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 | | William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Marquess of Suffolk, 4th Earl of Suffolk (16 October 1396 at Cotton, Suffolk, - 2 May, 1450), was an important English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years' War, and later Lord Chamberlain of England. |
 | | William was the second son of Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk and Katharine de Stafford, daughter of Hugh, 2nd Earl of Stafford, K.G. Almost continually engaged in the wars in France, he was seriously wounded during the siege of Harfleur (1415), where his father was killed. |
 | | The body of Sir William de la Pole, K.G., 1st Duke of Suffolk, was returned to the Collegiate Church at Wingfield, Suffolk, where it was buried beneath a purfled arch. |
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