Aubrey de Vere (knight)

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Sir Aubrey de Vere († February 20, 1462 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Aubrey was the eldest son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford and Elizabeth Howard.

Like his father, he was an uncompromising supporter of the House of Lancaster and fought during the Wars of the Roses at the Second Battle of St Albans (1461) and probably also at Towton (1461).

Sir Aubrey, along with his father and other Lancastrians such as Sir William Tyrell of Beeches , was arrested in February 1462, taken to the Tower of London and sentenced to death for high treason . The chair was John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester, known for his cruelty .

Sir Aubrey was beheaded on Tower Hill on February 20, 1462 . His younger brother John then inherited the title of Earl of Oxford .

Marriage and offspring

Sir Aubrey was married to Anne, daughter of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

The couple had no offspring.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Jeffrey James: Edward IV .: Glorious Son of York , Amerley Publishing Ltd. 2015, ISBN 978-1-445-64622-0
  2. ↑ a b c d James Ross: The Foremost Man in Kingdom: John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (1442-1513) , Boydell & Brewer Ltd. 2015, ISBN 978-1-783-27005-7 , p.23 / p.37 / p.39 / p.48
  3. ^ A b c d Matthew Lewis: The Wars of the Roses: The Key Players in the Struggle for Supremacy , Amberley Publishing Ltd. 2015, ISBN 978-1-445-64636-7
  4. ^ A b John Fenn: Original Letters, written during the reigns of Henry VI :, Edward IV. And Richard III. Vol.I , GGJ & J.Robinson London 1787, p. 257
  5. ^ A b William E. Baumgaertner: Squires, Knights, Barons, Kings: War and Politics in Fifteen Century , Trafford Publishing 2010, ISBN 978-1-426-90771-5
personal data
SURNAME De Vere, Aubrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Vere, Sir Aubrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English knight
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1462
Place of death London