de Vere coat of arms

de Vere family

"The noblest subject in England, and Indeed, as Englishmen loved to say, the noblest subject in Europe, was Aubrey de Vere........who derived his title through an uninterrupted male descent, from a time when the families of Howard and Seymour were still obscure, when the Nevills and Percys enjoyed only a provincial celebrity, and when even the great name of Plantagenet had not yet been heard in England. One chief of the house of de Vere had held high command at Hastings; another had marched, with Godfrey and Tancred, over heaps of slaughtered Moslems, to the sepulchre of Christ. The first Earl of Oxford had been minister of Henry Beauclerc, The third earl had been conspicuous among the lords who extorted the great Charter from JOHN. The seventh earl had fought bravely at Cressy and Poictiers. The seventeenth earl had shone at the court of Elizabeth I, and had won for himself an honourable place among the early masters of English poetry". - by Baron Thomas Babbington Macaulay ... more

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Melusine de Ver

  • A1 ~ Rainfroi de Ver, m. Melusine;
    • B1 ~ Milo I de Ver, Duke of Anjou, d:800, m. Bertha of France;  ==>  Franks (Charlemagne)
      • C1 ~ Milo II de Ver, m. Avelina de Nauntes;
        • D1 ~ Nicasius de Ver, m. Agathe of Champaigne;
          • E1 ~ Otho de Ver, m. Constance de Chartres;
            • F1 ~ Amelius de Ver, m. Helena de Blois;
              • G1 ~ Gallus de Ver, m. Gerbrudis de Cleremont;
                • H1 ~ Manasses de Ver, m. Petronilla de Boulogne;
                  • I1 ~ Alphonsus de Ver, Earl of Genney, m. Katherine of Flanders;
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    • J1 ~ Aubrey de Vere, lvd:1040/1110, m. Beatrice de Ghisnes;
      • K1 ~ Alberic de Vere, d:1141, m. Adeliza de Clare;  ==>  de Clare family
        • L1 ~ Rohese de Vere, m. Payne de Beauchamp;  <==  Beauchamp family
        • L2 ~ Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford, lvd:1141, m. Agnes of Essex;
          • M1 ~ Robert de Vere, "Robin Hood", 3rd Earl of Oxford, lvd:1164/1211, m. Isabel de Bolbec;
            • N1 ~ Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford, b:1210, m. Hawise de Quincy;  ==>  de Quincy family
              • O1 ~ Isabel de Vere, m. Hugh de Courtenay;  <==  Courtenay family
              • O2 ~ Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford, d:1296, m. Alice de Saundford;  <==  Zouche family
                • P1 ~ Joan de Vere, m. Sir William Plantagenet de Warrenne;  <==  Plantagenet Dynasty
                • P2 ~ Alphonsus de Vere, m. Jane Foliot;
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      • R1 ~ John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, d:1360, m. Maud Badlesmere;
        • S1 ~ Margaret de Vere, d:1398, m. Henry Beaumont;  <==  Beaumont family
        • S2 ~ Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, d:1400, m. Alice FitzWalter;  ==>  FitzWalter family
          • T1 ~ Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, d:1417, m. Alice Sergaux;
            • U1 ~ John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, lvd:1408/1462, m. Elizabeth Howard;  ==>  Howard family
              • V1 ~ Sir George de Vere, d:1503, m. Margaret Stafford;  ==>  Stafford family

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