Margaret de la Pole

Margaret de la Pole
Spouse(s) John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal
Noble family Foix
Father Sir John de la Pole
Mother Marie dite de Sicile
Born 1426
Died after 5 December 1485

Margaret de la Pole (1426 – after 5 December 1485), Countess of Kendal (Candale). Paternal grandmother of Anne of Foix-Candale, queen of Hungary and Bohemia.[1]

Life

She was the daughter of Sir John de la Pole (d. 1429) and Marie dite de Sicile. Her father was the youngest son of Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and younger brother of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. She married John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal, she gave birth to four children, including Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale.

She is buried at the church of Castelnau-de-Médoc with her husband.[2]

Children

Notes

  1. See Kropf (1895).
  2. Les Foix-Candale

Bibliography

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