Sir Hugh DE VERE 4th Earl of Oxford 4th Earl of Oxford (1207-bef1263)

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Robert DE VERE 3rd Earl of Oxford 3rd Earl of Oxford, son of Aubrey III DE VERE First Earl of Oxford First Earl of Oxford and Agnes OF ESSEX Countess of Oxford Countess of Oxford, was born aft 1164 in Hatfield, Essex, England. He died bef 25 Oct 1221 in Colne Engaine, Essex, England. He was buried in 1221 in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He married Isabel DE BOLEBEC.

Ralph de Vere was the son of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford and Agnes de Essex.

He died before 1194.

http://thepeerage.com/p68959.htm#i689583

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"Ralph DeVere rebelled against Henry II and was taken prisoner alongside Richard the Lionheart in 1174. He subsequently formed an allegiance with King William I of Scotland and was awarded vast tracts of land in Lanarkshire. This land became known as Blackwood Estate, the largest estate in Lanarkshire."

This is an excerpt from the History of the Blackwood Estate.

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Isabel DE BOLEBEC was born in 1164 in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England. She died on 3 Feb 1245 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. She was buried aft 3 Feb 1245 in Church Of Preaching Friars, Oxfordshire, England.

Isabel de Bolebec, Countess of Oxford (c. 1164 – 2 or 3 February 1245), was the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Hugh de Bolebec II, Lord of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, and his wife, Margaret de Montfichet. She married Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, and was a benefactress of the Order of Friars Preacher (Dominicans) in England.

Isabel de Bolebec was the daughter and co-heiress of Hugh de Bolebec II (died c. 1165), Lord of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, and his wife, Margaret de Montfichet. She had a brother, Walter, and a sister, Constance, the wife of Ellis de Beauchamp. In 1206-07 she and Constance were co-heirs to their niece, Isabel de Bolebec, daughter of their brother, Walter, and wife of Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford.

Isabel's first husband was Henry de Nonant (Novaunt), Lord of Totnes, Devon, who died childless in 1206. The widowed Isabel petitioned the Crown in 1207 for the right to marry whom she wished. That same year she married Robert de Vere, a younger brother of the earl of Oxford, by whom she had a son, Hugh de Vere. In the autumn of 1214 Robert inherited the earldom at the death of his brother, Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford, without legitimate offspring, and Isabel became Countess of Oxford. The new earl joined barons and kinsmen whose dissatisfaction with King John prompted their rebellion. On 15 June 1215 the King agreed to Magna Carta, and Oxford was one of twenty-five barons elected to guarantee its observance, and was thus among those excommunicated by Pope Innocent III when he released the King from its terms. In 1216 King John besieged and took the Oxford's seat, Castle Hedingham, in Essex. Oxford made peace with the regents of John's son, Henry III the next year, and later served as a royal judge. He died before 25 October 1221.

Isabel inherited the barony of Bolebec, and from her death in 1245 until 1703 the Earls of Oxford adopted the style of "Baron de Bolebec" in addition to their title of earl, and from 1462-1625 that of "Viscount Bolebec".

On the death of Earl Robert, the widowed Countess purchased the wardship of her minor son from the crown for the substantial sum of 6000 marks. In 1237, she and Hugh traveled together on a pilgrimage "beyond the seas". In 1224-25 Isabel sued Woburn Abbey for the manor of Mendham.

Isabel was a benefactress of the Order of Friars Preacher (Dominicans) in England, helping them to find quarters at Oxford, and contributing to the building of their oratory there about 1227. When the friars needed a larger priory, she and the Bishop of Carlisle bought land south of Oxford and contributed most of the funds and materials. She was buried in the new church in the friary there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_de_Bolebec

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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:

"Isabel was the eldest daughter of Hugh de Bolebec. She appears first in the records as the widow of Henry de Nonant (d. 1206), lord of Totnes, Devon, her first husband. In 1207 she petitioned the crown for the right to marry whom she wished. The first installment of her fine was paid by Robert de Vere, earl of Oxford, her second husband, who had made his own fine to marry Isabel if she consented. At the time of her remarriage she was coheir of her niece Isabel de Bolebec, countess of Oxford and Robert de Vere's former sister-in-law (with whom she is frequently confused). By c.1225 Isabel had inherited all of the Bolebec honour of thirty knights' fees in Buckinghamshire.

"Isabel bore her only known child, Hugh de Vere, late in her reproductive years. She purchased his wardship and the guardianship of his inheritance upon her husband's death in 1221 for £2228 (6000 marks), and traveled with him on pilgrimage beyond the seas in 1237. A generally successful suitor at court, she engaged in a long-running dispute with Woburn Abbey.

"The countess was the chief benefactor of the Dominican order in Oxford. The friars sent to England in 1221 were assisted in their search for quarters in the Oxford Jewry by Isabel, who took a Dominican as her confessor and financed their oratory to the east of St Aldate's Street c.1227. When the friars decided to expand, she bought land to the south of Oxford for them. On her death on 3 February 1245 her body was temporarily entombed in their oratory, then transported to the newly consecrated Dominican priory church in St Ebbe's for burial. A monument proclaimed Isabel their foundress. Her other known charitable grants were to the hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, and to Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire (a Bolebec foundation)."

Birth

c1164, from the citation to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography in her Wikipedia article note that this differs from the birth year guessed for her "1176?" in the ODNB entry for her husband, Robert de Vere.

about 1160, based on "...in or just before 1207...Isabel, who was probably a maiden aunt, well over forty,1 was at once sought in marriage as 'daughter of Hugh and sister and heir of Walter de Bolebec,' by Robert de Ver, younger brother to the Earl.

Marriages

Before 1206 to Henry de Nonent (about 1197)

Between 1206 and 1210 to Robert de Vere (fine to marry in 1208); "before Michaelmas 1207"

"Sometime before Michaelmas 1207 Robert had married Isabel de Bolebec, the aunt and namesake of Earl Aubrey’s wife, who had died childless in 1206 or 1207. Isabel the niece had been the heiress to the Bolebec estate, which was centred on Whitchurch (Bucks.), and her own heirs were her two aunts. Robert’s marriage can therefore be seen as part of a de Vere strategy to retain control over at least half of the Bolebec lands."

"Her two marriages are confirmed by the Testa de Nevill which includes a writ of King John dated 1212 recording that "Robertus de Ver" held "manerium de Cliston" in Devon "de dote cum Isabella uxore sua que fuit uxor Henrici de Nunant", adding that King Henry I had first granted the manor to "Rogero de Nunant antecessori suo".

Children with Robert de Vere

They had one son, Hugh (born about 1210), and one daughter, Eleanor.

