Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk

Alice Chaucer

Duchess of Suffolk
Alice de la Pole, detail from her effigy in Ewelme Church, Oxfordshire
Bornc. 1404
Died1475
BuriedSt Mary's Church, Ewelme
Spouse(s)Sir John Phelip
Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
IssueJohn de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
FatherThomas Chaucer
MotherMatilda Burghersh
Arms of Chaucer, paternal arms of Alice de la Pole: Argent, a chief gules overall a lion rampant double queued or, as visible on her monument in Ewelme Church

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]

  1. ^ "The Church, Almhouses and School". Archived from the original on 3 September 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2023.