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John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln

1462 - 1487

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John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln (c. 1460 – 16 June 1487) was a leading figure in the Yorkist aristocracy during the Wars of the Roses. After the death of his uncle Richard III, de la Pole was reconciled with the new Tudor regime, but two years later he organised a major Yorkist rebellion. He sought to place Lambert Simnel on the throne, claiming that Simnel was, in fact, his cousin Edward, Earl of Warwick. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln is the 5,925th most popular politician (up from 14,068th in 2019), the 1,333rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,351st in 2019) and the 248th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln ranks 5,925 out of 19,576. Before him are Vasile Lupu, Alexander Rutskoy, John Doukas, Saray Mulk Khanum, Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, and Vakhtang I of Iberia. After him are Ramiro III of León, Imran Khan, Silo of Asturias, Hwang Kyo-ahn, Spotted Elk, and Miroslav Filipović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1462, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln ranks 7. Before him are Louis XII of France, Piero di Cosimo, Pietro Pomponazzi, Joanna la Beltraneja, Johannes Trithemius, and Mihnea cel Rău. After him are Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Pietro Lando, and Edzard I, Count of East Frisia. Among people deceased in 1487, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln ranks 6. Before him are Chenghua Emperor, Mara Branković, Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, Nicholas of Flüe, and Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans. After him are John Argyropoulos, Tlacaelel, Yunus Khan, and Hayder of Crimea.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln ranks 1,333 out of 8,785. Before him are Bernard Cornwell (1944), Eddie Redmayne (1982), Robert Wyatt (1945), Ewan McGregor (1971), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), and Alan Baker (1939). After him are John Nettles (1943), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Boy George (1961), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), George Atwood (1745), and Frederick Browning (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln ranks 248. Before him are Rob Roy MacGregor (1671), Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1473), Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813), Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Arthur Phillip (1738), and Olave Baden-Powell (1889). After him are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883).

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