§ 1. King Henry V. left one infant child, a son, who never bore the title of Prince of Wales, but succeeded his father upon the English throne as Henry VI.

The widow of Henry V. and mother of the young king was Catherine, daughter of Charles VI., king of France. She took for her second husband, in 1428, Owen ab Maredudd ab Tewdwr ab Gronw ab Tewdwr ab Gronw ab Ednyfed Fychan of Tegeingl, whose wife, Gwenllian ferch Rhys ab Gruffydd, prince of Deheubarth, sent the current of royal British blood into the veins of her handsome, valiant, and accomplished descendant. He was known at the English court as Sir Owen Tewdwr, of Penmynydd in Anglesey, and he and Queen Catherine were the parents of one daughter who died an infant, and of three sons, Edmund, Jasper, and Owen.

The Queen died in 1437, and Sir Owen was then punished for his ambitious marriage by imprisonment in Newgate, while the two eldest children were committed to the care of the Lady Catherine de la Pole, abbess of Berking. Sir Owen twice escaped from captivity, and was at last permitted to enjoy his freedom. In the year 1452 his son Edmund was created earl of Richmond, and his son Jasper was created earl of Pembroke, precedence over all other noblemen being at the same time granted to them by Henry VI., their half-brother.