"... order dated 20 Oct 1222 under which King Henry III granted custody of "Hugonis filii et heredis Roberti de Ver, quondam comitis Oxonie" to "Ysabelle de Bolebec comitisse Oxonie" dated 19 Jun 1222

Death

3 February 1245

Burial

February 1245, Church of the Black Friars, Oxford, England

bur Oxford, Church of the Preaching Friars

The Dominican priory church of the Black Friars (Friars Preachers), Oxford, Oxfordshire, was founded by her husband, Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, in the early 13th century and was dissolved by Henry VIII in the 1530s during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

Research Notes

Fines Rolls show Isabel out-lived her husband:

6/23 (13 November 1221)

[No date]. Isabella de Bolbec, countess of Oxford, has made fine with the king, by £2228 2s. 9½d., for having custody of the land and her son, the heir of Robert de Vere, formerly earl of Oxford , her husband, so that, beyond that fine, she will answer the king at the Exchequer for £1778 11s. of the debt that the earl owed to the king for several debts. She is also to render 250 m. of the aforesaid monies at Hilary in the sixth year, 250 m. at Easter in the same year, 250 m. at the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the same year, 250 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and £400 in the following year at the terms aforesaid, and £400 from year to year by the same terms until the aforesaid fine and debt have been paid in full.

This Isabel was "co-heiress in 1206-7 to her niece, Isabel de Bolebec, wife of Robert's brother Aubrey de Vere."

J.H Round explained the confusing records about Isabel and her family:

Her land, we read, had been (like her father's) in the custody of Reginald de Curtenai, since 1175 or thereabout, but she herself was in that of Aubrey, Earl of Oxford. In 1190 (she was then about fifteen) he gave no less than 500 marcs for licence to marry her to his son, who must have secured the fief, for he paid the scutage due on it. Her name and the fact of the marriage (although ignored in works on the peerage) are proved by two charters—Harl. Chart., 57 C. 3 and Add. Chart. 6026—granted by "Albericus de Ver filius Alberici comitis et femina sua Isabel filia Walteri de Bolebech," of which the latter was granted to Woburn Abbey and was, I have found, the actual charter produced by the Abbot of Woburn in 1231.

(Bracton's Notebook, Case 633). This Isabel, it appears, died childless, so that her husband, then Earl, could not even claim tenure " by the curtesy." The Bolebec fief passed away to his wife's heirs.

This crisis in the Veres' fortunes must be dated in or just before 1207. It is evident that the heirs of the Countess were her father's sisters, Isabel and a younger sister. Isabel, who was probably a maiden aunt, well over forty,1 was at once sought in marriage as " daughter of Hugh and sister and heir of Walter de Bolebec," by Robert de Ver, younger brother to the Earl. She retorted, clearly, by offering £200 and three palfreys that she might not be " distrained " to marry by the King or any other lord (ibid.)." Robert, however, married her and was holding, in 1211, her moiety of the Bolebec barony. He succeeded to the earldom and was father by her of the next earl, Hugh. There were thus two successive earls, each of whom married an heiress, named Isabel de Bolebec. This singular fact has been hitherto unsuspected.

Marriage to Henry de Nonant:

Richardson states that Robert de Vere married the widow of Henry de Nonant (d 1206). This agrees with with conclusion given in Complete Peerage, in its "Oxford" article, which explains that the evidence is in the Curia Regis Rolls, vol. vii, p. 342, and also explains how the evidence has been misinterpreted.

Darryl Lundy states, incorrectly, that Isabel married Henry de Nonant after 1221, presumably based on Robert de Vere's death in 1221 - Richardson has that Robert de Vere died "before 25 October 1221".

Robert DE VERE 3rd Earl of Oxford and Isabel DE BOLEBEC had the following children:

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Aubrey III DE VERE First Earl of Oxford First Earl of Oxford, son of Aubrey II DE VERE and Adeliza CLARE, was born in 1115. He died on 26 Dec 1194 in Earls Colne, Essex, England. He was buried in Colne Priory, Earls Colne, Essex, England. He married Agnes OF ESSEX Countess of Oxford.

Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford (c. 1115 – 26 December 1194) was a noble involved in the succession conflict between King Stephen and Empress Matilda in the mid-twelfth century.

He was the son of Aubrey de Vere, master chamberlain, and Alice (died c. 1163), a daughter of Gilbert de Clare.

In 1136 or 1137 Aubrey de Vere married Beatrice, the daughter of Henry, Constable of Bourbourg, and the granddaughter and heiress of Manasses, Count of Guînes in the Pas de Calais. After the death of Manasses late in 1138, Aubrey travelled to Guînes, did homage to Thierry, Count of Flanders, and was made Count of Guînes by right of his wife. The marriage, however, may not have been consummated, due to the poor health of Beatrice.

Aubrey de Vere succeeded on 15 May 1141, after his father had been slain by a mob in London at a time of civil war between King Stephen and the Empress Matilda over the succession to the crown. King Stephen had been captured at the Battle of Lincoln in February 1141, so Aubrey did homage to the Empress. His brother-in-law, the Earl of Essex, appears to have negotiated the grant of an earldom to Aubrey in July 1141, which grant was confirmed by Henry fitz Empress in Normandy. The latter charter provided that Aubrey de Vere would be Earl of Cambridgeshire, with the third penny, unless that county were held by the King of Scots, in which case he was to have a choice of four other titles. In the event, de Vere took the title of Earl of Oxford. Earl Geoffrey made his peace with King Stephen when the king regained his freedom late in 1141 and most likely Aubrey de Vere did as well.

In 1143, however, the King arrested Essex and Oxford at St. Albans. Both were forced to surrender their castles to the King to regain their liberty. The earl of Essex retaliated by rebelling against the king; it appears that Oxford did not actively or openly support his brother-in-law.

At some time between 1144 and 1146 the Constable of Bourbourg, arranged a divorce for his daughter Countess Beatrice with Earl Aubrey's consent, after which Oxford ceased to be Count of Guînes.

In or before 1151 Oxford married Euphemia. King Stephen and his wife, Queen Maud, gave the manor of Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, as Euphemia's marriage portion. The marriage was short-lived; Euphemia was dead by 1154, leaving no known issue. She was buried at Colne Priory. On 3 May 1152 Queen Maud died at Oxford's seat of Castle Hedingham, and in the winter of 1152–3 Oxford was with the King at the siege of Wallingford, attesting important charters in 1153 as "earl Aubrey."

In 1162 or 1163 Earl Aubrey took as his third wife Agnes, the daughter of Henry of Essex, lord of Rayleigh. At the time of the marriage Agnes was probably aged twelve. Soon after their marriage, Aubrey's father-in-law was accused of treason and fought (and lost) a judicial duel. By 1165 he attempted to have the marriage annulled, allegedly because Agnes had been betrothed to his brother, Geoffrey de Vere, but probably in reality because her father had been disgraced and ruined. Oxford reportedly 'kept his wife shut up and did not allow her to attend church or go out, and refused to cohabit with her', according to the letter the bishop of London wrote to the Pope about the case when the young countess appealed to the Roman Curia. The pope sided with Agnes and declared the marriage valid, but the earl continued to refuse to take her back as his wife. Agnes's friends appealed to the Bishop of London, and ultimately to Pope Alexander III, who in 1171 or 1172 directed the bishop to order Oxford to restore her to her conjugal rights or to suffer interdiction and excommunication. By Agnes, Oxford eventually had four sons, Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford, Ralph, Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, and Henry, and a daughter, Alice.

