Robert de Vere (died 1221)

third earl of Oxford

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: shortly before 25 October 1221.

The date is given by DeAragon (ODNB) and the Complete Peerage (10:213).

Place of Burial: the Benedictine Priory of Hatfield Broadoak.

The place is given by DeAragon (ODNB) and the Complete Peerage (10:213).

Relationships

Father: Aubrey (III) de Vere (died 1194), first earl of Oxford.

This relationship is given by DeAragon (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:210).

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

This relationship is given by DeAragon (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:210).

Spouse: Isabel de Bolebec (about 1164 - 1245).

This relationship is given by DeAragon (ODNB) and by the Complete Peerage (10:212).

Children:

Hugh de Vere (about 1210 - before 23 December 1263), fourth earl of Oxford, married Hawise de Quincy.

Eleanor de Vere married Ralph Gernon.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Robert” 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).

DeAragon, RaGena C. “Bolebec, Isabel de, countess of Oxford (c. 1164 - 1245)” 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).