the church. He also spoke to the crowned heads of Europe who opposed Henry's stance, urging them to depose the English.

In 1536, King Reginald had severed all ties with the English court, but Anberlin was also executed that year. Margaret was briefly allowed to return to court, but not for long in 1537. Reginald was made cardinal even without being ordained and ironically against his own advice. The Pope commissioned him to organize Grace's pilgrimage and find those who would lead it. This was a rebellion that began in Yorkshire and spread across the north of England and the intention was to march on London and replace several of Henry's reformist ministers with traditional Catholics, this movement was not supported by the crowned heads of Europe and The English tried to assassinate Reginald without success in 1539, the Pope sent Reginal to Emperor Charles to organize an embargo against England in England.

Margaret's other son, Jeffrey. He was also facing trouble in 1538, apparently a plot to assassinate and remove Henry from the throne had been discovered and Jeffrey, who was still in contact with Reginald, was implicated. He was arrested in August by Thomas Cromwell, who ignored Jeffrey's appeal during interrogation, said by his older brother. Henry was aware of his contact and the entire family came under suspicion. Henry and Margaret were also arrested and taken to the Tower of London in November. On November 12, Margaret's interrogation began, but she gave firm, firm answers when asked questions that clearly demonstrated her innocence.

William Fitz William, the Earl of Southampton, was one of her interrogators and, although he did not like her, he admitted of He was reluctantly impressed with the strength of character Margaret displayed and how she did not back down despite his attempts at intimidation in January 1539. Jeffrey had been pardoned and released, but on 9 January his brother Henry Lord Montigue was found guilty. of treason and executed. Henry's youngest son, also named Henry, was held in the tower with his grandmother and was probably very young, possibly around 15 or so, Margaret and young Henry were overtaken as his father had been stripped of his titles and lands.

Margaret's conqueror was aided by Thomas Cromwell by presenting evidence of a robe supposedly found in a search of one of her estates, the robe embroidered with the Five Wounds of Christ. In it there is apparently a symbol of Margaret's support for her son Reginald marrying Mary and both taking the Throne of England. This robe was almost certainly an invention, however, Margaret and young Henry were cared for in the tower and their financial needs were met. by the king himself in 1540 Cromwell fell into disgrace and was executed, but in March 1541 Margaret was still a prisoner but was being looked after by servants and her tailor was paid a large sum for her clothes, so it seemed that Henry VII not only I was still looking for her, but I was happy to keep her around.

At the time, Margaret was 67 years old. It is clear that she also did not waver in declaring her innocence of any crime, as a poem was found inscribed on the wall of her cell to the effect that traitors in the Block should die. no traitor, no, no, I, my faithfulness stands firm, so towards the block I will not go nor take a step, for you will see Christ in your mercy, save me even though Henry seems to be happy with Margaret for the moment, everything suddenly changed. On May 27, Henry made the decision out of nowhere to execute Margaret for treason.

It seems that considering 2 months earlier the king had paid PA for staff and clothing, the decision was spontaneous and unplanned, this may have been related once. again to the moves Reginald was taking to contact those who had been involved in Grace's pilgrimage and the plans to rescue her mother, as in 1539 there was a real fear that Reginald was planning to invade England, so it would seem that Henry made an instinctive decision. Based on her anxiety, on the morning of the 27th, the jailers told Margaret that she was going to die within the hour considering that there had been no trial or sentence.

Margaret was horrified and demanded to know what crime she was being accused of without further ado. she was taken from her cell to where outside a low block of wood had been prepared in place of the usual scaffolding. Further hinting at the suddenness of the execution, to make the situation even worse, the tower's usual executioner had been sent north to deal with the rebels, leaving an inexperienced young man. Margaret managed to commend her soul to God, she asked the small crowd present to pray for the king and her family and asked that Princess Mary remember her.

A later source suggested that Margaret turned her head to avoid execution, but it was written many years after the events and is unlikely to be true. What is true, however, is the horrible way in which poor Margaret died, as if being decapitated wasn't a bad thing. Enough, the young man who took the ACT was not very good at his job. Margaret suffered at the hands of the young man who was a miserable and clumsy young man who cut her neck and shoulders into pieces in the most pitiful manner, apparently missing her neck. the first blow instead of cutting into her shoulder, you can imagine the pain Margaret must have felt and he took another blow to try and finish the job for her again, the ax missed and then swung towards the base of Margaret's skull, it took her several hits.

Her head would eventually be separated from her body and one can only imagine the excruciating pain poor Margaret must have felt in her final moments. It was no way for a noble lady to go out and, besides, her execution would be seen as a grave miscarriage of justice then, just as it is now, when Reginald was told the news of his mother's death, he announced that he was now the proud son of a martyr and disappeared in his room for an hour alone to mourn Margaret's body was buried in the Chapel of St. Peter ADV vinula of the tower and in 1886 she would be beatified by the Pope.

Margarita seems to have done everything possible to try to get along with everyone, not irritate anyone, and defend her friends or her daughters when necessary, but the story was not consistent.On the other hand, having been born as the niece of a king and the daughter of a jke, Margaret should have been prepared for a bright future as the wife of a high-ranking noble or prince who sought a relatively peaceful life, instead, the actions of Her father claimed that she was demoted and married to a man who was not her social equal, but at least they were happy and seemed to have cared about each other.

The death of her husband meant financial hardship for Margaret and her young family, forcing her to renounce one of her sons to the church and causing a domino effect in the way Reginald viewed the courtly life of England, even when it was on the rise, Befriending Katherine of Aragan turned out to be a bad decision, although it allowed her to be friends with Princess Mary when Henry decided to pursue Anolin as wife number two. Margaret was an easy target as one of the last major Plantagenets and her dynastic claims meant that she was considered dangerous by anxious men, even when she had done nothing to cause this, she was seen as one person while she was a completely different person in reality and his execution was a mockery of the kind and dignified person Margaret had been in life, ensuring that she was unfortunately better.

She is remembered in history for how she died rather than how she lived. If you enjoyed this video, don't forget to like it. And subscribe so you don't miss any new documentaries.