De Vere (family)
The de Vere family originally came from Ver-sur-Mer in Normandy and came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 . Their ancestral home was Hedingham Castle in Essex .
In 1142, Aubrey III. de Vere appointed first Earl of Oxford by Empress Matilda . The title remained in the family until the death of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford in 1703.
Well-known representatives of the family include:
- Aubrey I. de Vere , († around 1112), Norman nobleman, builder of Hedingham Castle
- Aubrey II. De Vere (around 1080–1141), English nobleman
- William de Vere (1120–1198), Lord Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals of England, Bishop of Hereford
- Rohese de Vere († 1166), Anglo-Norman nobleman
- Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford († 1214), English nobleman
- Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford († 1221), English nobleman
- Robert de Vere († 1250) , English crusader
- Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford (around 1210–1263), English nobleman
- Hugh de Vere, 1st Baron Vere († around 1319), English nobleman
- John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford († 1360), English magnate and military
- Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford († 1371), English magnate
- Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (1361-1392), British nobleman
- John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford (1442–1513), British nobleman
- Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604), British nobleman
- Francis Vere (1560–1609), English military leader in the Eighty Years War
- Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere (of Tilbury) (1565–1635), English military leader in the Eighty Years War
literature
- John Horace Round: Vere, Family of . In: Dictionary of National Biography . Smith, Elder & Co., London 1899.
Web links
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