Isabel de Vere

1228 - 1300  (72 years)

• Name	Isabel de Vere  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1228	Totnes, Devon, England   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Kinfolk of Note	Direct Ancestor of Myrtle Sanderson
  Eden	101st great granddaughter of Adam and Eve
  		~Eden-(F) On Our Path to the Garden of Eden
  Death	11 Aug 1300	Okehampton, Devon, England   [1]
  Burial	Exeter, Devon, England   [1]
  Person ID	I15153	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	4th Earl of Oxford Hugh de Vere,   b. Abt 1185, Essex, England d. 23 Dec 1263, Essex, England (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hawise de Quincy,   b. 1178, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 3 Feb 1263, Earls Colne, Essex, England (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Feb 1222	Winchester, Hampshire, England   [4]
  Family ID	F7688	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	2nd Baron of Okehampton John de Courtenay,   b. 26 Jul 1224, Okehampton, Devon, England d. 3 May 1274, Devon, England (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1249	Devon, England
  Children	1. 3rd Baron of Okehampton Sir Hugh de Courtenay,   b. 25 Mar 1249, Okehampton, Devon, England d. 28 Feb 1291, Colyton, Devon, England (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5144	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1228 - Totnes, Devon, England Marriage - 1249 - Devon, England Death - 11 Aug 1300 - Okehampton, Devon, England Burial - - Exeter, Devon, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~Eden-(F) On Our Path to the Garden of Eden

  
  

  Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-VERE (Eden) Vere/de Vere Crest

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Isabel de Vere Courtenay 1228-1300. Lady Isabel de Vere de Courtenay Daughter of Hugh de Vere, Earl of Oxford and Hawise de Quincy, granddaughter of Robert de Vere and Hawise de Bolebec, Saher de Quincy and Margaret de Beaumont. Wife of John de Courtenay,Son and heir to Sir Robert de Courtenay and Mary de Vernon. They were married about 1248. and had one son; Sir Hugh de Courtenay. Sir John died in 1274. Secondly, Isabel married, as his second wife, Sir Oliver de Dinham (Dynahm), the son of Sir Geoffrey de Dynham. They were married before 24 Jan 1277, the date of the royal licence and a fine of £100. They had two sons; Sir Josce and Geoffrey. Isabel's death is uncertain, being on August 11th and before Jan 1291, and is buried with Sir Oliver at Black Friars, Exeter, Devon. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55886040/isabel-courtenay [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S855] Wikipedia: Hugh de Courtenay, Hugh de Courtenay. Sir Hugh de Courtenay (1251–1292) was the son and heir of John de Courtenay, feudal baron of Okehampton, Devon, by Isabel de Vere, daughter of Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford. His son inherited the earldom of Devon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_de_Courtenay [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 4505.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CM1.