Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk
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Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk, LG (c. 1404–1475) was a granddaughter of the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Married three times, she eventually became a Lady of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, an honour granted rarely to women and marking the friendship between herself and her third husband, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, with King Henry VI and his wife Margaret of Anjou.[1]
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Alice Chaucer | |
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Duchess of Suffolk | |
Born | c. 1404 |
Died | 1475 |
Buried | St Mary's Church, Ewelme |
Spouse(s) | Sir John Phelip Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk |
Issue | John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk |
Father | Thomas Chaucer |
Mother | Matilda Burghersh |
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