In 1184 Oxford obtained the wardship of the person of Isabel de Bolebec, daughter of Walter de Bolebec, but not the custody of her lands. In 1190 he paid 500 marks for the right to marry her to his eldest son and heir, Aubrey de Vere, later 2nd Earl of Oxford.

Oxford served during the civil war of 1173–4, helping to repel a force under Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, which landed in Suffolk on 29 September 1173. He was present on 3 September 1189 at the coronation of King Richard I.

Oxford died 26 December 1194, and was buried at Colne Priory. His third wife survived him, and later was buried by his side.

Oxford was a benefactor to several religious houses, including Colne Priory, and Hatfield Regis Priory. He and his wife founded a small nunnery at Castle Hedingham in Essex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Vere,_1st_Earl_of_Oxford

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Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford was born circa 1110.

He was the son of Aubrey de Vere and Alice fitz Gilbert.

He married, firstly, Beatrice de Guises, daughter of unknown, Comte de Guises, in 1139. He and Beatrice de Guises were divorced circa 1146.

He married, secondly, Eufeme de Cauntelo, daughter of William de Cauntelo, before 1152.

He married, thirdly, Agnes de Essex, daughter of Henry de Essex, Lord Rayleigh and Haughley, from 1162 to 1163.

He died on 26 December 1194.

He held the office of Master Chamberlain of England between 1141 and 1194.

He was created 1st Earl of Oxford [England] in 1142.

Children of Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford and Agnes de Essex

1. William de Vere

2. Ralph de Vere d. b 1194

3. Sarah de Vere

4. Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford b. c 1163, d. fr Jan 1214 - Oct 1214

5. Alice de Vere b. a 1163, d. a 1214

6. Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford b. a 1164, d. b 25 Oct 1221

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From Medieval Lands (downloaded 23 August 2018, dvmansur; see link in Sources):

AUBREY [III] ([1110]-26 Dec 1194, bur Colne Priory). The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records that he succeeded his wife's grandfather as Comte de Guines in 1139 but appointed "Arnoldum de Hammis Comestorum appellatum filium Roberti" as his bailly in Guines[1342]. He confirmed grants in England as "Count Aubrey" from [1140/41][1343]. Empress Matilda installed him as Master Chamberlain of England and created him Earl of Oxford in [1142]. The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records the separation of "Albertus Aper et Beatrix"[1344], after which he ceased to be Comte de Guines. The Chronicle of Ralph of Coggeshall records the death of "Albericus de Ver" at the end of the text which records events in 1194[1345]. m firstly (1139, divorced before May 1146) as her first husband, BEATRICE de Bourbourg, daughter of HENRI Châtelain of Bourbourg & his first wife Sibylle [Rose] de Guines (after 1120-[1146], bur Abbey of La Capelle). The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium names "Beatricem" as the only daughter of "castellano Broburgensi Henrico" & his wife Sibylle/Rose, and her marriage in England to "Alberto Apro"[1346]. She married secondly (1146) as his third wife, Baudouin Seigneur d'Ardres. The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records that "pater meus [Balduinus]" married "Broburgensis castellani nobilis Henrici et Rose Ghisnensis comitis Manassis filie, filia Beatrice...Ghisnensis comitatus herede"[1347]. m secondly ([1146/52]) EUPHEME de Cauntelo, daughter of WILLIAM [I] de Cauntelo & his wife --- (-[1153/54], bur Colne Priory). “Eufemia comitissa” donated property to Colne priory, with the consent of “comitis Alberici mariti mei”, by charter dated to the reign of King Stephen, witnessed by “comite Alberico, Gilberto de Veer…”[1348]. m thirdly ([1162/63]) AGNES de Essex, daughter of HENRY de Essex, Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley & his wife Cicely --- ([1151/52]-after 1206[1349], bur Colne Priory). Earl Aubrey tried to repudiate his third wife within a year but in [1171/72] Alexander III King of Scotland directed the Bishop of London to order Earl Aubrey to take her back[1350]. Earl Aubrey & his third wife had five children: (Aubrey, Ralph, Robert, Henry and Alice).

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"Here lies Aubrey de Vere's son Alberic de Vere, the Earl Guisney the first Earl of Oxford, Great Chamberlain of England, which for the most daring and unbridled imagination Grymme Aubrey name, died on 26 December, and the year 1194, Richard I. sixth."

("Hic jacet Albericus de Vere, filius Alberici de Vere, comes de Guisney et primus comes Oxonie magnus camerarius Anglie qui propter summam audaciam, et effrenatam pravitatem Grymme Aubrey vocabatur, obijt 26 die Decembris, anno Christi, 1194, Richard I. sexto.")

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Agnes OF ESSEX Countess of Oxford Countess of Oxford was born in 1151 in Rayleigh, Essex, England. She died aft 1212 in Oxfordshire, England. She was buried in Colne Priory.

Agnes of Essex, Countess of Oxford (1151– 1212 or later) was the daughter of a royal constable Henry of Essex and his second wife, Alice. At the age of three she was betrothed to Geoffrey de Vere, brother of the first Earl of Oxford, and turned over to be raised by the Veres soon thereafter. She remained in the household of the earl of Oxford about three years, then moved to Geoffrey's care. In her eleventh year Agnes rejected the match with Geoffrey and by early 1163 was married to his eldest brother Aubrey de Vere III, 1st Earl of Oxford, as his third wife.

In spring 1163, Agnes's father Henry was accused of treason and fought (and lost) a judicial duel. After her father's disgrace and the resulting forfeiture of his lands and offices, the earl of Oxford sought to have his marriage to Agnes annulled. On 9 May 1166, she appealed her case from the court of the bishop of London to the pope (the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, being in exile at the time). While the case was pending in Rome, the earl reportedly kept Agnes confined in one of his three castles, for which the bishop of London Gilbert Foliot reprimanded Aubrey. Pope Alexander III ruled in her favor, thus establishing the canon law requirement of consent by females in betrothal and the sacrament of marriage.

The couple later jointly founded a Benedictine priory for nuns near their castle at Castle Hedingham, Essex around 1190. Countess Agnes long survived her husband and in 1198 paid the crown for the right to remain unmarried. She died sometime in or after 1212 and was buried in the Vere mausoleum at Colne Priory, Essex.

