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  Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jasper was the third son of Owen Tudor and the former queen Katherine of Valois, widow of King Henry V.
Jasper was an adventurer whose military expertise, some of it gained in the early stages of the Wars of the Roses, was considerable.
Jasper was married on November 7, 1485 to Catherine Woodville (c.
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 Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford (ca 1431 - December 1495) was the uncle of King HenryVII of England and the architect of his successful conquest of England and Wales in 1485.
Jasper was the third son of Owen Tudor and the former queen Katherine of Valois, widow of King HenryV.
Although there was uncertainty asto whether Jasper and his two (or three) brothers were legitimate, their parents' probably secret marriage not being recognisedby the authorities, he enjoyed all the privileges appropriate to his birth until 1461, whenhe was subject to an attainder for supporting King Henry VI against the Yorkists who eventually deposed him.
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 Encyclopedia: Henry VII of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Margaret Tudor (November 28, 1489 - November 24, 1541), the daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, was a notable figure in the 16th century history of Scotland and England.
Henry Tudor was the posthumous son of Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, a half-brother of King Henry VI.
Edward (Plantagenet), Earl of Warwick, (February 25, 1475-November 28, 1499) was the son of George, Duke of Clarence, and a potential claimant to the throne during the reigns of both King Richard III of England (1483 - 1485) and his successor, Henry VII of England (1485 - 1509).
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 Edmund and Jasper Tudor and Margaret Beaufort
In 1452, Edmund and Jasper Tudor were formally brought into the royal family and were made earls: Edmund the Earl of Richmond and Jasper the Earl of Pembroke.
It is not really possible that the two Tudor brothers were looked to as heirs of Henry VI (who had been married to Margaret of Anjou for seven years but still had no children).
In March 1453, Edmund and Jasper were given joint custody of Margaret Beaufort, heiress of the Duke of Somerset.
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 Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford (ca 1431- December 21/26, 1495) was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and the architect of his successful conquest of England and Wales in 1485.
Jasper was married on November 7, 1485 to Katherine Woodville (c.
Catherine was daughter to Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, sister to among others Elizabeth Woodville, Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers and Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers.
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 Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford (ca 1431- December 1495) was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and the architect of his successful conquest of England and Wales in 1485.
Hence he was a half-brother to King Henry VI, who, on attaining his majority, created Jasper Earl of Pembroke (some time in 1452 or 1453).
He remained in touch with Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI, as she struggled to regain her son's inheritance, and he held Denbigh Castle for the Lancastrians.
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 Earl of Pembroke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The earldom of Pembroke, associated with Pembroke Castle in Wales, was created by King Stephen I of England.
On 1 September 1533 King Henry VIII created Anne Boleyn Marchinoness of Pembroke in her own right, a signal honor, because his great-uncle Jasper Tudor had been the earl of Pembroke.
Humphrey Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Pembroke (1390-1447)
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 Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jasper Tudor 1st Duke of Bedford (ca 1431 - December 1495) was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and the architect of his successful of England and Wales in 1485.
Hence he was a half-brother to Henry VI who on attaining his majority created Earl of Pembroke (some time in 1452 or 1453).
Although there was uncertainty as to Jasper and his two (or three) brothers legitimate their parents' probably secret marriage not recognised by the authorities he enjoyed all privileges appropriate to his birth until 1461 when he was subject to an for supporting King Henry VI against the Yorkists who eventually deposed him.
www.freeglossary.com /Jasper_Tudor,_1st_Duke_of_Bedford   (367 words)

  
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Tostig was the son of Godwine, Earl of Wessex and brother of Harold II, King of England.
Edmund the Earl of Richmond died in captivity in Carmathen Castle.
Jasper Tudor was the second son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois.
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 Tudor Monarchs - Henry VII, one
Edmund Tudor was the eldest son of a princess of France and Queen of England and her Welsh attendant.
Jasper Tudor, unable to reach her in time, was an exile once again - and, this time, so was his nephew.
Also, Jasper had been given a pension by Louis during their earlier stay; consequently, he was a servant of the king and under his protection.
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 Jasper Tudor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
JASPER TUDOR, EARL OF PEMBROKE AND DUKE OF BEDFORD
Son of Owen Tudor and Katherine of Valois (widow of Henry V) and half brother of Henry VI.
Jasper played a major role on behalf of the Lancastians in the Wars of the Roses and was with his nephew Henry Tudor in exile in Brittany.
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 Jasper TUDOR (D. Bedford)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Jasper was the third son of Owen Tudor and the former queen Catherine of Valois, widow of King Henry V.
It was thanks to him that Henry acquired the tactical awareness that made it possible to defeat the far more experienced Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth.
He was created Duke of Bedford and married the former Catherine Woodville, sister of Queen Elizabeth Woodville and widow of the Duke of Buckingham.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/JasperTudor(DBedford).htm   (253 words)

