"Richard de la Pole, the White Rose" Topic

"I very happily present the command of Richard de la Pole, the last White Rose, pretender to the English crown.

Richard de la Pole (born about 1480, died 24 February 1525) 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 was the youngest of seven sons of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his wife Elizabeth of York.

His eldest brother, John de la Pole was the leader of the first major Yorkist rising against Henry VII . After initially accepting the Tudor victory in 1485, Lincoln slipped into opposition and backed the scheme to use Lambert Simnel, presented as the imprisoned Earl of Warwick as a figurehead for a Yorkist restoration. Lincoln secured funding and mercenaries from his aunt, Margaret of Burgundy, gathered further support in Ireland, and invaded England in 1487. The campaign ended at the Battle of Stoke Field, where Henry VII's forces swiftly crushed the Yorkist army. Lincoln was killed in the fighting, his supporters were destroyed, and he was posthumously attainted. His death removed the most credible Yorkist heir of his generation, but the wider de la Pole claim persisted through his brothers…"

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