Name Dispute

Many mistakenly have called Earl Aubrey's third wife Lucia, rather than Agnes. This mistake is based on a misreading of a single document associated with a religious house at Hedingham, Essex. A woman named Lucia was the first prioress at Castle Hedingham Priory. On her death in the early thirteenth century, an illustrated mortuary or 'bede' roll was carried to many religious houses requesting prayers for her soul. In the preface of that document Lucia is called the foundress of the priory. As the role of "founder" is generally ascribed to lay patrons and the countess presumably cooperated with her husband in the founding of the house, 18th-century scholars erroneously assumed that the prioress was Earl Aubrey's widow. Royal records disprove that assumption.

Children

Agnes bore her husband four sons and a daughter, including two future earls of Oxford:

1. Aubrey IV and

2. Robert I.

3. Her daughter Alice married 1) Ernulf de Kemesech, 2) John, constable of Chester.

4. Agnes's son Henry appears to have become chancellor of Hereford Cathedral under his uncle, Bishop William de Vere, and later a royal clerk under King John of England.

5. Little is known of Ralph de Vere except that he may have been the second son (from the order in which he witnessed his father's charters) and died before 1214, when his younger brother Robert succeeded to the earldom on the death of Aubrey IV, 2nd earl.

-- Wikiwand: Agnes of Essex, Countess of Oxford

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Agnes of Essex, countess of Oxford (c.1151-c.1212) was the daughter of Henry of Essex and his second wife. She was betrothed at age three to Geoffrey de Vere, brother of the first earl of Oxford, and turned over to the de Veres soon thereafter. Agnes later rejected the match with Geoffrey and by 1163 had married his brother Aubrey de Vere III, the earl (died 1194), as his third wife.

After her father's disgrace and forfeiture of lands and office in that year, the earl sought to have his marriage annulled. Agnes fought the action. On May 9, 1166, she appealed her case from the court of the bishop of London to the pope (the archbishop Canterbury, Thomas Becket, being in exile at the time). While the case was pending in Rome, the earl kept Agnes confined in one of his three castles, for which the bishop of London Gilbert Foliot reprimanded Aubrey. Pope Alexander ll ruled in her favor, thus establishing the right and requirement of consent by females in betrothal and the sacrament of marriage.

The couple may have co-operated in the founding of a Benedictine nunnery near their castle at Castle Hedingham, Essex. Countess Agnes survived her husband and in 1198 paid the crown for the right to remain unmarried. She died sometime in or after 1212 and was buried in the Vere mausoleum at Colne Priory, Essex/ Many have followed the mistake of antiquarians in believing the third wife of earl Aubrey to have been named Lucia. A woman of this name was prioress at Castle Heingham Priory. On Lucia's death in the early thirteenth century, a mortuary of "bede" roll was carried to many religious houses in the region requesting prayers, and in the preface of that document Lucia is called the foundress of the priory. As the countess presumably cooperated with her husband in the founding of the house, the erroneous assumption was made that the prioress was in fact Earl Aubrey's widow.

Agnes bore her husband four sons and a daughter, including two future earls of Oxford: Aubrey IV and Robert l. Her daughter Alice married 1) Ernulf de Kemesech, 2) John, constable of Chester. Their son Henry may have become chancellor of Hereford Catherdral in the bishopric of his uncle, William de Vere, and later a royal clerk under King John of England. Little is known of Roger de Vere except that he may have been the second son and that he died by 1214, so that his younger brother Robert succeeded to the title on the death of the eldest son Aubrey IV. from Wikipedia

References: 1. RaGena DeAragon. "The Child-Bride, the Earl, and the Pope: The Marital Fortunes of Agnes of Essex" in Henry l and the Anglo-Norman World, 2007 Boydell & Brewer, and 2. G. E. Cokayne, Completer Peerage, (bio was prepared by

Audrey DeCamp Hoffman the 20th great-granddaughter of Agnes of Essex, countess of Oxford)

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It is unknown which wife was the mother of Henry's daughter, Agnes, who married Aubrey de Vere, first Earl of Oxford, as his third wife, but Alice seems most likely.

-- Wikiwand: Henry of Essex.

Aubrey III DE VERE First Earl of Oxford and Agnes OF ESSEX Countess of Oxford had the following children:

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Aubrey II DE VERE, son of Aubrey I DE VERE and Beatrice DE GHENT, was born c. 30 Jul 1082 in Hedingham, Essex, England. He died on 15 May 1141 in London, England. He was buried aft 15 May 1141 in Earls Colne, Essex, England. He married Adeliza CLARE.

Aubrey de Vere (c. 1085 – May 1141) ... eldest surviving son of Aubrey de Vere and his wife Beatrice. (Wikipedia)

AUBREY [II] ([before 1090]-London 15 May 1141[1099], bur Colne Priory, Essex).

The Chronicle of Abingdon records a donation by "dapiferi Albrici…et uxore eius Beatrice", with the consent of "eorum filiis…Albricus, Rogerus, Rotbertus, Wuillelmus"[1100]. Sheriff of London and Middlesex [1121/22]. Chamberlain of England, and may have been Chief Justiciar of England from [1139]. “Albericus de Veer regis camerarius” donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, witnessed by “Rogero de Veer et Roberto de Veer fratribus meis…”[1101]. He was killed in a riot in London[1102].

m ADELISA de Clare, daughter of GILBERT FitzRichard Lord of Clare and Tonbridge & his wife Adelisa de Clermont ([1090/95]-1163). Leland quotes a Vere manuscript which names "Albericus de Ver pater meus…Adeliza filia Gilberti de Clare" and "Adeliza de Estsexa, filia Alberici Ver et Adelizæ"[1103]. Her birth date range is estimated from the birth of her first known son in [1110]. She became a nun at the Priory of St Osyth.

Aubrey de Vere & his wife had nine children:

a) ADELISA ([1105]-after 1185). Leland quotes a Vere manuscript which names "Albericus de Ver pater meus…Adeliza filia Gilberti de Clare" and "Adeliza de Estsexa, filia Alberici Ver et Adelizæ" who married "Rogerus filius Richardi, nepos comitis Hugonis Bigot"[1104]. “Roesia comitissa” donated property to Colne priory, for the souls of “patris mei Alberici et Gaufridi domini mei”, by undated charter, witnessed by “…Willielmo de Veer, Adelisa de Veer, Adelisa de Essexa”[1105]. The Rotuli de Dominabus of 1185 records property “Arenho” held by “Alicia de Essex…lx annorum…amita comitis Willelmi et soror comitis Albrici”, adding that she had “ii filios milites et i filiam maritatam Johanni Constabulario Cestrie”[1106]. The same source, in another passage, records that “Alicia de Essex…est iiii.xx annorum” (presumably indicating "4 x 20 years" i.e. 80, which appears to be a more accurate assessment than the statement in the earlier passage that she was 60 years old, given the general chronology of these families) and held “Clavering sicut dotem suam, de feodo Henrici de Essex”, adding that she had “ii filios milites" and land "in comitatu Norhamton…de feodo comitis Willelmi"[1107]. m firstly ROBERT de Essex, son of [ROBERT FitzSwein & his wife Gunnor Bigod] (-[1132/40]). [1108]m secondly ROGER FitzRichard Lord of Warkworth, son of RICHARD & his wife --- (-before 1185).

