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| Robert de Vere 9th Earl of Oxford @Wikipedia |
(1362-1392)
English courtier & royal favourite.
1386-1392
Marquess of Dublin
1385-1386
9th Earl of Oxford
1371-1392
Hereditary Great Chamberlain of England
Husband of:
1. Philippa de Coucy (1367-1411), mar 1376, div 1387, daughter of Enguerrand VII de Coucy & Isabella of England
2. Agnes de Launcekrona (d.1392), mar 1387
"Phillippa de Couci (born before 18 April 1367 Eltham, Kent, England, died October 1411) married Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford, Duke of Ireland, Marquess of Dublin (born 16 January 1362, died 1392), Robert divorced Phillippa and later married his mistress Agnes de Lancerone." (The Medieval Combat Society)
His lovers were:
His lovers were:
1) Agnes de Lancerone (fl.1380-1389)
Lover in 1387
Bohemian-English courtier.
Personal attendant to Queen Anne
"In or around 1386/87, the royal favourite Robert de VEre fell in love (or more probably in lust) with Agnes Lanchecron or Launcecrona or Landkrona, one of Queen Anne's close personal attendants and herself apparently of quite high birth. Two of de Vere's attendants, John Banastre of Lancashire and William Stanley of Cheshire, were imprisoned in chains at Winchester Castle sometime before 5 March 1389, having been arrested for abducting Agnes, ca;;ed 'late damsel of the queen's chamber', at de Vere's command. Both men had escaped from Winchester Castle shortly before this date and were pardoned for 'breaking prison'. Agnes has sometimes been identified as a landgravine -- Jean Froissart calls her one -- though this identification is not certain, and may represent a confusion with the rather mysterious and unidentified 'landgravine of Luxembourg' who accompanied Anne on her journey to England in late 1381 (and in fact returned to the Continent shortly afterwards)." (Richard II: A True King's Fall)
"Bohemian-Anglo courtier. Agnes de Launcekrona was of noble parentage, probably connected with the noble German family of Landskron. She attended the Imperial court in Vienna, being appointed as a maid-of-honour to Anne of Bohemia, the daughter of the emperor Charles IV. Agnes was amongst the ladies who attended Anne on her trip to England and subsequent marriage to Richard II (1377–1399). Agnes became the mistress of the king’s favourite, Robert de Vere (1262–1292), earl of Oxford, who abducted her from the court and took her to Chester, where he cohabited with her. He then put aside his wife, Philippa de Coucy, granddaughter of Edward III, and the king’s own cousin, in order to marry Agnes (1387). The union caused public outrage and upset the church. There were no children, and they were forced to separate after the Pope Urban VI declared their marriage null and void (1389). Agnes remained in England as part of the royal household, but Robert was forced into exile, and was killed in a hunting accident at Louvain in Brabant." (Women of History-L)
2) Richard II of England.
(Richard II in Britannia)
Advancement of a royal friend, perhaps a lover.
"Another astonishing promotion later in 1385 was that of Robert de Vere, already earl of Oxford by hereditary right, the king's dearest friend and perhaps his lover, now made marquis of Dublin -- an unprecedented title. This immediately gave de Vere precedence over all the earls of England, and at the next parliament de Vere pushed past the earls in order to take a higher seat in the hall, at least according to Walsingham. Richard II pontificated proudly on the 'absolute integrity and outstanding wisdom of his dearest kinsman' de Vere and declared that he 'desired that the excellence of his name should be the consequence of the earl's magnificent deeds', though de Vere's integrity, wisdom, excellence and magnificence were not immediately apparent to anyone but the king. . . ." (Richard II: A True King's Fall)
"Richard, like most weak princes, now resigned himself wholly to the direction of a favourite, Robert de Vere, earl of Oxford, a young nobleman of dissolute manners, whom he loaded with riches, with titles, and with dignities. He first created him marquis of Dublin, and afterwards duke of Ireland, with a preliminary grant of the sovereignty of that kingdom for life. . . ." (The History of Modern Europe, Vol 2: 5)
(1516-1562)
16th Earl of Oxford
1540-1562
Son of John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford & Elizabeth Trusell, daughter of Edward Trusell.
Husband of:
1. Dorothy Neville (1515-1547), mar 1536, daughter of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland & Catherine Stafford
2. Margaret Golding (1526-1568), mar 1548, daughter of Sir John Golding & Elizabeth Hammond.
About Margaret Golding.
