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186 THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. of the royal parks in Wales ; and when Henry's own troubles with the house of York arrived, Owen stoutly did battle for him, and being taken prisoner, was beheaded in Hereford market-place. The third son of Katherine by Owen Tudor became a monk of Westminster, where he lived and died in the habit. The eldest son, Edward, was made Duke of Richmond, with pre dence over all other' English peers. He died in his twentieth year, but left an infant son, who became Henry the Seventh. The next son of Katherine, Jasper Tudor, was created Earl of Pembroke. Had Katherine lived till this period, it is evident that Henry would have treated her with the affection of a son. As it was, he behaved like a most noble brother to the sons of her second marriage, and- never forgave Gloucester for his harsh treatment of herself.