FHB Pole
From Family History Book
Family History Book: Pole
- Not to be confused with the de la Pole family. While both apparently were Welsh and came to England on the coattails of the Tudor regime, there is no known close relationship between the Poles and de la Poles.
Our Direct Lineage
- Sir Geoffrey Pole (1431-1478), m Edith St. John
- Sir Richard Pole (1459-1504), m. Princess Margaret Plantagenet (1473-1541)
- Sir Henry Pole, Lord Montague (1495-1538), m. Jane Neville
- Winifred Pole (1525-1602), m(1) Sir Thomas Hastings, m(2) Sir Thomas Barrington
Prior Generations
- Sir Geoffrey Pole was the first "English" Pole who did not use the Welsh naming convention. His father was David Vaux.
- Madoc ap Kew
- David Vaux, m. Margaret Griffith
Immediate Relatives
- Archbishop Reginald Pole
- Katherine Pole, maternal ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II
Linked Families
- Barrington
- Beauchamp
- Neville
- Plantagenet
- St. John
References
- The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Clarence Volume, Melville Henry de Massue, Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, 1905.
- St. John, Visitation of Huntingdon, image on WikiTree showing parents of Edith St. John, married Geoffrey Pole.
- Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage: Or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times, 2nd ed., vol. 6, edited by Geoffrey H. White, p.337
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