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Jasper would also help his other sister-in-law Lady Margaret Beaufort assist her son Henry Tudor to win the throne in 1485 as King Henry VII, father of King Henry VIII .
Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: ⫽ ˈ b oʊ f ər t ⫽ BOH-fərt or ⫽ ˈ b juː f ər t ⫽ 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.
- 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).
Edmund’s brother Jasper Tudor took Margaret into care and on 28 January 1457, despite a painful and complicated labour she gave birth to a healthy son Henry Tudor. Margaret’s immature body had made the birth difficult, with one witness noting that it was a miracle she survived.
Margaret whose husband, Lord Stafford died at the battle, realised the severity of the situation and thus implored Jasper Tudor to taker her son Henry abroad to safety. This he did, an act which led to her not seeing her son for another fourteen years.
Jul 1, 2012 · As a wealthy heiress and young widow, Margaret remarried shortly after Henry's birth. Leaving her son with his uncle Jasper Tudor in Wales, Margaret went to England to marry Henry Stafford, the younger brother of the Duke of Buckingham.
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Jul 11, 2013 · Jasper Tudor took the boy, Henry, into exile in Brittany for his own protection and Margaret remarried Lord Thomas Stanley. Despite two long and successful marriages with her two latter husbands, Margaret honoured her first husband, by asking to be buried beside him.
