The Botched Execution of The Woman Hacked 11 Times By Ax
The Botched Execution of The Woman Hacked 11 Times By Ax There was once a variety of botched executions. These ended up being incredibly ugly and, obviously, very painful. Almost none were more painful than that of Margaret Pole, who was sentenced to death by Henry VIII, the son of her cousin, and her execution was so botched that one account says she was hacked 11 times by an ax before she was finally beheaded. What was Margaret Pole’s crime to begin with? She was a Catholic, and her relatives spoke out against Henry VIII’s many divorces. This is the story of her life and her horrific death. Who was Margaret Pole? Margaret Pole was born of nobility and even royalty. She was the niece of two kings: Edward IV and Richard III. According to Hilary Mantel at the London Review of Books, she was also the daughter of a duke. Her father was George Plantagenet, the Duke of Clarence, which meant she was also diametrically opposed to Henry VIII and the Tudors after the War of the Roses. Her uncle...