Background
He was the son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer, daughter of Thomas Chaucer, and a great-grandson of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
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He was the son of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Alice Chaucer, daughter of Thomas Chaucer, and a great-grandson of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Sometime before February 1458, John married Elizabeth, the second surviving daughter of Richard of York and Cecily Neville. She was the sister of Edward IV and Richard III. John was thus brother-in-law of two Kings of England. The Dukedom of Suffolk had been forfeited when John"s father was executed.
The title was restored by Edward IV, and John was created Duke of Suffolk by Letters Patent on 23 March 1463.
He was Constable of Wallingford Castle and held the Honour of Wallingford. In 1472 he was made a Knight of the Garter and appointed High Steward of Oxford University.
He was also sometime Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He submitted to Henry VII after Bosworth Field.
He was buried at Wingfield, Suffolk.