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Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford (c. November 1431 – 21 December 1495) was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and a leading architect of his nephew's successful accession to the throne in 1485. He was a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd. Jasper Tudor's coat of arms, granted to him by his maternal half-brother, King Henry VI, quarters ...
- Jasper was born out of a secret marriage. His mother had been the Queen of England, Katherine of Valois. After her husband (Henry V) died, she secretly married a member of her household, a Welshman called Owen Tudor, and bore him two sons – Edmund and Jasper.
- It was from this wardship that the future Henry VII would be born. Edmund married Lady Margaret, and got her pregnant right away. She had a son, Henry. Edmund died, but his brother, Jasper, would spend the rest of his life protecting his nephew from the civil wars known as the Wars of the Roses.
- Jasper was a bit like a 007 character. There was one time when a castle was being besieged that he snuck in to be able to fight. He once escaped another castle by dressing as a peasant and leaving in full daylight.
- He only married very late in life, after his nephew became King. There have been rumors of an alleged relationship with Lady Margaret (see the White Queen series, for example).
In the meantime, Margaret was married to the man she considered her first husband, Edmund Tudor. Being hand-picked to marry the half-brother of the king was a great honor, and Margaret felt that it was God’s plan for her life. How she felt about the marriage being consummated when she was only twelve-years-old, one can only guess, but ...
John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset. Mother. Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso. Lady Margaret Beaufort (pronounced / ˈboʊfərt / BOH-fərtor / ˈbjuːfərt / BEW-fərt; 31 May 1443 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch.
- Margaret Beaufort's Childhood
- Marriage to Edmund Tudor
- Henry Tudor Born
- Another Marriage
- York Victory
- Power Changes Hands
- Protecting Henry Tudor’s Interests Under Edward IV’s Rule
- Richard III
- Rebellion: 1483
- Victory in 1485
Margaret Beaufort was born in 1443, the same year Henry VI became king of England. Her father, John Beaufort, was the second son of John Beaufort, the 1st Earl of Somerset, who was the later-legitimized son of John of Gaunt by his mistress, Katherine Swynford. He had been captured and held prisoner by the French for 13 years, and, though made a com...
Margaret Beaufort and Edmund Tudor were married in 1455, likely in May. She was just twelve, and he was 13 years older than she was. They went to live on Edmund’s estate in Wales. It was common practice to wait to consummate a marriage, even if contracted at such a young age, but Edmund didn’t respect that custom. Margaret conceived quickly after t...
Margaret Beaufort gave birth on January 28, 1457, to a sickly and small infant she named Henry, probably named for his half-uncle Henry VI. The child would one day himself become king, as Henry VII – but that was far in the future and by no means thought likely at his birth. Pregnancy and childbirth at such a young age was dangerous, thus the usual...
As a young and wealthy widow, Margaret Beaufort’s fate was a quick remarriage – though it is probable that she played some part in the plans. A woman alone, or a single mother with a child, was expected to seek the protection of a husband. With Jasper, she traveled from Wales to arrange for that protection. She found it in a younger son of Humphrey...
Though related to the York standard bearers in the wars of succession now called the Wars of the Roses, Margaret was also closely related to and aligned with the Lancastrian party. Henry VI was her brother-in-law through her marriage to Edmund Tudor. Her son might be considered to be an heir to Henry VI, after Henry’s own son Edward, Prince of Wale...
When Henry VI was restored to power in 1470, Margaret was able to more freely visit with her son again. She had a personal appointment with the restored Henry VI, dining with king Henry along with young Henry Tudor and his uncle, Jasper Tudor, making clear her alliance with Lancaster. When Edward IV returned to power the next year, this meant dange...
With Henry in Brittany, Margaret moved to further protect him by marrying Thomas Stanley, whom Edward IV had appointed as his steward. Stanley gained, thereby, a large income from Margaret’s estates; he also provided her with income from his own lands. Margaret seems to have become close to Elizabeth Woodville, Edward’s queen, and her daughters, at...
In 1483, Edward suddenly died, and his brother seized the throne as Richard III, declaring Edward’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville invalid and their children illegitimate. He imprisoned Edward’s two sons in the Tower of London. Some historians believe that Margaret may have been part of an unsuccessful plot to rescue the princes shortly after thei...
Margaret Beaufort was quite busy recruiting for the rebellion. Among those she convinced to join was the Duke of Buckingham, her late husband’s nephew and heir (also named Henry Stafford) who had been an early supporter of Richard III’s kingship, and who had been with Richard when they seized custody of Edward IV’s son, Edward V. Buckingham began p...
Henry continued to organize – perhaps with Margaret’s quiet continued support, even in her supposed isolation. Finally, in 1485, Henry sailed again, landing in Wales. He immediately sent word to his mother upon his landing. Margaret’s husband, Lord Stanley, deserted Richard III’s side and joined with Henry Tudor, which helped swing the odds of the ...
- Jone Johnson Lewis
Retirement. From around the end of 1480’s, Jasper seemed to spend less time at court but he was appointed as deputy to Henry’s new son, Arthur Prince of Wales, in 1491 and he and Arthur had a joint commission in 1493 to execute justice throughout Wales and the marches. In December 1495 Jasper made his will.
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The nation was tense. Margaret, still only 13, was heavily pregnant when in 1456 Edmund died in captivity of the Plague. Margaret Beaufort and Henry Tudors infancy. Margaret was cared for by Jasper Tudor who provided for her and the newly born Henry Tudor. Jasper also arranged Margaret’s 3 rd marriage. She was married to Henry Stafford, the ...
