Robert de Vere , 5th Earl of Oxford 
Robert de was born about 1240 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Robert de's father was Hugh de Vere , 4th Earl of Oxford and his mother was Hawise de Quincy. His paternal grandparents were Robert de Vere , 3rd Earl of Oxford, MCS and Isabel de Bolbec; his maternal grandparents were Saier IV de Quincy , 1st Earl of Winchester and Margaret de Beaumont. He had two sisters named Isabel de and Laura de. He was the second oldest of the three children. He died before September 7th, 1296 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England.General Notes
Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford; hereditary Master Chamberlain of England; knighted 1264 (by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester on the eve of the Battle of Lewes); as a supporter of de Montfort's was taken unawares at Kenilworth 1 Aug 1265 and temporarily deprived of the Earldom till the provisions of the Dictum of Kenilworth (which among other things restored it to him) came into force 1266; the Chamberlainship, of which he had also been deprived, was not restored him though he appears to have been permitted to perform its duties at Edward I's coronation 1274; married Alice, daughter and heiress of Gilbert de Sanford, and died by 7 Sep 1296. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.< 1090 in of Great Addington & Drayton, Northamptonshire, England d.15 May 1141 in Slain in a riot in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1110 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England d.26 Dec 1194 in Earls Colne Priory, Halstead, Essex, England
- b.~ 1093 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.~ 1163
- b.~ 1072 in Clermont, Beauvais, Oise, France
- b.~ 1164 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.<25 Oct 1221 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.~ 1121 in Rayleigh, Rochford, Essex, England d.1163
- b.BET 1151 AND 1152 in Haughley, Stow, Suffolk, England d.> 1194
- b.~ 1125 in Essex, England
- b.~ 1210 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.<23 Dec 1263 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.1114 in Blanchland, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Styford, Northhampshire, England d.< 1187
- b.1119 in Blanchland, Northhampshire, England
- b.~ 1167 in Styford, Northumberland, England d.~ 1194
- b.~ 1142 in Blanchland, Northhampshire, England d.> 1170
- b.~ 1184 in Hatfield, Essex, England d.3 FEB 1244/45
- b.~ 1150 in Stanstead Montfichet, Essex, England d.1204
- b.~ 1170 in Stanstead Montfichet, Essex, England d.> 1215
- b.~ 1155 in England
- b.~ 1240 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.<07 Sep 1296 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
- b.~ 1098 in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England d.1158 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1138 in Long Buckley, England, Northamptonshire, England d.<29 Sep 1198
- b.1093 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.1140 in Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England
- b.1155 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.03 Nov 1219 in Damietta, Egypt, on way to Holy Land
- b.1107 in Leuchars, Fifes, Scotland
- b.~ 1135 in Leuchars, Fifes, Scotland d.<Jun 1203
- b.~ 1195 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.AFT 3 FEB 1262/63
- b.~ 1049 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d.05 Jun 1118 in As a monk at Abbey of Preaux, Normandy, France
- b.1104 in Leicestershire, England d.05 Apr 1168 in England
- b.~ 1081 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.<Jul 1147 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.< 1135 in Leicestershire, England d.31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo, Greece (went on crusade 1179)
- b.1108 in Montford de Gael, Brittany, France
- b.1154 in Leicestershire, England d.ABT 12 JAN 1234/35 in England
- b.1092 in Grentemesnil, Calvados, Normandy, France d.10 FEB 1197/98
- b.~ 1130 in Leicestershire, England d.01 Apr 1212 in Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1049 in Beaumont-le-Roger, Eure, Normandy, France d.05 Jun 1118 in As a monk at Abbey of Preaux, Normandy, France
- b.1105 in Beaumont, Sur-Oise, Normandy, France d.11 Jul 1191 in Rheims, France
- b.~ 1081 in Valois now Oise, Picardy, France d.<Jul 1147 in Priory of Lewes, Sussex, England
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‌Robert de and Alice de were married in a religious ceremony. They had three sons and a daughter, named Robert de, Alfonso de, Hugh 1st Baron de and Joan de.
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Children
Robert de Vere , 6th Earl of Oxford
Robert de was born on June 24th, 1257 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England. He died at the age of 73 on April 17th, 1331 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (dspm).
Joan de Vere
Joan de was born in 1261 in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England. She died before November 23rd, 1293 in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England.
Alfonso de Vere , of Great Hormead, Sir Knight
Alfonso de was born before 1262 in Great Hormead, Royston, Hertfordshire, England. He died about December 20th, 1329 in Aston Sandford, Buckinghamshire, England.
Hugh 1st Baron de Vere , of Swanscombe, Sir
Hugh 1st Baron de was born in Hedingham Castle, Essex, England. He died after May 22nd, 1319 in Swanscombe, Dartford, Kent, England (dsp).
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