Trustworthy information about all the de Vere Earls of Oxford, with a special emphasis on Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford.

Vere Earls of Oxford

Alphonso, Count de Ghisnes
earliest known ancestor.


Alberic (Aubrey) de Vere
(came to England in 1066)


Aubrey II de Vere,
Great Chamberlain (d.1141)


* EO 1 - Aubrey de Vere,
1st Earl of Oxford (d.1194)


* EO 2 - Aubrey de Vere,
2nd Earl of Oxford (d.1214)


* EO 3 - Robert de Vere,
3rd Earl of Oxford (d.1221)


* EO 4 - Hugh de Vere,
4th Earl of Oxford (d.1221)


* EO 5 - Robert de Vere,
5th Earl of Oxford (d.1296)


* EO 6 - Robert de Vere,
6th Earl of Oxford (d.1331)


* EO 7 - John de Vere
7th Earl of Oxford (d.1360)


* EO 8 - Sir Thomas de Vere,
8th Earl of Oxford (d.1371)


* EO 9 - Robert de Vere,
9th Earl of Oxford (d.1392)


* EO10 - Aubrey de Vere,
10th Earl of Oxford (d.1400)

* EO11 - Robert de Vere
11th Earl of Oxford (d.1417)

* EO12 - John de Vere,
12th Earl of Oxford (d.1462)

* EO13 - John de Vere,
13th Earl of Oxford (d.1513)

* EO14 - Sir Robert de Vere,
14th Earl of Oxford

* EO15 - John de Vere,
15th Earl of Oxford, (d.1539)

* EO16 - John de Vere,
16th Earl of Oxford (d.1562)

* EO17 - Edward de Vere,
17th Earl of Oxford (d.1604)

* EO18 - Henry de Vere,
18th Earl of Oxford (d.1625)

* EO19 - Robert de Vere,
19th Earl of Oxford (d.1632)

* EO20 - Aubrey de Vere,
20th Earl of Oxford (d.1702)

Special Feature: A detailed review, rebuttal, and response to Alan H. Nelson's 2003 book, Monstrous Adversary, which purports to be a biography of the 17th Earl of Oxford, but is, in fact, a failed attempt at posthumous character assassination.
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