" . . . A year after the death of her father in 1547, Margaret became the second wife of John de Vere, the 16th Earl of Oxford. Oxford was a notorious womanizer and, according to his daughter Katharine, some uncertainty about bigamy surrounded the marriage because the banns had been read for another woman, Dorothy Foster. However, when a case regarding the legitimacy of the marriage was brought to court, it was summarily dismissed. In 1553 Margaret became embroiled in a suit involving the jointure of Margaret Arundell, sister of Catherine Howard; Margaret Arundell was related to Margaret Golding through the de Vere family." (A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen)
"Margaret's first husband John de Vere died in 1562, and soon afterwards she married Sir Charles Tyrell, a gentleman pensioner of Queen Elizabeth and a man rumored to be Margaret's longtime paramour. . . ." (A Biographical Encyclopedia of Early Modern Englishwomen)
His lovers were:
1) Dorothy Foster (d.1556)
"Dorothy Fosser or Foster (d. ABT 1556/7) came from Haverhill, Suffolk. She was the goddaughter of Dorothy Neville, countess of Oxford, and had served as both the Countess’s maid and as a lady in waiting to Catherine de Vere, the countess’s daughter. Dorothy became romantically involved with the Earl of Oxford and after his wife’s death in about Jan 1548, their relationship came to the attention of the Duke of Somerset. At 27 Jun 1548 a letter from Sir Thomas Darcy to (probably) William Cecil, the Duke of Somerset’s secretary, indicates that Oxford had already been questioned about his courtship of this “gentlewoman with whom he is in love” and that the banns for their marriage had been called two out of the required three times, but not before witnesses. Somerset apparently favored a marriage between Oxford and one of Lord Wentworth’s daughters. Darcy further reported that “Mrs. Dorothy” had left Castle Hedingham and was living in Sir Edward Green’s house, Stampford Hall. Less than a week later, however, Dorothy was at Haverhill, expecting to marry the Earl of Oxford in her parish church. . . ." (Tudor Place)
"Despite his apparent malaise, word soon spread that the Earl was conducting an amour with Dorothy Fosser of Haverhill, Suffolk, then residing in the Green household in Little Sampford. . . Dorothy Fosser was not only Countess Dorothy's maid and young Katharine's servant, but also Dorothy's god-daughter (and namesake). . . . " [Find source]
2) Joan Jockey.
"John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, was a notorious womanizer. Approximately some years before her death, Dorothy Neville had separated herself from the 16th Earl on the grounds of 'the vnkynde dealing of the Earl'. Richard Enowes testifies that the Duke of Norfolk had attempted a reconciliation, but that Countess Dorothy 'said she wold never goe home agayne amongst such a bad companye as were about the Earle of Oxforde at that tyme'. This 'bad companye' may have included evil male companions, but it also evidently included Joan Jockey, whom Earl John had bigamously married 'about Corpus Christi tyde at Whit Colne Churche', that is, about 31 May 1546; when the countess received confirmation of the bigamous marriage, she took it 'verey grevouslie', Indeed, after her departure from the Earl, 'the lady Dorothy wrott to Mr Tyrrell then the same Earles Comptroller to knowe yf it were true, that the said Iohan were marryed to the same Earle.'" (Tudor Place)
3) Anne.
"During some part of these same two years the Earl also kept a woman named Anne at Tilbury Hall near Tilbury-juxta-Clare. Rooke Green deposes (in 1585) that "about fortie yeares past he sawe a woman nere Tylbery Hall of whom it was then reported to this Examinant that the said Iohn Earle of Oxforde kept her". If we take the dating literally, this would have been Jan 1545, about the time of Dorothy's voluntary separation from Earl John. None of the examinants knew Anne's surname, but Knollys and Walforth agreed that she had been a servant to Mr Cratherode, evidently the tenant of Tilbury Hall, while several examinants agree that she subsequently married one Phillips." (Tudor Place)
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| Edward de Vere 17th Earl of Oxford @Wikipedia |
(1550-1604)
Son of: John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, & Margery Golding.
Husband of:
1. Anne Cecil, mar 1571
2. Elizabeth Trentham, mar 1591.
His lovers were:
1) Anne Vavasour (1560-1650).
Lover in 1579-1582
Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England.
Daughter of: Henry Vavasour of Tadcaster, Yorkshire & Margaret Knyvett.
Wife of:
1) Mr. John Finch (d.1621), a sea captain about which little is known, mar 1590
2) John Richardson, married in 1618.
Natural Offspring:
Sir Edward de Vere (1581-?).
