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Margaret was born into the England of the Wars of the Roses and was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, one of Edward IV’s younger brothers and was of the House of York.
Margaret’s husband died in 1504, and Margaret’s income was severely reduced to the point that she sent her son Reginald to the Church, where he was to eventually become a cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury.
In the 1520s and 30s, Margaret’s relationship with the crown became strained because of Margaret’s support of Catherine of Aragon and the Princess Mary, as well as her sons’ relationship with Edward Stafford, the Duke of Buckingham, who was executed for treason.
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  Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Margaret Pole (1473 - 1541), Countess of Salisbury, was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence the brother of Edward IV.
Margaret was appointed governess to the young Princess Mary, later Queen Mary I of England.
However, at the time of the divorce of Mary's mother, Katherine of Aragon, the countess made the mistake of appearing to side with Katherine and Mary against the king, and this was his cue to declare her a traitor.
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 Blessed Margaret Pole - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
She was the daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, and Isabel, elder daughter of the Earl of Warwick (the king-maker), and the sister of Edmund of Warwick who, under Henry VII, paid with his life the penalty of being the last male representative of the Yorkist line (28 Nov., 1499).
At her husband's death in 1505 Margaret was left with five children, of whom the fourth, Reginald, was to become cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury, and also the indirect cause of his mother's martyrdom.
Henry was beside himself with rage, and it soon became evident that, failing the writer of the "Defensio", the royal anger was to be wreaked on the hostages in England, and this despite the fact that the countess and her eldest son had written to Reginald in reproof of his attitude and action.
www.heiligenlexikon.de /CatholicEncyclopedia/Margareta_Pole.html   (577 words)

  
 Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Margaret Pole ( August 14, 1473 – May 27, 1541), Countess of Salisbury, was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence and Isabella Neville.
In 1513, her younger brother, Edward, Earl of Warwick, having been executed by King Henry VII of England, she was given the earldom of Salisbury by King Henry VIII.
However, at the time of the divorce of Mary's mother, Catherine of Aragon, the countess made the mistake of appearing to side with Catherine and Mary against the king, and this was his cue to declare her a traitor.
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 Blessed Margaret Pole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Margaret was made godmother and 'lady governess' to Princess Mary, a position which she kept after Catherine's divorce in 1533.
Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, was firm in her opposition to this new regime.
Margaret Pole was one of the English Martyrs declared Blessed by Pope Leo XIII.
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 The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom) - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury
Margaret Pole (August 14, 1473 – May 27, 1541), Countess of Salisbury, was the daughter of George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence and Isabella Neville.
At her husband's death in 1505, Margaret was left with five children, of whom the fourth, Reginald Pole, was to become cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury.
Henry was enraged, and though the Countess and her eldest son had written to Reginald in reproof of his attitude and action, determined that the family should pay for the insult.
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 Margaret PLANTAGENET POLE (C. Salisbury)
Margaret was assigned to Mary's household when the latter was still the pampered, beloved daughter of the King and Queen; she was Mary's first "Lady Mistress" who oversaw and governed Mary's household and acted very much in the capacity of a mother.
Margaret was allowed to stay with Mary for a while, but then Henry feared that Margaret, a long-time friend and admirer of Catalina, would only serve to strengthen Mary's resolve not to bend to her father's Will, especially where it touched Catalina and Mary's status.
Margaret was dismissed from Mary's service, and thus she begged to remain, and pay for Mary to have a household from her own pockets, Mary was bundled off to serve herself in the household of the new "only" Princess in England, her baby half-sister, Elizabeth.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/MargaretPole(CSalisbury).htm   (2664 words)

  
 Blessed Margaret Pole
The sickly Prince Arthur married Catherine of Aragon and Margaret Pole was one of her ladies-in-waiting.
Margaret’s most famous son was Reginald, later Cardinal Pole, a man so highly thought of by Henry VIII that he was considered as a successor to Wolsey as Archbishop of York.
Margaret was arrested in November 1538 and lodged at Cowdray House, at Midhurst.
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 Blessed Margaret Pole
She was the daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, and Isabel, elder daughter of the Earl of Warwick (the king-maker), and the sister of Edmund of Warwick who, under Henry VII, paid with his life the penalty of being the last male representative of the Yorkist line (28 Nov., 1499).
At her husband's death in 1505 Margaret was left with five children, of whom the fourth, Reginald, was to become cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury, and also the indirect cause of his mother's martyrdom.
Henry was beside himself with rage, and it soon became evident that, failing the writer of the "Defensio", the royal anger was to be wreaked on the hostages in England, and this despite the fact that the countess and her eldest son had written to Reginald in reproof of his attitude and action.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/pole,blessed_margaret.html   (567 words)

