Pedigree of the de Vere family, Earls of Oxford Principally drawn from The Complete Peerage by GE Cokayne Beatrice de Gand = Aubrey de Vere b.c. 1040, d. 1112 Alice de Clare = Aubrey de Vere b. 1092 d. 1163 Geoffrey Roger Robert William Alice b.c. 1062, d. 15 May 1141 m. Richard de Canville m3 Lucia de Essex = Aubrey de Vere b. 1151 Ist Earl of Oxford Geoffrey d. 1170 b. 1110 d. 26 Dec 1194 Robert William Gilbert Bishop of Hereford, b. 1124 d. 1185 1186 Felicia d. 24 Dec 1198 Acceded 1142 Alice Rohese Juliana b. 1109 d. 1166 m. Geoffrey de Mandeville 1st Earl of Essex b. 1116 d. 1199 m2. Hugh Bigod 1st Earl of Norfolk & Suffolk m1 Beatrice of Bourbourg m2 Euferne de Cantelo m1 Isabel de Bolobec = Robert de Vere Alice Bigod = Aubrey de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford 2nd Earl of Oxford b. 1163, d. 1214 b after 1164, d. 25 Oct 1221 Acceded 1194 Acceded 1214 Ralph Henry d. by 1214 d before 1222 Alice M2 Isabel de Bolobec Eleanor Hawise Quincy = Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford b. 1210, buried 23 Dec 1263 Acceded 1221 Alice Saunford = Robert de Vere b. 1231 5th Earl of Oxford Aubrey Richard Margaret Maud Isabel Laura b. 1222 d. 1299 b. 1240, buried 7 Sept 1296 Castle Hedingham the de Vere family seat Acceded 1263 The church at Castle Hedingham Jane Foliot = Sir Alphonso de Vere Margaret = Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford Mortimer d. 20 Dec 1328 b. 24 Aug 1257 d. 17 April 1331 Maud de Badlesmere = John de Vere b. 1309 d. 7 March 1336 7th Earl of Oxford Sir John de Vere Margaret b. Dec 1335 d. 23 June 1350 m1. Henry de Beaumont s. of John de Beaumont & Eleanor Plantaganet Hugh Joan b. 1258 d. 1319 d. 1293 Philip Gilbert Hawise Anne Laura John b. 1264 d.1289 Abbess of Barking d. 1303 Acceded 1296 b. 12 March 1311 d. 23 Jan 1360 at the Siege of Rheims Thomas de Vere Acceded 1331 b. 1282 d. 12 May 1329 Maud de Ufford = Thomas de Vere 8th Earl of Oxford b. 1336, d. Sept 1371 Acceded 1360 Alice Fitzwalter = Aubrey de Vere 10th Earl of Oxford Robert Maud Elizabeth b. 1339, d. 23 April 1400 Acceded 1392 m2 Nicholas de Lovain m2 m3. Sir John Devereux issue: Sir William Devereux Robert de Vere 9th Earl of Oxford 1st Marquis of Dublin Alice Sargeaux Daughter of Sir Richard Sargeaux of Cornwall b. 16 Jan 1362, d. 1392 = Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford Acceded 1371 John Alice b c1386, d 15 Feb 1416/7 Knight of the Garter Held a command at Agincourt under King Henry V Knight of the Garter Favourite of King Richard II m1 Alice Holland, d. of John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, and Elizabeth Plantagenet m1 Phillipa de Courcy The banqueting hall at Castle Hedingham m2 Agnes Lancecrone Elizabeth daughter of Sir John Howard King’s Place, Hackney - the marital home of Edward de Vere and Elizabeth Trentham = Sir George de Vere Margaret daughter of Sir William Stafford of Bishop’s Frome d 1503 John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford Sir Richard de Vere Aubrey de Vere b 1448 d. 20 Feb 1462 beheaded at the Tower of London Lord Great Chamberlain Knight of the Garter John de Vere of Campes 14th Earl of Oxford b. 1488 m1. George Windsor son of Sir Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor of Stanwell. daughter of Sir Hugh Courtenay b 23 April 1408 d 26 Feb 1462 Acceded 1417 beheaded at the Tower of London b. 8 Sept 1442 d 10 March 1513 Ursula de Vere Sir Robert de Vere = Jeane Courtenay = John de Vere 12th Earl of Oxford Alice Kilrington = John de Vere daughter of Walter Kilrington Acceded 1462 b 14 Aug 1499, d. 1526 Acceded 1513 m1 Margaret, daughter of Richard Neville, Earl of Shrewsbury m. Anne daughter of Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk m2 Elizabeth Scrope = John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford daughter of Sir Edward Trussel of Kibblestone Lord Great Chamberlain Knight of the Garter d. 1539, Acceded 1371 m1. (c1493) Christian dau of Thomas Foderingey m.1 Aubrey de Vere Geoffrey de Vere Frances de Vere m. Elizabeth Hardekyn Robert de Vere Dorothy Nevill m2. Bridget Gibbon m. Henry Howard Earl of Surrey m1. Barbara Barners m2. Joan Hubberd daughter of Ralph Nevill, 4th Earl of Westmorland Married 3 July 1536 Elizabeth