Aubrey II DE VERE (c. 1082-1141)

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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 ---.]

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#_Toc57456183.

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: