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Saint Margaret (Plantagenet), suo jure Countess of Salisbury

Female 1473 - 1541  (67 years)


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  1. 1.  Saint Margaret (Plantagenet), suo jure Countess of Salisbury was born on 14 Aug. 1473 in Farley Castle, Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England; died on 27 May 1541 in Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Office: 1509; Lady of the Chamber to Catherine of Aragon
    • Occupation: 1520–1533; Governess to Princess Mary (later Queen Mary I)
    • Hereditary Title: 1513 – 1539; suo jure Countess of Salisbury [E., 1337]
    • Death (Alternative): 28 May 1541
    • Beatification: 1886; By Pope Leo XIII

    Notes:

    Hereditary Title:
    Declared by Parliament in 1513 to be Countess of Salisbury in her own right

    Margaret married Sir Richard Pole circa Nov. 1487. Richard (son of Geoffrey Pole and Edith St. John) was born between 1458 and 1459; died in 1504. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Henry (Pole), 1st and last Baron Montagu  Descendancy chart to this point was born circa 1492; died on 9 Jan. 1538/39.
    2. 3. Hon. Sir Geoffrey Pole  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1502(?); died in Nov. 1558.
    3. 4. Hon. Sir Arthur Pole  Descendancy chart to this point died just after 10 May 1537.
    4. 5. His Eminence Reginald (Pole), Cardinal Pole  Descendancy chart to this point was born in March 1500; died on 17 Nov. 1558.
    5. 6. Lady Ursula Pole  Descendancy chart to this point died on 12 Aug. 1570.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry (Pole), 1st and last Baron Montagu Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born circa 1492; died on 9 Jan. 1538/39.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: 1514 – 2 Dec. 1538; 1st Baron Montagu [E., 1514]

    Notes:

    Hereditary Title:
    This title is a "putative" creation: "from 12 October 1514, or just before it, [he] was called (which by something like a consensus among modern historians is taken to constitute a new creation) Lord (Baron) Montagu (E)."

    After being imprisoned in the Tower of London 4 November 1538, he was attainted (whereupon all his honours were forfeited) and declared guilty of treason 2 December 1538.

    Henry married Hon. Jane Neville before May 1520. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Hon. Henry Pole  Descendancy chart to this point died after Sept. 1542 in Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England.
    2. 8. Hon. Catherine Pole  Descendancy chart to this point died on 23 Sept. 1576.
    3. 9. Hon. Winifred Pole  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Hon. Sir Geoffrey Pole Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born in 1502(?); died in Nov. 1558.

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: 1529; Knighted

    Geoffrey married Constance Pakenham in by 9 July 1528. Constance (daughter of Sir Edmund Pakenham) died on or after 12 Aug. 1570. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Hon. Sir Arthur Pole Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) died just after 10 May 1537.

  4. 5.  His Eminence Reginald (Pole), Cardinal PoleHis Eminence Reginald (Pole), Cardinal Pole Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) was born in March 1500; died on 17 Nov. 1558.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Charterhouse, Sheen
    • Education: Magdalen College, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
    • Office: Dean of Wimborne Minster
    • Office: Prebend of Salisbury
    • Degree: 1515; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
    • Office: 1527; Dean of Exeter
    • Office: 1532–1535; Vicar of Piddletown, Dorset
    • Decoration: Dec. 1536; Cardinal of the Church
    • Office: 1549; Abbot of Gavello or Canalnuovo
    • Office: 1555–1556; Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
    • Office: 1556; Chancellor of the University of Oxford
    • Office: 1550–1558; Archbishop of Canterbury

    Notes:

    Office:
    He was the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury.


  5. 6.  Lady Ursula Pole Descendancy chart to this point (1.Margaret1) died on 12 Aug. 1570.

    Ursula married Henry (Stafford), 1st Baron Stafford in Feb. 1518/19. Henry (son of Edward (Stafford), 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Lady Eleanor Percy) was born on 18 Sept. 1501 in Penshurst, Kent, England; died on 30 April 1563 in Caus Castle, Westbury, Shropshire, England; was buried on 6 May 1563 in Worthen, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 7.  Hon. Henry Pole Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Margaret1) died after Sept. 1542 in Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England.

    Notes:

    Imprisoned in the Tower of London from an early age.


  2. 8.  Hon. Catherine Pole Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Margaret1) died on 23 Sept. 1576.

    Catherine married (?) (Hastings), 2nd Earl of Huntingdon on 25 June 1532. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 9.  Hon. Winifred Pole Descendancy chart to this point (2.Henry2, 1.Margaret1)

    Family/Spouse: Hon. Sir Thomas Hastings. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas Barrington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Sir Francis Barrington, 1st Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (9.Winifred3, 2.Henry2, 1.Margaret1)


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