Bridget Jane Hugh de Vere John Anne m. John Stubbs = John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford m. Thomas Darcy 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche m. Henry Hunt m. Edmund Sheffield of Butterwick Robert de Vere = Beatrice von 19th Earl of Oxford Hemmema Frances de Vere by Holbein b 1575 Died: 7 Aug 1632 at the siege of Maestricht Issue: Thomas Howard 4th Duke of Norfolk Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford Susan b. 28 Feb 1626 Margery Elizabeth de Vere = Margery Golding d 02.12.1568 Lord Great Chamberlain of England daughter of John Golding of Halstead / Belchamp St. Paul b. circa 1516, d. 3 Aug 1562 Sister of Arthur Golding translator of Ovid m2. 1 Aug 1548 Katherine de Vere b. 1539 d 17 Jan 1599 Mary de Vere m. Sir Edward Windsor 3rb Baron Windsor of Bradenham, nephew of George Windsor and his wife Ursula née Vere m1 - Peregrine Bertie, 11th Lord Willoughby who served for a time as ambassador to the Danish court at Elsinor m2 - Sir Eustace Harte Henry Howard 1st Earl of Northampton Katherine - married Henry, Lord Berkely Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford Sir Francis de Vere Governor of Brill b. 1560, d. 28 Aug 1609 Buried at Westminster Abbey Sir Francis de Vere Governor of Brill m.2 Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford Anne Acceded 1625 Elizabeth Trentham Horatio de Vere 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury Mary Tracy = Horatio de Vere John 1st Baron Frances Vere of Tilbury b. 1576 m. Robert Harcourt m. Sir William Norreys m.2 Elizabeth Trussel m2 Sir Edward Knightley m1. Margaret Spring = Jane b. 1440 John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth Possibly a god-daughter of the Queen Daughter of Thomas Trentham of Rocester Abbey b. 1565, d. 2 May 1635 b. c. 1562/3 at Rocester Buried at Westminster Abbey buried 3 Jan 1613 at Hackney Elizabeth Mary Catherine Anne m. John Holles m. Roger Townshend m2. John Poulett m. Thomas Fairfax Will dated 25 Nov 1612 Dorothy m.2 m.1 = Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford = Anne Cecil Lorde Greate Chamberleyne of Englande, Viscount Bulbecke, and Lorde of Badlesmere and Scales. daughter of Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley Secretary of State, Lord Treasurer b. April 12 1550 d 24 June 1604 Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth Also had illegitimate son, Sir Edward Vere b. 23 March 1581, d 1629 with Anne Vavasour, lady of bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth b. 5 Dec 1556 d. 5 June 1588 at the palace at Greenwich buried at Westminster Abbey m. 19 Dec 1571 Sir William Cecil Lord Burghley Henry de Vere 18th Earl of Oxford Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford Elizabeth de Vere Bridget de Vere Susan de Vere son Lord Great Chamberlain b. 2 July 1575, d. 10 March 1627 Date of birth is according to Burghley. Edward de Vere initially considers the child illegitimate thus beginning a five estrangement with Anne b. 6 April 1584 b. 26 May 1587, bur 1 Feb 1628-9 b+d May 1583 married, 27 Dec 1604, Philip Herbert, 1st Earl of Montgomery, 4th Earl of Pembroke, Knight of the Garter 1608, brother of William Herbert (See Bridget) who were the ‘incomparable brethren’ who financed the First Folio of Shakespeare Frances de Vere b. 24 Feb 1593, June 1625 died without issue 1 Jan 1624: married Diana Cecil daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter On Henry’s death, the manorship and castle of Hedingham, having been purchased by Elizabeth Trentham, Countess of Oxford, pass by entail, to her brother ffrancis Trentham married, 26 Jan 1594, William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (d. 29 Sept 1642) Knight of the Garter 1601 married, May/June 1599, Francis Norris, 2nd Lord of Rycote, Earl of Berkshire. Prior to marriage was affianced to William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Lord Chamberlain, Knight of the Garter brother of Philip Herbert see Susan de Vere buried infant 12 Sept 1587 Philip Herbert Earl of Montgomery Copyright 2007 Jeremy Crick. I gratefully acknowledge Nina Green’s help in supplying additional information. Published on behalf of the De Vere Society, www.deveresociety.co.uk
