![]() ![]() ![]() He returned to Wales in 1468, in an attempt to relieve Harlech Castle, which held out for King Henry VI, probably landing at the Dyfi estuary near Harlech, and marched toward Denbigh, by which time his force had grown to 2,000 men. Jasper continued to try to raise support for the Lancastrians in Wales but was eventually forced to flee to Scotland, along with the Duke of Exeter, who had survived the battle at Towton. William Herbert, took custody of Jasper's nephew Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, when he captured Pembroke Castle. On the accession of the Yorkist King Edward IV in 1461, Jasper was attainted and his lands confiscated by the crown. He brought up his nephew, Henry Tudor, the future King Henry VII, who was the posthumous son of his brother Edmund and Lady Margaret Beaufort, and who was born at Jasper's castle of Pembroke. Jasper took Carmarthen and Aberystwyth Castles in 1456 but later lost them to William Herbert. Their younger brother, Owen became a monk at Westminster Abbey. Sometime after 1442, King Henry VI, their half-brother, took on a role in their upbringing, Edmund was knighted and both the brothers were given Earldoms by Henry VI, Edmund became Earl of Richmond, while Jasper Tudor was created Earl of Pembroke. Jasper and his brother Edmund Tudor went to live with Katherine de la Pole, Abbess of Barking and sister of the Duke of Suffolk. His head was set on the market cross, where a madwoman combed his hair and washed his face, setting lighted wax torches round about it. At this point, he is alleged to have said that "the head which used to lie in Queen Catherine's lap would now lie in the executioner's basket". He was reported not to have been convinced of his impending death until the collar was ripped off his doublet by the executioner. The Lancastrian's were defeated in battle and Owen was subsequently beheaded at Hereford. Owen Tudor lived on until 1461, on 2nd February 1461 he fought at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross for his step-son against Edward, Earl of March, the Yorkist claimant to the throne. Henry VI provided an altar tomb and included an inscription describing her as his father's widow, with no reference to her second marriage. Catherine died in disgrace on 3rd January 1437 and was buried in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey. Her son Henry VI sent her a 'tablet of gold, weighing thirteen ounces on which was a crucifix set with pearls and sapphires' as a token of his love. Owen Tudor was imprisoned and Catherine retired to Bermondsey Abbey, shortly after giving birth to their daughter Margaret, on 3 January 1437, distressed and traumatised at the forced separation from her husband and children, Catherine fell gravely ill. In 1436, when Catherine was pregnant with her fifth child by Tudor, rumours of the Queen's secret marriage reached the ear of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. They also had two daughters, Tacinda, who married Reginald Grey, 7th Baron Grey de Wilton and Margaret who later became a nun. Edmund Tudor, Jasper and Owen were all born away from court. Owen and Catherine produced at least five children in all. The discovery of at least three of the queen's illegitimate children had caused scandal at the time, and was seen as an insult to the memory of the great Henry V. No documentation has survived of Catherine's marriage to Owen Tudor in 1429. The affair is thought to have started at Leeds Castle in Kent. Legend relates that Owen caught the Queen's eye when she saw him swimming, or that he tripped and fell into her lap when dancing. Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke and Catherine Woodvilleīy all accounts Owen, a descendant of Anglesey landowners, was a handsome young man, the chroniclers dwell upon his beauty, at some point he became the Dowager Queen's lover. It is not known with certainty whether he was born legitimately after his parents were secretly married. Jasper Tudor, son of Catherine of Valois, (the French widow) of Henry V and Owen Tudor, her Welsh clerk of the Wardrobe was born circa 1431 at the Bishop of Ely's manor at Hatfield in Hertfordshire. ![]()
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