  
 Karen Worley's Genealogy Database - Person Page 4
Margaret Plantagenet Countess of Salisbury was the daughter of George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence and Isabel Neville Duchess of Clarence.
Alice Montagu Countess of Salisbury was the daughter of Thomas Montagu Earl of Salisbury and Eleanor (Alianore) De Holland.
Alice Montagu Countess of Salisbury was born in 1406 at Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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 Bl. Margaret Pole
By birth, Blessed Margaret Pole was a Plantagenet - a member of the royal family that ruled England from 1154 to 1485.
Margaret had approved her son's statement on the royal marriage, and since she disapproved of the ruler's attack on the papacy, she had withdrawn from the court.
Thus died Margaret Pole, a commanding matron of 70 years, for her loyalty to the pope.
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 Montagues of Great Britian
I., and it descended to Gen. Thomas Montacute 4th Earl of Salisbury, thence to Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and to John Neville, Marquis of Montacute.
She was the last Countess of Salisbury and with her death the title became extinct until revived in the person of Cecil, in the year 1605 by King James.
Margaret the last Countess of Salisbury, married Sir Richard Pole (also often spelled Poole), and had four sons and one daughter.
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 www.gwales.com - 0708317839, Margaret Pole: Countess of Salisbury, 1473-1541 - Loyalty, Lineage and Leadership
She was given the family lands of the earldom of Salisbury by Henry VIII who wished to atone for the execution of her brother, Edward, Earl of Warwick, and in 1513, a wealthy widow, she was created Countess of Salisbury.
Margaret Pole was the only woman, apart from Anne Boleyn, to hold a peerage in her own right during the 16th century.
Born in 1473, Margaret Pole was the daughter of George, duke of Clarence, niece of both Edward IV and Richard III, and the only woman, apart from Anne Boleyn, to hold a peerage title in her own right during the sixteenth century.
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Ursula was the daughter of Richard Pole, the Duke of Suffolk and Margaret Plantagenet, The Countess of Salisbury, Ursula's brother was Cardinal Richard Pole.
Margaret was the last of the Plantagenets -Murdered for religious reasons-,her son and Lady Dorothy's uncle was Cardinal Reginald Pole, he later served as the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Queen Mary Tudor.
Margaret was the last of the Plantagenets and allowed to live as long as she did to the age of 72, precisely because she was a female.
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 The House of York
Margaret was the eldest child of George, Duke of Clarence and Isobel Neville, she married Sir Richard Pole, K.G. in 1491.
During the fifth year of the reign of Henry VIII, Margaret, as heiress to the titles of Warwick and Salisbury, petitioned the king and was restored to the title of Countess of Salisbury.
Salisbury was accused of conniving with his sons and on the appointment of York as Protector during the madness of Henry VI, Salisbury came down on the side of York while the Percies supported Lancaster.
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 Barnes & Noble.com - Books: Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541, by Hazel Pierce, Hardcover
"Born in 1473, Margaret Pole was the daughter of George, duke of Clarence, niece of both Edward IV and Richard III, and the only woman, apart from Anne Boleyn, to hold a peerage title in her own right during the sixteenth century.
In the 1530s, however, her deep Catholic convictions became increasingly out of favour with Henry and she was executed on a charge of treason in 1541 aged sixty-seven.
Containing important new research on aristocratic life and court politics in the period, and including a complete reappraisal of the so-called 'Exeter conspiracy', Margaret Pole is a major contribution to our understanding of Henry VIII's relationship with the nobility, and the political, social and cultural position of women in sixteenth-century England.
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 Royal Pooles
Margaret Plantagenet the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, was married to Sir Richard Pole ca.
Margaret and her husband, Sir Richard Poole (Pole) had five children (four of whom were sons) before he died about 1505.
In addition to Margaret the Countess of Salisbury being a threat to the new Tudor dynasty; her son the Cardinal condemned King Henry VIII for his divorces and breaking with the Church of Rome.
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 Blessed Margaret Pole
The life of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was tragic from her cradle to her grave.l Nay, even before she was born, death in its most violent or dreaded forms had been long busy with her family—hastening to extinction a line that had swayed the destinies of England for nearly four centuries and a half.
Another murder by Act of Parliament, of course, went forward, and on 28th June, 1539, the Countess of Salisbury, her eldest son, the Marquis of Exeter, and a number of other persons of lesser degree, including three Irish priests "for carrying letters to the Pope," were added to the "attainted" victims of the King.
The Countess of Salisbury was taken to East Smithfield early in the morning of 28th May, 1541, and there beheaded on a low block or log in the presence of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and a few other spectators.
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