Jasper Tudor

English duke

  • Fame55.0
  • Momentum1.4
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Lived 1431–1495, aged 64United Kingdom
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  • Era
    1431–1495
    Aged 64
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Summary
Updated 2026-06-09

The uncle who built a throne. Jasper Tudor spent three decades in exile, rebellion, and war to place his nephew Henry on the English crown — and when the gamble paid off in 1485, he became the man who'd turned a fugitive claim into a dynasty.

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Born around November 1431 into the Tudor family of Penmynydd, Jasper was half-nephew to King Henry VI, who granted him arms quartering France and England with a blue border of golden martlets. For most of his adult life he fought a losing war: his half-brother deposed, his cause shattered, his nephew Henry a hunted exile. He spent years on the run, regrouping in Brittany and France, keeping the Lancastrian claim alive when no one else would. In 1485 he landed at Milford Haven with Henry and a small army, marched to Bosworth Field, and watched Richard III fall. Henry VII took the throne, and Ja…

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