b) ROHESE de Vere ([1105/10]-after 1166, bur Chicksand Priory). The History of the foundation of Walden abbey records that “Galfridus de Mandavilla…fundator noster” married “Rosam sororem Albredi de Oxenford”[1109]. As her son by her first marriage, Arnulf de Mandeville, received a grant of property in [1141/42] (placing his birth to [1120/25]), it is likely that Rohese was one of her parents’ older children. “G de Magnavilla et Roeisa uxor eius” donated property to Hurley Priory, Berkshire by undated charter[1110]. “Roesia comitissa” donated property to Colne priory, for the souls of “patris mei Alberici et Gaufridi domini mei”, by undated charter, witnessed by “…Willielmo de Veer, Adelisa de Veer, Adelisa de Essexa”[1111]. “Paganum et comitissam Roheis…sponsa mea” donated property to Thorney Monastery, by undated charter witnessed by “…Ivo Taillebois…”[1112]. m firstly GEOFFREY de Mandeville, son of WILLIAM de Mandeville & his wife [Margaret de Rie] (-Mildenhall, Suffolk 14 or 16 Sep 1144, bur 1163 New Temple Church). He was created Earl of Essex in 1140 and 1141. m secondly PAYN de Beauchamp Lord of Bedford, son of ROBERT de Beauchamp & his wife --- (-1156).

c) AUBREY [III] ([1110]-26 Dec 1194, bur Colne Priory). The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records that he succeeded his wife's grandfather as Comte de Guines in 1139 but appointed "Arnoldum de Hammis Comestorum appellatum filium Roberti" as his bailly in Guines[1113]. He confirmed grants in England as "Count Aubrey" from [1140/41][1114]. Empress Matilda installed him as Master Chamberlain of England and created him Earl of Oxford in [1142]. The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records the separation of "Albertus Aper et Beatrix"[1115], after which he ceased to be Comte de Guines. The Chronicle of Ralph of Coggeshall records the death of "Albericus de Ver" at the end of the text which records events in 1194[1116]. m firstly (1139, divorced before May 1146) as her first husband, BEATRICE de Bourbourg, daughter of HENRI Châtelain of Bourbourg & his first wife Sibylle [Rose] de Guines (after 1120-[1146], bur Abbey of La Capelle). The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium names "Beatricem" as the only daughter of "castellano Broburgensi Henrico" & his wife Sibylle/Rose, and her marriage in England to "Alberto Apro"[1117]. She married secondly (1146) as his third wife, Baudouin Seigneur d'Ardres. The Historia Comitum Ghisnensium records that "pater meus [Balduinus]" married "Broburgensis castellani nobilis Henrici et Rose Ghisnensis comitis Manassis filie, filia Beatrice...Ghisnensis comitatus herede"[1118]. m secondly ([1146/52]) EUPHEME de Cauntelo, daughter of WILLIAM [I] de Cauntelo & his wife --- (-[1153/54], bur Colne Priory). “Eufemia comitissa” donated property to Colne priory, with the consent of “comitis Alberici mariti mei”, by charter dated to the reign of King Stephen, witnessed by “comite Alberico, Gilberto de Veer…”[1119]. m thirdly ([1162/63]) AGNES de Essex, daughter of HENRY de Essex, Lord of Rayleigh and Haughley & his wife Cicely --- ([1151/52]-after 1206[1120], bur Colne Priory). Earl Aubrey tried to repudiate his third wife within a year but in [1171/72] Alexander III King of Scotland directed the Bishop of London to order Earl Aubrey to take her back[1121]. Earl Aubrey & his third wife had five children ...

d) GEOFFREY (-1170). “Robertus de Ver constabularius regis Angliæ et Adeluda filia Hugonis de Monteforte uxor mea” donated property to Monks Horton by charter dated to [1140/44] witnessed by “Gaufrido de Ver et Roberto fratre suo...”[1139]. The 1157 Pipe Roll records "Gaufr. de Ver." in Kent ("Cantebr’scr.")[1140]. “Hugo de Montecanisio…et Stephanus filius et hæres meus” donated "ecclesiam de Edwardeston", previously donated by "pater meus Hubertus" to Abingdon, to Colne Priory, Essex by undated charter, witnessed by "comes Albricus [which dates the document to after 1142], Willielmus de Veer, Rogerus de Montecanis…Rogerus de Bellocampo, Gaufridus de Veer, novissime superveniens, Johannes Brito"[1141]. Lord of Clun and Oswestry, Shropshire. Sheriff of Shropshire 1167 to 1170[1142]. m firstly ([1158/60]) as her second husband, ---, widow of WARIN FitzGerold, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her two marriages has not been identified. m secondly ([1160/66]) as her second husband, ISABEL de Say, widow of WILLIAM FitzAlan, daughter of ELIAS de Say Lord of Clun, Shropshire & his wife --- (-[1199][1143]). She married thirdly William Boterel [II] of Cornwall. “Willielmus de Boterell” confirmed the donation, for the soul of “Willielmi filii mei”, by “domina Isabella de Say uxor mea” of the church of St George, Clun to Wenlock Priory, by undated charter witnessed by “Brientio de Say…Hugone Peverell…”[1144].

e) ROBERT (-after 1176). “Robertus de Ver constabularius regis Angliæ et Adeluda filia Hugonis de Monteforte uxor mea” donated property to Monks Horton by charter dated to [1140/44] witnessed by “Gaufrido de Ver et Roberto fratre suo...”[1145]. He inherited his father's fief in Northampton[1146]. m firstly --- (-[1169]). The 1169/70 Pipe Roll records "Robt de Ver" owing ".x. m ut dic p recta particioe heditatis uxoris sue" in Somerset[1147]. m secondly (after 1176) his first cousin, MARGARET de Clare, daughter of BALDWIN FitzGilbert [Clare] Lord of Bourne & his wife Adelina de Rollos . Robert & his first wife had two children ...

f) WILLIAM (-24 Dec 1198). “Roesia comitissa” donated property to Colne priory, for the souls of “patris mei Alberici et Gaufridi domini mei”, by undated charter, witnessed by “…Willielmo de Veer, Adelisa de Veer, Adelisa de Essexa”[1151]. “Hugo de Montecanisio…et Stephanus filius et hæres meus” donated "ecclesiam de Edwardeston", previously donated by "pater meus Hubertus" to Abingdon, to Colne Priory, Essex by undated charter, witnessed by "comes Albricus [which dates the document to after 1142], Willielmus de Veer, Rogerus de Montecanis…Rogerus de Bellocampo, Gaufridus de Veer, novissime superveniens, Johannes Brito"[1152]. Priest. Bishop of Hereford 1186. Ralph de Diceto’s Abbreviationes Chronicorum record in 1186 that “Willelmus de Ver” was consecrated as “Herefordensis episcopus”[1153].

