Nevertheless, the only major battle he had taken part in before the Battle of Bosworth was the Battle of Mortimer's Cross in February 1461, where he lost the battle to the future king, Edward IV of England. Jasper Tudor was an adventurer whose military expertise, some of it gained in the early stages of the Wars of the Roses, was considerable. It now holds the Cathedral bells, and is named the Jasper Tower in his honour. In 1485, Jasper financed the rebuilding of the north-west tower of Llandaff Cathedral, near Cardiff. 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. He strove to place his half-nephew Prince Edward of Lancaster on the throne and provided absolute loyalty to his royal half-brother and Margaret of Anjou, his half-brother's wife. On the accession of the Yorkist King Edward IV in 1461, he was subject to an attainder for supporting his Lancastrian half-brother, the deposed King Henry, to whom Jasper was loyal. Along with this, he took into his care his sister-in-law and infant nephew. It was after the death of his elder brother, Edmund, that Jasper took over the responsibility of maintaining the Lancastrian ties within Wales. During his time at court, Jasper constantly tried to work with the Duke of York and other nobles in order to try to stop the infighting between the two houses. After 1485, he would describe himself as the "high and mighty Prince Jasper, brother and uncle of Kings, Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke". However, Jasper enjoyed all the privileges appropriate to his birth, including being invested as a Knight of the Garter. Owen and Catherine's marriage was not recognised by the authorities, in large part due to the secrecy under which it was accomplished, and so the legitimacy of Jasper and his two (or three) siblings was questionable. In turn, Edmund and Jasper swore unwavering loyalty to Henry and fought and promoted him and his Lancastrian family's interests persistently throughout their lives. Jasper became Earl of Pembroke on 23 November 1452, the seventh creation. It was after her death that Henry would begin to care for them and eventually raise them to the peerage by giving both brothers earldoms.
It is not clear whether Henry VI had known of the existence of his half-brothers until his mother told him while she was dying in Bermondsey Abbey. Owen Tudor was released from prison, most likely thanks to his stepson Henry VI who, after providing for his stepfather, also provided for his two half-brothers. Jasper was recognised as Henry VI's uterine half-brother when, on 23 November 1452, he was created Earl of Pembroke. The brothers also received military training when they grew up they were given military positions. Henry arranged for the best priest to educate them intellectually and morally. Sometime after March 1442, Jasper and his brother were brought to live at court. In 1442, their half-brother the King began to take an interest in their upbringing. They were also permitted servants to wait upon them as the King's half-siblings. She was the sister of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, a great favourite of Henry VI, and was able to provide Jasper and his siblings with food, clothing, and lodging. Jasper, his brother Edmund, and possibly a sister were put into the care of Katherine de la Pole, a nun at Barking Abbey, in Essex, from July 1437 to March 1442. After the death of Jasper's mother in 1437, Owen Tudor was arrested and sent to Newgate prison. Jasper was born at the bishop of Ely's manor at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in 1431, his parents' second child. His mother was a daughter of King Charles VI of France. This connection added greatly to his status in Wales. Through his father, Jasper was a descendant of Ednyfed Fychan, Llywelyn the Great's renowned chancellor. Jasper was the second son of Sir Owen Tudor and the former queen Catherine of Valois, the widow of King Henry V of England.
Jasper Tudor's coat of arms, granted to him by his maternal half-brother, King Henry VI, quarters the three lilies of France with the three lions of England, with the addition of a bordure azure with martlets or (that is, a blue border featuring golden martlets). He was from the noble Tudor family of Penmynydd in North Wales. He was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and a leading architect of his nephew's successful accession to the throne in 1485. November 1431 – 21 December 1495), was an Anglo-Welsh nobleman. Jasper Tudor and his wife Catherine Woodville
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