John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln

John de la Pole
Earl of Lincoln
Born	c. 1460
Died	16 June 1487(1487-06-16) (aged 26–27) East Stoke, Nottinghamshire, England
Spouse	Margaret FitzAlan
House	de la Pole
Father	John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk
Mother	Elizabeth of York

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. Whether or not de la Pole intended to take the throne for himself if he were successful is not known, but has been widely suspected by historians. He was defeated and killed at the Battle of Stoke in 1487.