  
 Denbigh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Immediately following the capture of the Welsh stronghold, on the 16 October 1282 the campaign commander in the district, Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln was given direction to build Denbigh Castle by King Edward I. The troubled state of affairs in the early 1400's was not resolved during the Wars of the Roses.
The Lancastrian King Henry VI, however appointed his half-brother Jasper Tudor, earl of Pembroke, to the post of constable of Denbigh Castle in 1457.
Under the Tudors, particularly Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, there were regular surveys made to assess costs of repair and to determine whether in time of peace these castles were necessary to the Crown or whether they should be sold or demolish to save costs.
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 thePeerage.com - Exhibit
Henry VII 1457-1509, king of England, was the son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond, by his marriage with Margaret Beaufort [qv.], only daughter of John, duke of Somerset, and undoubted heiress of John of Gaunt [qv.].
Henry was born at Pembroke Castle on the feast of St. Agnes the Second (28 Jan. 1457).
He was brought up in Wales under the care of his uncle, Jasper Tudor, earl of Pembroke; for though Edward IV obtained the crown when Henry was four years old, the Lancastrian party still held possession of various Welsh castles until the surrender of Harlech in 1468.
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 The First Tudors
Owen Tudor/ Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond/ Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford, Earl of Pembroke/ Sir David Owen
He was created Earl of Pembroke on November 23, 1452 and made a Knight of the Garter before April 23, 1459.
She was the daughter of Richard Wydeville, 1st Earl Rivers by his wife Jacquetta zu St Pol, the daughter of Peter de Luxemburg, Count of St Pol and Brienne and Margaret del Balso.
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 Bedford, Jasper Tudor, duke of, Earl Of Pembroke --  Encyclopædia Britannica
byname Jasper Of Hatfield leader of the Lancastrians in Wales, uncle and guardian of Henry, earl of Richmond, afterward Henry VII of England.
The second son of Owen Tudor, founder of the family's fortunes, he was knighted in 1449 and created earl of Pembroke about 1452.
Thomas Sackville, the 1st earl of Dorset, and an English statesman, poet, and dramatist, is remembered largely for his share in two achievements of significance in the development of Elizabethan poetry and drama: the collection Mirror for Magistrates (1563), probably the most important work between the periods of Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser, and the...
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A Tudor rose dimidiating a pomegranate, all proper.* One of the badges of MARY I, NDNP.
A Tudor rose with the motto "rosa sine spina."* The badge of ELIZABETH I, NDNP.
Or fretty gules, a canton ermine.* NOEL, Earls of Gainsborough, NKNP.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines
The Earl of Warwick with a force from Calais reached Ludlow and the combined army of the Yorkists attacked the king's army at Ludford Bridge near Ludlow.
Pembroke's army was attacked and defeated by a combined rebel army lead by Robin or Redesdale and the Earl of Warwick who had returned from France.
The Earl of Warwick landed at Dartmouth in Devon accompanied by the Lancastrian Earl of Oxford and Jasper Tudor, the half-brother of Henry VI.
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 Mortimer's Cross
Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke, and James Butler, Earl of Wiltshire had raised an army composed mainly of Welshmen, but also including French and Irish mercenaries.
The Earl of March, at the head of an army, was hoping to link up with Warwick and intercept the Queen before she reached London.
Pembroke advanced on the Yorkist center, commanded by March, and both sides fought for some time, before the Yorkists began to gain ground and the Lancastrians broke and scattered westward.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines - HENRY (VII, King of England 1485-1509)
He was the son of Edmund Tudor the Earl of Richmond and Margaret Beaufort.
Henry Tudor's real claim to the throne was on his mother's side, Margaret of Beaufort, who was directly descended from Edward III's son John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster through his marriage to Catherine Swynford.
As it was unsafe for him to remain in England, Henry and Jasper Tudor fled to Brittany to wait for a chance to claiming the English throne.
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 Earl of Pembroke - Articles and Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Gilbert Marshal, 7th Earl of Pembroke (-1241); son of 4th Earl
Anselm Marshal, 9th Earl of Pembroke (-1245); son of 4th Earl
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (?-1491); surrendered Pembroke in favour of Huntingdon in 1479
www.breakpt.org /article/List_of_earls_of_Pembroke   (297 words)

  
 Articles - Battle of Bosworth Field   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Although Henry did not have his opponent's military experience, he was accompanied by his uncle, Jasper Tudor, 1st Earl of Pembroke (later 1st Duke of Bedford) and John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, each of them being a brilliant and seasoned soldier.
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, with Lord Stanley and Sir William Stanley and their troops, watched the beginning of the engagement as the rest of Richard's army fought Henry's French mercenaries and loyal exiles.
Henry Tudor was crowned as King Henry VII, marking the beginning of the 118-year reign of the Tudor dynasty in England.
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 England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Edward Mortimer, Earl of March (later Edward IV), led the Yorkists against Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke, who headed the Lancastrians.
This took a heavy toll and Edward seized the initiative forcing Jasper's men to retreat to the banks of the River Lug.
Jasper Tudor escaped, but his father, Owen Tudor, was captured and taken to Hereford to be beheaded.
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 English History Notes - Tudor history and the War of the Roses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Battle was lead on his side by his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke He is reported to have said on the execution block:
Without the King to protect them against charges of treason, the Yorkists decide to make Edward Earl of March, the son of Richard Duke of York, King of England and he is proclaimed Edward IV at St. Johns Fields outside London.
A fortnight later the Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Clarence defeat a royal army near Banbury.
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 Battle of Bosworth Field - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Although Henry did not have his opponent's military experience, he was accompanied by his uncle, Jasper Tudor, 1st Earl of Pembroke (later 1st Duke of Bedford) and John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, both brilliant and seasoned soldiers.
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, with Lord Stanley and Sir William Stanley, and their troops, watched the beginning of the engagement as the rest of York's army fought Henry Tudor's French mercenaries and loyal exiles, the Stanleys seem to have taken up a position some distance away from the two main armies.
Henry Tudor's victory in this battle led to his being crowned as King Henry VII, and the long reign of the Tudor dynasty in England.
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 Ancestors and Family of Henry VII Tudor
Henry, son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond, and Margaret Beaufort, was born nearly three months after his father's death.
His father was the son of Owen Tudor, a Welsh squire, and Catherine of France, the widow of King Henry V. His mother was the great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, whose children by Catherine Swynford were born before he married her.
As his mother was only 14 when he was born and soon married again, Henry was brought up by his uncle Jasper Tudor, earl of Pembroke.
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