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1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere

1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere

Male 1115 - 1194  (79 years)


 

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Tomb-deVERE Audrey (1194)

1st Earl of Oxford, Royal Chamberlain Eldest son of Aubrey de Vere, Master Chamberlain under King Henry I, and Alice de Clare, grandson of Aubrey de Vere, Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare and Adeliza de Claremont. He was born about 1110, and had four brothers and four sisters. Aubrey was the husband of Beatrice, the daughter of Henry, the Constable of Bourbourg, the granddaughter and heiress to Manasses, the Count of Guines in France. After he became Earl of Oxford, and about 1143, he refused to live with Beatrice whose father arranged a divorce, and Aubrey lost his title of Count of Guines. Aubrey married a second time, to Euphemia, said to be the daughter of William de Cantilupe. They married in or before 1152, but Euphemia died before late 1153, buried at Colne Priory. Aubrey was married a third time, to Agnes, the daughter of Henry de Essex, Lord of Rayleigh. Aubrey was over fifty, Agnes was eleven. Within a year, Aubrey tried to reject her as his wife based on she was living with his brother and


Date26 Dec 1194
File nameTomb-deVERE Audrey (1194).jpg
File Size76.39k
Dimensions302 x 1000
Linked to1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere; 1st Earl of Oxford Aubrey de Vere (Burial)





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