John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (died 1491)

John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk

English noble (1442–1492)

John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, KG, was a major magnate in 15th-century England. He was the son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and Alice Chaucer, the daughter of Thomas Chaucer. His youth was blighted, in 1450, by the political fall and subsequent murder of…