#Jasper tudor serial#

Despite his important place in history, Jasper has become the forgotten kingmaker, neglected by historians. The White Queen is a British historical drama television drama serial developed for BBC One.It is based on Philippa Gregorys historical novel series The Cousins War (The White Queen, The Red Queen, and The Kingmakers Daughter). Under Jasper's influence, Henry prospered and returned to England to defeat Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, leading to the establishment of the Tudor dynasty. Read more tempestuous politics in England meant that he had to spend time in exile in Brittany, taking his nephew, Henry, with him. He took part in the major battles of the war, leading the Lancastrian forces at Mortimer's Cross and Tewkesbury. As one of England's major nobles and a potential successor to Henry, he was seen as a threat by Yorkists. The second son of Owen Tudor and the widowed queen Katherine of Valois, he was the half-brother of Henry VI, who gave him a prominent role at court. Jasper, Earl of Pembroke, Duke of Bedford, brother and uncle of kings, was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, and the Lancastrian claimant during the reign of Edward IV. BIC Classification: 1DBKE 3H BGH HBJD1 HBLC1. Edmund Tudor was born around 1430 at Hadham, Hertfordshire. The first proper biography of Jasper Tudor, the architect of a victory at Bosworth and thus the Tudor dynasty Num Pages: 224 pages. The pair had several children together, the two most famous of those being Edmund Tudor and his younger brother Jasper. But he played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Tudor dynasty of kings and queens in England. (Photo copyright of Xenophon from Wikimedia Commons) Like his elder brother Edmund, Jasper is an enigmatic figure. Description for Jasper: The Tudor Kingmaker Hardcover. Jasper Tudor from a window in Cardiff Castle, Wales.