Christian feast day: Margaret Pole

Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury

English peeress and beatified martyr of the Catholic Church (1473–1541)

Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, was the only surviving daughter of George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence and his wife Isabel Neville. As a result of Margaret's marriage to Richard Pole, she was also known as Margaret Pole. She was one of just two women in…