Editing Jasper Tudor (section)

==Family and early life==
Jasper was the second son of [[Sir Owen Tudor]] and the former queen [[Catherine of Valois]], the widow of King [[Henry V of England]]. He was thus half-brother to [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]]. Through his father, Jasper was a descendant of [[Ednyfed Fychan]], [[Llywelyn the Great]]'s renowned chancellor.<ref>{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World|first=John A.|last=Wagner|date=2000|page=309}}</ref> His mother was a daughter of King [[Charles VI of France]].

Jasper was born at the [[bishop of Ely]]'s manor at [[Hatfield, Hertfordshire]], in 1431, his parents' second child. After the death of Jasper's mother in 1437,<ref>{{Harvnb|Weir|1995|page=81}}.</ref> Owen Tudor was arrested and sent to Newgate prison. Jasper, his brother [[Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond|Edmund]], and possibly a sister were put into the care of [[Katherine de la Pole]], abbess of Barking Abbey, in Essex, from July 1437 to March 1442.<ref>{{Harvnb|Griffiths|Thomas|1985|page=32}}.</ref> 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. They were also permitted servants to wait upon them as the King's half-siblings.<ref>{{Harvnb|Weir|1995|page=88}}.</ref>

In 1442, their half-brother the King began to take an interest in their upbringing.<ref>{{Harvnb|Griffiths|Thomas|1985|page=32}}.</ref> Sometime after March 1442, Jasper and his brother were brought to live at court. Henry arranged for the best priest to educate them intellectually and morally. The brothers also received military training; when they grew up they were given military positions.<ref>{{Harvnb|Weir|1995|page=100}}.</ref> Jasper was recognised as Henry VI's [[uterine half-brother]] when, on 23 November 1452,<ref>Thomas, R. S. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/27796 "Tudor, Jasper <nowiki>[</nowiki>Jasper of Hatfield<nowiki>]</nowiki>, duke of Bedford"], ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', 23 September 2004. Accessed 2 February 2019.</ref> he was created [[Earl of Pembroke]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Griffiths|Thomas|1985|page=19}}.</ref>