1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere
1115 - 1194 (79 years)
1. 1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere was born in 1115 in Essex, England; died on 26 Dec 1194 in London, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Essex, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- _MILT: Oxford served during the civil war of 1173–4, helping to repel a force under Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, which landed in Suffolk on 29 September 1173. He was present on 3 September 1189 at the coronation of King Richard I
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Birth:
Castle Hedingham
Buried:
Colne PrioryAubrey married Countess of Oxford Agnes of Essex in 1162 in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Agnes (daughter of Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley Henry de Essex and Alice de Montfort) was born about 1140 in Rayleigh, Essex, England; died about 1200 in Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. 3rd Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere
was born in 1164 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England; died on 25 Oct 1221 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England; was buried in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England.
Generation: 2
2. 
3rd Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere (1.Aubrey1) was born in 1164 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England; died on 25 Oct 1221 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England; was buried in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: 1215; Oxford joined the disaffected barons who met at Stamford and forced King John to issue Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15 June 1215
- _MILT: 1216; Oxford took up arms against King John, but pledged loyalty to him after the King had taken Castle Hedingham in March 1216
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Buried:
(St Mary the Virgin)Robert married Isabel de Bolebec in 1183 in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Isabel (daughter of Walter de Bolebec and Sibil de Vesey) was born in 1165 in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 4 Feb 1245 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. 4th Earl of Oxford Hugh de Vere was born about 1185 in Essex, England; died on 23 Dec 1263 in Essex, England; was buried in Suffolk, England.
Generation: 3
3. 4th Earl of Oxford Hugh de Vere (2.Robert2, 1.Aubrey1) was born about 1185 in Essex, England; died on 23 Dec 1263 in Essex, England; was buried in Suffolk, England. Notes:
Birth:
Castle Hedingham
Buried:
Chapel of St Stephen Bures St Mary (Originally buried at Colne Priory, Earls Colne)
Died:
Castle HedinghamHugh married Hawise de Quincy on 11 Feb 1222 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Hawise (daughter of 1st Earl of Winchester Baron Saher de Quincy, IV and Margaret de Beaumont) was born in 1178 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; died on 3 Feb 1263 in Earls Colne, Essex, England; was buried in Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Isabel de Vere was born in 1228 in Totnes, Devon, England; died on 11 Aug 1300 in Okehampton, Devon, England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England.
- 5. 5th Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere was born in 1240 in Essex, England; died on 2 Sep 1296 in Essex, England; was buried in Suffolk, England.
- 4. Isabel de Vere
Generation: 4
4. 
Isabel de Vere (3.Hugh3, 2.Robert2, 1.Aubrey1) was born in 1228 in Totnes, Devon, England; died on 11 Aug 1300 in Okehampton, Devon, England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Myrtle Sanderson
- _ORDI: 101st great granddaughter of Adam and Eve
Isabel married 2nd Baron of Okehampton John de Courtenay in 1249 in Devon, England. John was born on 26 Jul 1224 in Okehampton, Devon, England; died on 3 May 1274 in Devon, England; was buried in Thorncombe, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. 3rd Baron of Okehampton Sir Hugh de Courtenay was born on 25 Mar 1249 in Okehampton, Devon, England; died on 28 Feb 1291 in Colyton, Devon, England; was buried in Exeter, Devon, England.
5. 5th Earl of Oxford Robert de Vere (3.Hugh3, 2.Robert2, 1.Aubrey1) was born in 1240 in Essex, England; died on 2 Sep 1296 in Essex, England; was buried in Suffolk, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Patricia Cathey
- _MILT: De Vere was among the followers of Simon de Montfort during the Second Barons' War, and was with Simon's son, Hugh, when Edward I of England attacked Kenilworth Castle prior to the Battle of Evesham.
Notes:
Birth:
Castle Hedingham
Buried:
Chapel of St Stephen Bures St Mary (Originally buried at Colne Priory, Earls Colne)
Died:
Castle HedinghamRobert married Alice de Sanford on 22 Feb 1252 in Oxfordshire, England. Alice (daughter of Gilbert de Sanford and Lora la Zouche) was born on 1 Jan 1230 in Hertfordshire, England; died on 9 Sep 1312 in Essex, England; was buried in Earls Colne, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. 5th Earl of Oxford Sir Alphonse de Vere was born about 1266 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; died on 20 Dec 1329 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; was buried in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England.