Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford
Jasper Tudor , 1st Duke of Bedford KG (* about 1431, † 21 / 26 December 1495 ) was the younger brother of Edmund Tudor and thus uncle of King Henry VII. Of England.
Life
Jasper was the second son of Owen Tudor and the former Queen Catherine of Valois , widow of King Henry V . He was the half-brother of Heinrich VI. , who made Jasper Knight of the Bath in 1449 , raised him to Earl of Pembroke on March 6, 1453 and in 1459 accepted him as a knight in the Order of the Garter .
Jasper was an adventurer with considerable military expertise acquired in the early days of the Wars of the Roses . After his defeat at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross by Edward, Earl of March , he kept in touch with Margaret of Anjou , wife of Henry VI, as she fought to regain her son's inheritance, and he kept Denbigh Castle for the house Lancaster . Jasper Tudor also raised his nephew Heinrich, who later became Henry VII, until 1461. After that, William Herbert took over his supervision . After King Edward IV returned from the House of York in 1471, Jasper took the young Henry into exile in Brittany . Thanks to him, Heinrich acquired the tactical knowledge that would later lead to victory over Richard III. made possible at the Battle of Bosworth Field . After Henry's accession to the throne in 1485, Jasper received all previous titles back and was promoted to Duke of Bedford . In 1488 he took Cardiff Castle .
Tudor died in December 1495 and was buried in Keynsham Abbey in Somerset .
Marriage and children
Jasper married Katherine Woodville (1458-1497) on November 7, 1485 . 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 (* approx. 1459), wife of a cloth merchant, known either as William or John Gardiner (* approx. 1446), and mother of Stephan 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 married to Catherine Cromwell , an older sister of Tudor statesman Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex . They were the fourth generation of Oliver Cromwell's ancestors .
literature
- RS Thomas: Tudor, Jasper, duke of Bedford (c.1431–1495). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press, 2004; Seen online since October 2008 on February 22, 2012 License required
Web links
- Thomas Jones Pierce: Tudor, Jasper . In: Welsh Biography Online , viewed February 22, 2012.
- Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford in the complete catalog of incandescent prints (GW number JASPBED)
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 132.
- ^ A b Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 444
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 13.
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 417
- ↑ Sir Jasper Tudor, 1st and last Duke of Bedford on thepeerage.com , accessed July 26, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tudor, Jasper, 1st Duke of Bedford |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tudor, Jasper |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Bedford, Earl of Pembroke |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1495 or December 26, 1495 |