It was Katherine who introduced and encouraged the relationship with Henry VI, this was more to do with lack of money for her to continue their support, rather than noticing that they were a couple of likely candidates for the ‘Wales Got Talent’ contest. Jasper would die on Decemat Thornbury Castle at the age of 64. Edmund and his brother Jasper had arrived at the court of their half brother Henry VI in 1446, four years earlier, following the death of their mother, Catherine of Valois, the two boys had been placed under the care of Abbess of Barking Katherine de la Pole, the abbey was paid an allowance of £52 12s for their care. On November 7, 1485, Jasper married Catherine Woodville, the sister of Queen Elizabeth Woodville. Jasper’s titles and properties were all returned to him and he was made a Knight of the Garter as well as Duke of Bedford. Richard III was defeated and Henry became Henry VII. Jasper and Henry made their way back to England in August 1485, where they faced off against Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field on August 22, 1485. Jasper and Henry fled into France where King Charles VIII allowed them to stay until Duke Francis II felt better. A bishop in Flanders John Morton heard about the deal and warned Jasper and Henry just before Landais could reach them. When the Duke of Brittany got very ill in 1484, his treasurer Pierre Landais made a deal with Richard III to give over Jasper and Henry in exchange for 3,000 English archers to defend a French attack. In October 1483, Jasper and Henry tried to go back to England, but it failed and they were forced to return to Brittany. Edward IV tried his best to apprehend Jasper and Henry but he failed to do so. They landed in Brittany where they sought the protection of Francis II, Duke of Brittany, which he did give to them.The Lancastrians along with Jasper and Henry, were housed at the Château de Suscinio in Sarzeau. Jasper and Henry tried to gather more support for the Lancastrian cause but they got caught in a bad storm in the English Channel while escaping from Tenby. Jasper did regain the earldom of Pembroke when Henry VI was restored to the throne, but in 1471, he fled to the continent yet again once Edward IV was crowned king. He stayed in France for 6 years, until he returned to Wales in 1468, when he lost his title of earl of Pembroke and Pembroke Castle to William Herbert. Jasper then went to France where he was welcomed by King Louis XI in 1462.

Owen Tudor was taken into custody and executed while Jasper escaped first into Ireland and then into Scotland. It was an utter defeat for the Lancastrians. Jasper and his father Owen Tudor raised an army in Wales for Henry VI and met against the Yorkist forces at the battle of Mortimer’s Cross on February 2, 1461. In 1460, Jasper was able to capture the Duke of York’s North Welsh stronghold of Denbigh Castle. Jasper was also responsible for maintaining the Lancastrian ties in Western Wales between 14. Henry Tudor, earl of Richmond was born on January 28, 1457. The following year, on November 3, 1456, Edmund died of the plague, leaving his young and pregnant widow in Jasper’s custody. Jasper’s brother Edmund took in a young Margaret Beaufort as his ward and he later married her on November 1, 1455. Jasper worked hard to stop the fighting between the Yorks and the Lancasters while he was still living in the courts. In 1449, Jasper was knighted and in 1452, he was created the earl of Pembroke. Around that time, their half-brother Henry VI allowed for Edmund and Jasper to live at court, where they received the military training that would be essential for their survival later in life. After his mother’s death on January 3, 1437, Jasper and Edmund were sent to Barking Abbey where they were raised and educated by Katherine de la Pole from July 1437 until March 1442. He was the brother of Edmund Tudor and half- brother of King Henry VI. Jasper Tudor was the second son born to Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois born in 1431. He never gave up on fighting for the cause he believed in and he did his best to keep his nephew Henry Tudor safe. Jasper was really one of the unsung heroes of the Wars of the Roses. Son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois.

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