Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG PC ( * February 28, 1627, † March 12, 1703 ) was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford and his wife Beatrix van retardant.

Aubrey fought as a Royalist during the English Civil War and was imprisoned for it in the Tower of London. He was richly rewarded by Charles II after the Stuart Restoration in 1660 for his loyalty. He later took part on the side of William of Orange against James II in the Glorious Revolution.

On April 12, 1647 he married Anne Bayning, a daughter of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning. Anne died in 1659 and Aubrey married Diana Kirke. The marriage produced five children:

As he had no male heir, and no suitable heir made ​​his claim, he was the last Earl of Oxford, one of the most durable Title of Peerage of England. The first de Vere had received his title of the Empress Matilda in 1141.

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• Victor Stater: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. , 2004. Retrieved on 18 November 2008.

Footnotes

• Earl of Oxford
• Knight of the Order of the Garter
• Born in 1627
• Died in 1703
• English
• Man