Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford

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Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford (* around 1163 ; † October 1214 ) was an English magnate .

Aubrey de Vere was the eldest son of his father of the same name, Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford and his third wife Agnes of Essex . After the death of his father in 1194 he inherited the estates of the de Vere family with Hedingham Castle in eastern England, the title of Earl of Oxford and the hereditary office of Court Chamberlain . During the reign of King John Ohneland he was one of his closest friends and confidante and was counted by the chronicler Roger von Wendover to the king's poor advisers.

Aubrey was married twice. In his first marriage he married Isabel de Bolebec († 1206 or 1207), the daughter and heiress of Walter de Bolebec from Whitchurch in Buckinghamshire . After her death, he married Alice Bigod , daughter of Roger Bigod, 2nd Earl of Norfolk . Both marriages remained childless, which is why his younger brother Robert became his heir after his death .

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  1. ↑ RaGena C. DeAragon: Vere, Robert de, third earl of Oxford (d 1,221th). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
  2. ↑ Nicholas Vincent: Nicholas Vincent, King John's evil counselors (act. 1208-1214) (Oxford DNB). Retrieved January 13, 2016 .
predecessor Office successor
Aubrey de Vere Earl of Oxford
1194-1214 		Robert de Vere
personal data
SURNAME Vere, Aubrey de, 2nd Earl of Oxford
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Earl of Oxford
DATE OF BIRTH around 1163
DATE OF DEATH October 1214