Richard de la Pole
Pretender to the English crown · Lived 1480 to 1525 · aged 45
Richard de la Pole 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 lived in exile after many of his relatives were executed, becoming allied with Louis XII of France in the War of the League of Cambrai.
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Louis saw him as a more favourable ally and prospect for an English king than Henry VIII.