Richard de la Pole, last Yorkist claimant to the English throne (born 1480)

Richard de la Pole

Pretender to the English crown (died 1525)

Richard de la Pole was a pretender to the English crown. Commonly nicknamed "White Rose", he was the last Yorkist claimant to actively and openly seek the crown of England. He lived in exile after many of his relatives were executed, becoming allied with Louis XII of France in…