g) GILBERT . "…Gilleberto de Ver…" subscribed the charter dated to [1179] under which Henry II King of England confirmed a donation by "Robertus de Fay" to "comiti Willelmo de Maundevilla"[1154]. Maybe prior of the English chapter of the Knights Hospitallers[1155].

h) JULIANE ([1110/22]-after 1185). ... m firstly (annulled) as his first wife, HUGH Bigod, son of ROGER Bigod of Earsham, Suffolk & his [second] wife Adelise de Tosny ([1095]-before 9 Mar 1177). King Stephen created him Earl of Norfolk in [Dec 1140/Jan 1141]. m secondly WALKELIN Maminot, son of [HUGH Maminot] & his wife [Emma ---] (-[1155/57]).

i) daughter. Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the charter dated 1142 under which Empress Matilda confirmed grants to "Albericus de Veer" and the rights "de cremento Diham que fuit Rogeri de Ramis" to "nepotum ipsius comitis Alberici…filiorum Rogeri de Ramis"[1160]. m ROGER de Raimes Lord of Rayne, Essex, son of WILLIAM de Raimes & his wife --- (-before 1159).

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Adeliza CLARE was born in 1094 in Herefordshire, England. She died on 1 Nov 1163 in St Osyth, Essex, England. She was buried aft 1 Nov 1163 in St. Osyth Priory, St. Osyth, Tendring, Essex, England. She and Aubrey II DE VERE had the following children:

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Aubrey I DE VERE, son of Alphonsus D'VER Count of Ghesnes Count of Ghesnes and Katherine DE FLANDERS Countess de Ghesnes Countess de Ghesnes, was born on 16 Dec 1030 in Ver, Duchy of Normandie. He was a Chamberlain for King Henry I. In 1086 he was a tenant-in-chief of William the Conqueror. In 1106 he was a Sheriff of Berkshire. He died on 26 Dec 1112 in Essex, England. He was buried in Dec 1112 in Earls Colne, Essex, England. He married Beatrice DE GHENT.

Aubrey (Albericus) de Vere (died circa 1112-1113) was a tenant-in-chief in England of William the Conqueror in 1086, as well as a tenant of Geoffrey de Montbray, bishop of Coutances and of Count Alan, lord of Richmond. A much later source named his father as Alphonsus.[1]

Biography

His origins are obscure and various regions have been proposed for his birthplace, from Zeeland to Brittany. He may have been Norman, possibly from the region of Ver in the Cotentin peninsula of western Normandy, but the evidence is such that no certainty is possible. Late medieval sources put forward claims of descent from Charlemagne through the Counts of Flanders or Guînes. In fact, the only connection of the Veres of England with Guînes in Flanders was through a short-lived marriage; Aubrey I's grandson Aubrey de Vere III married Beatrice, heiress to the county of Guînes, in the 12th century but there was no issue and their marriage was annulled after six or seven years of their marriage.

In the Domesday Book, he is listed as "Aubrey the chamberlain" and "Aubrey the queen's chamberlain" as well as Aubrey de Vere. He and his wife held land in nine counties in 1086. Both were accused of some unauthorized land seizures.[2] Aubrey's estates were valued at approximately £300, putting him in roughly the middle ranks of the post-conquest barons of England in terms of landed wealth.[3] He served King Henry I in the first decade of his reign as a chamberlain and local justiciar in the counties of Berkshire and Northamptonshire.[4]

Sometime in or before 1104, Aubrey's eldest son Geoffrey fell ill and was tended at Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire by the royal physician, Abbot Faritius. The youth appeared to have recovered but suffered a relapse, died, and was buried at the abbey. His parents then founded a cell of Abingdon on land they donated for the purpose: Colne Priory, Essex. Within a year of the formal dedication in March 1111, Aubrey I joined that community and died soon. His youngest son William died not long after his father. Both were buried at the priory, establishing it as the Vere family mausoleum.[5] Aubrey de Vere II then succeeded to his father's estates.

Aubrey I was married by 1086. As his spouse's name is recorded as Beatrice in 1104 and Beatrice is named as the mother of his eldest son, she was almost certainly his wife in 1086.[6] Beatrice attended the formal ceremony for the founding of Earl's Colne Priory. Besides sons Geoffrey, Aubrey II, and William mentioned above, the couple's children included Roger and Robert.[7]

Estates

The principal estates held by Aubrey de Vere in 1086: Castle Hedingham, Beauchamp [Walter], Great Bentley, Great Canfield, Earls Colne, [White] Colne, and Dovercourt, Essex; Aldham, Belstead, Lavenham, and Waldingfield, Suffolk; Castle Camps, Hildersham, Silverley, and Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire. He possessed houses and acreage in Colchester and a house in Winchester. As tenant of Geoffrey bishop of Coutances, he held Kensington, Middlesex; Scaldwell and Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire. Of the barony of Count Alan of Brittany, he held the manors of Beauchamp Roding, Canfield, and West Wickham, Essex. His wife held Aldham, Essex, in her own right of Odo bishop of Bayeux. The couple both were accused by Domesday jurors of expansion into Little Maplestead, Essex. Aubrey's seizures or questionable right of possession to estates included Manuden, Essex; Great Hemingford, Huntingdonshire; and Swaffham, Cambridgeshire. (Counties given are those of Domesday Book.)

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Medieval Lands:

AUBREY de Vere, son of --- ([before 1040]-Colne Priory, Essex [1112], bur Colne Priory).

["Alberico de Ver" attested a charter of Conan II Duke of Brittany[1072] (who ruled in his own name from 1057 to 1066). One passage in the Complete Peerage highlights the absence of proof that this was the same person as Aubrey who later held lands in England[1073]. If it was the same person, his career would have been a long one from [1057/66] to [1112], which suggests that they may have been different persons.] William I King of England granted him estates, particularly in north Essex, south Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. He attested a royal charter as Chamberlain [camerarius] in 1084. [Domesday Book records “the land which belonged to Earl Aubrey”, including Compton, Durrington, Winterslow, in Wiltshire, Iffley and Minster in Oxfordshire[1074]. It is not certain that these entries apply to Aubrey de Vere who has not been identified with the comital title in other sources. In addition, the unusual heading to the section "the land which belonged to…" suggests that it may have been confiscated or relinquished before the date of Domesday.] Domesday Book records “Aubrey de Vere” holding numerous properties in Essex[1075]. He acted as Sheriff of Berkshire in [1106][1076]. The Chronicle of Abingdon records a donation by "dapiferi Albrici…et uxore eius Beatrice", with the consent of "eorum filiis…Albricus, Rogerus, Rotbertus, Wuillelmus"[1077].

m (before 1086) BEATRICE, daughter of ---. “Godefridus de Ver, Albrici senioris filius, Albrici junioris frater” donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, which names “matre sua Beatrice”[1078].

