Jasper Tudor

Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford ( * ca 1431; . † 21./26 December 1495 ) was the uncle of King Henry VII of England.

Life

Jasper was the second son of Owen Tudor and the former Queen Catherine de Valois, widow of King Henry V. He was the half-brother of Henry VI. , Jasper 1452 or 1453 made ​​Earl of Pembroke.

Jasper was an adventurer with a considerable military expertise he had acquired in the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. After his defeat at the Battle of Mortimer 's Cross against Edward, Earl of March, he stayed in contact with Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI. , As they fought for the recovery of the legacy of their son, and he held Denbigh Castle for the house Lancaster. Jasper Tudor also trained his nephew Henry, the future Henry VII until 1461. Thereafter, the authority of which was taken over by William Herbert. Following the return of King Edward IV of the House of York in 1471 Jasper took the young Heinrich with exiled to Brittany. Thanks to him, Henry acquired the tactical knowledge that the later victory over Richard III. at the Battle of Bosworth Field made ​​possible. After Henry's accession to the throne in 1485 Jasper got all previous titles, including the Knight of the Garter, back. He was appointed the Duke of Bedford. 1488 he took Cardiff Castle.

Tudor died in December 1495 and was buried in Keynsham Abbey in Somerset.

Marriage and children

Jasper married on November 7, 1485 Katherine Woodville ( 1458-1513 ). Katherine was the daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She was the sister of Elizabeth Woodville, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, and Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers and also the widow of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham.

Jasper and Katherine may have had a premature son (* 1490 ). Katherine survived Jasper and later married Sir Richard Wingfield of Kimbolton Castle. According to tradition, Jasper had two illegitimate daughters:

  • Helen Tudor ( * ca 1459 ), wife of a draper, who is known as either William or John Gardiner (approx. 1446 *), and mother of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester ( approx. * 1483, † November 12, 1555 )
  • Joan Tudor, wife of William ap yevan and traditional mother of Morgan ap Williams. Morgan was later to Catherine Cromwell, an older sister of Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, married. They were the fourth generation ancestor of Oliver Cromwell.
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