Death of Jasper Tudor
Death of Jasper Tudor
Jasper Tudor, uncle of Henry Tudur (Henry VII), died on 21 December 1495.
Jasper Tudor was the second son of Owen Tudor and Catherine of Valois, the widow of Henry V. He was born in approx. 1431 at Bishops Hatfield, Herts, which belonged to the Bishops of Ely.
Jasper’s elder brother, Edmund, was married to Margaret Beaufort. Their son Henry was born after his father’s death and his uncle played an important role in his upbringing and championing his nephew’s cause. Once Henry became king he rewarded his uncle handsomely.
By 7 November 1485, he had married Katherine Woodville, widow of Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, and younger sister of Elizabeth, Edward IV’s queen.
He died on 21 December 1495 at his manor of Thornbury in Gloucestershire. Katherine survived him and married two months later Richard Wingfield.
Sources:
R. S. Thomas, ‘Tudor, Jasper , duke of Bedford (c.1431–1495)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (October 2008). (online accessed: 3 Feb 2011
Susan Higginbotham, ‘Jasper Tudor’s Will’, Medieval Woman (14 Oct 2008). URL: http://susandhigginbotham.blogspot.com.au/2008/10/jasper-tudors-will.html Date accessed: 9 Nov 2012
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