Aubrey de Vere & his wife had [six] children:

1. GEOFFREY (-before 1112). “Godefridus de Ver, Albrici senioris filius, Albrici junioris frater” donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, which names “matre sua Beatrice”[1079].

2. AUBREY [II] ([before 1090]-London 15 May 1141[1080], bur Colne Priory, Essex). ...

3. ROGER . The Chronicle of Abingdon records a donation by "dapiferi Albrici…et uxore eius Beatrice", with the consent of "eorum filiis…Albricus, Rogerus, Rotbertus, Wuillelmus"[1142]. “Albericus de Veer regis camerarius” donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, witnessed by “Rogero de Veer et Roberto de Veer fratribus meis…”[1143].

4. ROBERT (-after 1141). The Chronicle of Abingdon records a donation by "dapiferi Albrici…et uxore eius Beatrice", with the consent of "eorum filiis…Albricus, Rogerus, Rotbertus, Wuillelmus"[1144]. “Albericus de Veer regis camerarius” donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, witnessed by “Rogero de Veer et Roberto de Veer fratribus meis…”[1145]. He succeeded his father in Twywell, Northamptonshire[1146]

5. WILLIAM (-bur Colne Priory[1147]). The Chronicle of Abingdon records a donation by "dapiferi Albrici…et uxore eius Beatrice", with the consent of "eorum filiis…Albricus, Rogerus, Rotbertus, Wuillelmus"[1148]. He was a priest before his father's death[1149].

6. [daughter . The Complete Peerage suggests that the mother of Richard de Camville must have been the daughter of Aubrey de Vere: his daughter held "Heldrinham" in 1185, which was held by Aubrey de Vere in 1086[1150]. m --- de Camville, son of ---.]

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Beatrice DE GHENT was born in 1032 in Burgundy, France. She died c. 1106 in Earls Colne, Essex, England, United Kingdom. She was buried c. 1106 in Colne Priory, Earls Colne, Essex, England.

Aubrey I was married by 1086. As his spouse's name is recorded as Beatrice in 1104 and Beatrice is named as the mother of his eldest son, she was almost certainly his wife in 1086. Beatrice attended the formal ceremony for the founding of Earl's Colne Priory. Besides sons Geoffrey, Aubrey II, and William mentioned above, the couple's children included Roger and Robert.

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AUBREY de Vere, son of --- ([before 1040]-Colne Priory, Essex [1112], bur Colne Priory). ...

m (before 1086) BEATRICE, daughter of ---. “Godefridus de Ver, Albrici senioris filius, Albrici junioris frater” donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, which names “matre sua Beatrice”[1078].

Aubrey de Vere & his wife had [six] children:

1. GEOFFREY (-before 1112). “Godefridus de Ver, Albrici senioris filius, Albrici junioris frater” donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, which names “matre sua Beatrice”[1079].

2. AUBREY [II] ([before 1090]-London 15 May 1141[1080], bur Colne Priory, Essex). ...

3. ROGER . The Chronicle of Abingdon records a donation by "dapiferi Albrici…et uxore eius Beatrice", with the consent of "eorum filiis…Albricus, Rogerus, Rotbertus, Wuillelmus"[1142]. “Albericus de Veer regis camerarius” donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, witnessed by “Rogero de Veer et Roberto de Veer fratribus meis…”[1143].

4. ROBERT (-after 1141). The Chronicle of Abingdon records a donation by "dapiferi Albrici…et uxore eius Beatrice", with the consent of "eorum filiis…Albricus, Rogerus, Rotbertus, Wuillelmus"[1144]. “Albericus de Veer regis camerarius” donated property to Colne priory by undated charter, witnessed by “Rogero de Veer et Roberto de Veer fratribus meis…”[1145]. He succeeded his father in Twywell, Northamptonshire[1146]

5. WILLIAM (-bur Colne Priory[1147]). The Chronicle of Abingdon records a donation by "dapiferi Albrici…et uxore eius Beatrice", with the consent of "eorum filiis…Albricus, Rogerus, Rotbertus, Wuillelmus"[1148]. He was a priest before his father's death[1149].

6. [daughter . The Complete Peerage suggests that the mother of Richard de Camville must have been the daughter of Aubrey de Vere: his daughter held "Heldrinham" in 1185, which was held by Aubrey de Vere in 1086[1150]. m --- de Camville, son of ---.]

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Aubrey I DE VERE and Beatrice DE GHENT had the following children:

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Alphonsus D'VER Count of Ghesnes Count of Ghesnes, son of Miles DE VERE and Petronilla BOLEINE Countess of Boulogne Countess of Boulogne, was born c. 1000 in Hedenham, Norfolk, England. He died in Dec 1076 in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany, France. He was buried in 1076. He married Katherine DE FLANDERS Countess de Ghesnes.

1. Alberic de Vere 1st Baron de Vere was the son of Alphonse, Count de Chisnes and Married Beatrix daughter of Henry Cartesian of Bourgboug. In the the latter years of his life he became a monk and at his death was buried in the church of Colhe Priory which he founded.

Late medieval sources put forward claims of descent from Charlemagne through the Counts of Flanders or Guînes. In fact, the only connection of the Veres of England with Guînes in Flanders, was through a short-lived marriage; Aubrey I's grandson Aubrey de Vere III married Beatrice, heiress to the county of Guînes, in the 12th century.

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Katherine DE FLANDERS Countess de Ghesnes Countess de Ghesnes was born c. 1006 in Essex, England. She died on 18 Dec 1030 in France. She was buried in Castle Hedingham, Essex, England. She and Alphonsus D'VER Count of Ghesnes had the following children:

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Miles DE VERE, son of Guillaume DE VERE Comte De Ghisnes Comte De Ghisnes and Gertrude DE CLERMONT, was born c. 0972 in Ver, Duchy of Normandie. He died on 18 Dec 1037 in Conte, Corsica, Francia. He married Petronilla BOLEINE Countess of Boulogne.

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Petronilla BOLEINE Countess of Boulogne Countess of Boulogne was born c. 0972 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. She died on 30 May 1035 in France. She and Miles DE VERE had the following children:

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Guillaume DE VERE Comte De Ghisnes Comte De Ghisnes, son of Aurelius DE VERE and Helene DE BLOIS, was born c. 0930 in Aisne, Picardie, France. He married Gertrude DE CLERMONT in 0947 in Normandie, France. He was christened c. 1021 in Rouëssé-Vassé, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France.

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Gertrude DE CLERMONT was born c. 0935 in Clermont, Oise, France. She died c. 1025 in France. She and Guillaume DE VERE Comte De Ghisnes had the following children:

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Aurelius DE VERE, son of Otho DE VERE and Constance DE CHARTRES, was born c. 0912 in Ver, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. He died c. 1003 in Ver, Manche, Duchy of Normandy, France. He married Helene DE BLOIS.

