Aubrey (III) de Vere, earl of Oxford

Count of Guînes

Earl of Oxford

Events

Date of Birth: about 1115.

Crouch (ODNB) states that Aubrey died “probably in his late seventies, and possibly even in his early eighties.” Keats-Rohan (p. 235) gives about 1110.

Date of Death: 26 December 1194.

The date is given by Crouch (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:207).

Place of Burial: Colne Priory, Essex.

The place is given by Crouch (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:207).

Relationships

Father: Aubrey (II) de Vere (died 1141).

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 235), and by the Complete Peerage (10:199).

Mother: Alice de Clare (died about 1163).

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:199).

Spouse: Beatrice, daughter of Henry, constable of Bourbourg. Later divorced.

This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (10:204) and by Keats-Rohan (p. 235).

Spouse: Euphemia, said to be the daughter of William de Cantilupe. Died 1153/4.

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 235, p. 245), and by the Complete Peerage (10:205).

Spouse: Agnes of Essex (1151 - 1206 or after).

This relationship is given by Crouch (ODNB), by Keats-Rohan (p. 235), and by the Complete Peerage (10:206).

Children (by Agnes):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Aubrey (IV) de Vere married (1) Isabel, daughter of Walter de Bolebec; married (2) Alice, said to be a daughter of Roger Bigod, 2nd earl of Norfolk.

Ralph.

Robert de Vere (died 1221), married Isabel,daughter of Hugh de Bolebec.

Henry.

Alice married Geoffrey de Say.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Aubrey (III)” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Crouch, David. “Vere, Aubrey (III) de, count of Guînes and earl of Oxford (d. 1194)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

DeAragon, RaGena C. “Vere, Robert de (d. 1221)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Keats-Rohan, Katharine S. B. Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1106 - 1166. (Woodbridge: 2002).