Philibert de Chandée, 1st Earl of Bath Philibert de Chandée, 1st Earl of Bath Philibert de Chandée, 1st Earl of Bath (died after 1486 in Brittany, France) was an Earl in the English peerage. He entertained Henry Tudor, then Earl of Richmond, and later King Henry VII during his banishment in Brittany, and was made Commander of the French auxiliaries to the troops commanded by Henry when he went to invade England and challenge Richard III for the crown. Chandée was knighted on landing at Milford Haven. At the Battle of Bosworth the Yorkist King Richard led an impromptu cavalry charge deep into the enemy ranks in
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond his brother, Jasper, were made advisers to the King as they were his remaining blood relatives. The brothers were made the senior earls in the royal court and had influential positions in the Parliament of England. Edmund was also granted Baynard's Castle, London and ran a successful estate. He was married to Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, after her first marriage was annulled. Prior to the start of the Wars of the Roses, Edmund liaised with Richard of York and supported him when the King fell ill during 1453 and 1454. After war began in 1455, York sent