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Helene DE BLOIS was born c. 0915 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Dukedom of France, West Francia. She died in 1007 in Y, Somme, Picardie, FRANCE. She and Aurelius DE VERE had the following children:

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Otho DE VERE, son of Nichasius VON FOREZ and Agathe DE CHAMPAGNE, was born c. 0869 in Ver, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. He married Constance DE CHARTRES.

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Constance DE CHARTRES was born c. 0865 in Montlhéry, Dukedom of France, West Francia. She died c. 0912 in Somme, Dukedom of France, West Francia. She and Otho DE VERE had the following children:

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Nichasius VON FOREZ, son of Milo DE VERE and Avelina DE NANTES, was born in Provence, France. He died in France. He married Agathe DE CHAMPAGNE.

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Agathe DE CHAMPAGNE was born c. 0825 in Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. She died c. 0890 in Normandy, France. She and Nichasius VON FOREZ had the following children:

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Milo DE VERE, son of Maelo I DE VERE I Duc Angiers, Anjou and Comte D'Anglesis I Duc Angiers, Anjou and Comte D'Anglesis and Bertbelle MARTEL AUSTRASIA, was born c. 0755 in Angers, France. He married Avelina DE NANTES.

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Avelina DE NANTES was born c. 0795 in Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She and Milo DE VERE had the following children:

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Maelo I DE VERE I Duc Angiers, Anjou and Comte D'Anglesis I Duc Angiers, Anjou and Comte D'Anglesis, son of Raymond DE VERE Count of Anjou Count of Anjou and Melusine DE LUSINA, was born c. 0735 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Neustria Francia (Franksish Kingdom). He died c. 0795 in Angers, Anjou, France. He married Bertbelle MARTEL AUSTRASIA.

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Bertbelle MARTEL AUSTRASIA was born in 0735 in Herstal, Liège, Belgium. She died on 12 Jul 0783. She and Maelo I DE VERE I Duc Angiers, Anjou and Comte D'Anglesis had the following children:

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Raymond DE VERE Count of Anjou Count of Anjou, son of King VERE D'ANJOU and Dragon QUEEN OF ANJOU, was born c. 0713 in Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. He died c. 0780 in Neustria, France. He married Melusine DE LUSINA.

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Melusine DE LUSINA (also known as Birth Name Melusine the Elven Dragon Princess, Maelasanu of Avallon, Melusin de Lusina) was born c. 0722 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. She died c. 0759 in Neustria. She was buried in 0759 in Neustria. She married Maelo I DE VERE Duc Angers, Anjou and Comte D'Anglesis. She and Raymond DE VERE Count of Anjou had the following children:

Maelo I DE VERE Duc Angers, Anjou and Comte D'Anglesis Duc Angers, Anjou and Comte D'Anglesis was born c. 0735 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Neustria Francia (Franksish Kingdom). He died c. 0795 in Angers, Anjou, France.

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King VERE D'ANJOU, son of Belli MACNEIGTHON and Melusine DEAGON D'ANU, was born c. 0680. He died c. 0760 in Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, France. He married Dragon QUEEN OF ANJOU.

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Dragon QUEEN OF ANJOU was born c. 0663 in Anjou, France. She died c. 0713. She and King VERE D'ANJOU had the following children:

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Belli MACNEIGTHON, son of Beli l OF ALT CLUT King of Alt Clut King of Alt Clut and [unnamed person], was born c. 0659 in Anjou, France. He died c. 0715 in Anjou. He married Melusine DEAGON D'ANU.

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Melusine DEAGON D'ANU was born c. 0663 in Anjou. She and Belli MACNEIGTHON had the following children:

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Beli l OF ALT CLUT King of Alt Clut King of Alt Clut, son of Guipno MAP DYFNWAL HEN and Unknown, was born c. 0609 in Kingdom of Strathclyde. He married [unnamed person]. He married Tolorcan VERCH EANFRITH Queen of southern Picts.

Tolorcan VERCH EANFRITH Queen of southern Picts Queen of southern Picts was born c. 0634 in Kingdom of Strathclyde. She died c. 0653.

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[unnamed person] was born c. 0609 in Kingdom of Strathclyde. She died c. 0653. She and Beli l OF ALT CLUT King of Alt Clut had the following children:

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Guipno MAP DYFNWAL HEN, son of Dyfnwal HEN AP CINUIT OF ALT CLUT King of Alt Clut King of Alt Clut and Arthwys VERCH CENEU OF RHEGED, was born c. 0580 in Strathclyde, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Unknown.

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Unknown was born c. 0588. She and Guipno MAP DYFNWAL HEN had the following children:

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Dyfnwal HEN AP CINUIT OF ALT CLUT King of Alt Clut King of Alt Clut was born in 0446 in Strathclyde, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He died in 0530 in Strathclyde. He married Arthwys VERCH CENEU OF RHEGED.

Dyfnwal Hen or Dumnagual Hen ("Dyfnwal the Old") was a ruler of the Brittonic kingdom of Alt Clut, later known as Strathclyde, probably sometime in the early 6th century. His biography is vague, but he was regarded as an important ancestor figure for several kingly lines in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North" of Britain. As an ancestor figure, he compares to Coel Hen, another obscure figure credited with founding a number of northern dynasties.

According to the Harleian genealogies, Dyfnwal was the son of a Cinuit, the son of Ceretic Guletic, probably his predecessors as king. The Harleian genealogies name three of his sons, each of whom formed a kingly line: Clinoch, Dyfnwal's successor as king of Alt Clut; Guipno (NB this is NOT the same name as "Gwyddno"), who fathered the later king Neithon; and Cynfelyn, a king of Eidyn or Edinburgh. The Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd, a later genealogy of northern kings, gives a modified version of Dyfnwal's family tree. Here, he is the son of Idnyued and the grandson of Maxen Wledig, better known as the Roman usurper Magnus Maximus. The Bonedd follows the Harleian in making Dyfnwal the great-grandfather of Rhydderch Hael, a later king of Alt Clut, but his other descendants are altered significantly. A Gwyddno is included, but he listed as Dyfnwal's great-grandson rather than son, and he is specifically identified as Gwyddno Garanhir of the Taliesin legend. A highly confused track makes Dyfnwal the ancestor to the family of Áedán mac Gabráin, a 6th-century ruler of the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata.

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Arthwys VERCH CENEU OF RHEGED was born c. 0440 in Scotland. She died c. 0559 in Alba, Romania. She was buried in Alba.

When Arthwys verch Ceneu of Rheged was born about 0440, in Scotland, her father, Saint Ceneu ap Coel III Hen, was 62 and her mother, Queen Generis verch Coel Hen "Candalou", was 65. She married King Dyfnwal Hen ap Cinuit of Alt Clut about 0470, in Strathclyde, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died about 0559, in Alba, Romania, at the age of 121, and was buried in Alba, Romania.

Dyfnwal HEN AP CINUIT OF ALT CLUT King of Alt Clut and Arthwys VERCH CENEU OF RHEGED had the following children: