5th earl of Oxford
Events
Date of Birth: about 1240.
The date is given by the Complete Peerage (10:216).
Date of Death: 1296.
The date is given by Waugh (ODNB). The Complete Peerage (10:218) states that Robert died before 7 September 1296.
Place of Burial: Earls Colne. His heart was buried in the Grey Friars, Ipswich.
The place is given by the Complete Peerage (10:218).
Relationships
Father: Hugh de Vere, fourth earl of Oxford.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (10:216).
Mother: Hawise, daughter of Saher de Quincy, 1st earl of Winchester.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (10:216).
Spouse: Alice (died 1312), daughter of Gilbert de Sanford.
This relationship is given by the Complete Peerage (10:217).
Children:
(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.)
Robert de Vere (about 24 June 1257 - 17 April 1331) married Margaret de Mortimer.
Hugh de Vere married Denise de Munchensy.
Alfonso de Vere married Joan.
Gilbert de Vere.
Joan de Vere (died 1293) married William (V) de Warenne.
Philip de Vere.
John de Vere.
Hawise de Vere.
References
Cawley, Charles. “Hugh de Vere” 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).
Waugh, Scott L. “Warenne, John de, sixth earl of Surrey (1231-1304)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).