You are first going to be the ward, and then the wife of Edmund Tudor, the king’s half-brother. ‘Did you not hear, Margaret? I wish you would pay attention. Edmund's wife Margaret gave birth to his son, Henry Tudor (who went on to be Henry VII) after his death. Furthermore, the king gave Edmund large grants and it was through the king's influence that Edmund was married to the young heiress Lady Margaret Beaufort.Įdmund fought for King Henry VI and the Lancastrians in the early stages of the Wars of The Roses, but his life was cut short when he was imprisoned by the Yorkists at Carmarthen Castle where he contracted plague and died. The king appears to have been fond of him: in 1449 he knighted Edmund and in 1452/3 assigned him the title of Earl of Richmond. The boys stayed in the care of Catherine de la Pole until 1442 when their half-brother King Henry VI took over the care and education of the boys.Įdmund remained at the court. When her son’s regents, John of Bedford and Humphrey of Gloucester (brothers of Henry V) denied her permission to marry John Beaufort Duke of Somerset, she conceived her child with Owen and may have married him in secret.Ī resolution was passed in 1428 which forbade dowager queens to marry without permission, which brought Catherine and Owen’s relationship into question, but later Henry VI recognised their ranks and legitimised their line.Įdmund and his younger brother, Jasper, were cared for by Catherine de la Pole after their mother retired to the abbey of Bermondsey in 1436 where she died soon after. Edmund’s father Owen was a squire at the court of Henry V and was a keeper of the queen’s wardrobe. Parliament, he also was technically Earl of Pembroke.Edmund Tudor was the first son of Owen Tudor by Catherine of Valois, the widow of King Henry V and mother of Henry VI. Rather confusingly, as Herbert’s son had never been attainted by Legislation of Edward IV’s reign and restored Jasper to the position he had The Parliament called in December 1470 repealed the Warwick, Jasper was now the most powerful man in England, exercising his roleĪs Henry VI’s Lieutenant. Jasper and Henry Tudor spent a week or so with Margaret and her husband, Stafford, at their home at Woking before heading west. Jasper was in the interesting position of being uncle both to the nearest Lancastrian heir, Edward Prince of Wales, and of the more distant Lancastrian, Henry Tudor. Jasper was now reunited with his nephew, Henry Tudor, whom he collected from the Devereux estates, and with the boy’s mother, his other sister-in-law, Lady Margaret Beaufort. This move changedĬharles of Burgundy from a mildly supportive Lancastrian to a willing supporter With the French king, was obliged to declare war on Burgundy. With Louis XI was now exposed as Warwick, in accordance with the agreement made To wash away the stains of his deposition. Who appeared dazed, unkempt and hardly a fine figure of a King, was re-crowned Reached the capital, freed Henry VI from his captivity in the Tower of London. There they threw themselves on the mercy of their brother-in-lawĬharles, Duke of Burgundy, who initially greeted them very coldly. Took ship for Burgundy, together with his younger brother, Richard of Suddenly surrounded by enemies, Edward immediately North to lure Edward away from the capital.Ĭompletely outmanoeuvred when Warwick’s brother, Montague, previously aĬommitted Yorkist, defected. Jasper headed for Wales, where he could be Move from Dartmouth to Plymouth was because of a poor reception in the first September, first at Dartmouth and then Plymouth. Joint Lieutenant with Prince Edward for Henry VI. Jasper had been confirmed in his title of Earl of Pembroke and was appointed as As a sop to Clarence he was recognised as heir to his newġ470, Jasper, together with Oxford, Warwick and Clarence, sailed from Normandy. Initial invasion, to be followed up by Marguerite and Prince Edward, together It was agreed that Jasper and Warwick were to lead an Other accounts show her as more pragmatic and One story is that Warwick was kept on his kneesįor fifteen minutes to alleviate Marguerite’s anger against him for the many Yorkist camp should Clarence succeed Edward IV as the Yorkist heir (at this Warwick a daughter in both the Lancastrian camp and also potentially in the Of Lancaster was married to Warwick’s younger daughter, Anne Neville. In recognition of the rapprochement, Edward Jasper remained completelyĭevoted to the Lancastrian cause – obviously aware that Henry VI would neverĪgain be an effective King, it was his aim to ensure that his nephew, Edward of Warwick and Clarence, swiftly followed by Oxford, were welcomed with open armsīy Jasper who now sought, together with Louis XI, to affect a reconciliationīetween Queen Marguerite and her former enemy.
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