" . . . In 1580, aged fifteen, she came to court under the tutelage of her Knyvett relatives, especially her aunt, the widow of Lord Henry Paget (d.1568). During that summer Anne was wooed by the Earl of Oxford... [B]y late summer she was pregnant...." (Haynes, 1997, pp. 39-40) [Ref1:Eric Miller]
"...Suspicion hangs over Anne Vavasour, herself illegitimate, an equine-faced young lady of the broad Howard clan. In 1580, aged fifteen, she came to court under the tutelage of her Knyvett relations, especially her aunt, the widow of Lord Henry Paget (d.1568). During that summer Anne was wooed by the Earl of Oxford... (b)y late summer she was pregnant." (Haynes, 1997, pp. 39-40)
2) Orazio Cogno.
"Oxford also consorted with a sixteen-year-old Venetian choirboy named Orazio Cogno. Oxford brought Orazio back to London with him, where he remained with Oxford for approximately one year before returning to Venice. In 1580-81 Oxford was accused of pederasty with Orazio, with another Italian boy named Rocco, and with other boys as well...." (Tudor Place)
3) Virginia Padoana.
Italian courtesan
[Bio3:Answers.com]
[Ref2:Wikipedia]
Daughter of: Henry Vavasour of Tadcaster, Yorkshire & Margaret Knyvett.
Wife of:
1) Mr. John Finch (d.1621), a sea captain about which little is known, mar 1590
2) John Richardson, married in 1618.
Natural Offspring:
Sir Edward de Vere (1581-?).
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| Anne Vavasour |
"...Suspicion hangs over Anne Vavasour, herself illegitimate, an equine-faced young lady of the broad Howard clan. In 1580, aged fifteen, she came to court under the tutelage of her Knyvett relations, especially her aunt, the widow of Lord Henry Paget (d.1568). During that summer Anne was wooed by the Earl of Oxford... (b)y late summer she was pregnant." (Haynes, 1997, pp. 39-40)
2) Orazio Cogno.
"Oxford also consorted with a sixteen-year-old Venetian choirboy named Orazio Cogno. Oxford brought Orazio back to London with him, where he remained with Oxford for approximately one year before returning to Venice. In 1580-81 Oxford was accused of pederasty with Orazio, with another Italian boy named Rocco, and with other boys as well...." (Tudor Place)
3) Virginia Padoana.
Italian courtesan
[Bio3:Answers.com]
[Ref2:Wikipedia]
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| Jane Elizabeth Countess of Oxford |
Daughter of: Rev. James Scott, Vicar of Itchen Stoke.
Wife of: Edward Harley, 5th Earl of Oxford, Earl Mortimer, mar in 1794
Her lovers were:
1) Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet.
Lover in 1812-1813
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| Aubrey de Vere Beauclerk 20th Earl of Oxford @Wikipedia |
Son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford & Beatrix van Hemmend
Husband of:
1. Anne Bayning (1637-1659), daughter of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning, mar 1647
2. Diana Kirke, mar 1673, daughter of George Kirke
"Inheriting the morals and striking good looks of their grandmother and mother, both daughters [Diana and sister Mary Kirke, Lady Vernon] vigorously exploited their physical charmes within the Restoration court becoming involved in numerous scandals and affairs. The elder Diana, had been given a christening present of £2,000 by Charles I to be held in trust until her 16th birthday in 1664. Between 1665 and 1670, Sir Peter Lely (1618-80) painted her portrait: she chose a risqué and provocative pose with left breast and nipple exposed. Following a public spat with her predecessor, the actress Hester Davenport, better known as Roxalana (1642-1717), Diana became a public mistress of Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford (1627-1703). Oxford had inherited the title, but little else, from his fathr in 1632 and had been obliged to seek a living as a professional soldier in the Dutch army. He married on 18 June 1647 the ten-year-old Bayning (1637-59), daughter and co-heiress with her sister Penelope of Paul, 2nd Viscount Bayning of Sudbury, Suffolk (1616-38), a man of huge wealth. Anne's riches temporarily solved Oxford's pecuniary problems allowing a return to England and active involvement in royalist conspiracies against the Commonwealth. after his restoration, Charles II recognized Oxford's faithfulness with the colonelcy of the Royal Horse Guards (the Blues) in 1661 plus appointments as a gentleman of the bedchamber and privy councillor. Following Anne Bayning's death in 1659, Oxford squandered much of his late wife's inheritance in a dissipated and feckless way of life, egregious even by contemporary standards. 'Haughty Di' Kirke and Oxford were married on 1 January 1673: despite this public and legal event, the jilted Hester Davenport continued to style herself 'Countess of Oxford' for the rest of her life. The motive for Oxford's marriage could not have been money: Diana was no pauper -- she had her £2,000 from Charles I but was not awaiting a great fortune -- so the much may have been inspired by love, lust or pregnancy. . . ." (Childs: General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army: 5)
Earl of Oxford's physical appearance & personal qualities.
". . . He was singularly handsome, and possessed of many personal and courtly accomplishments; but he had neither wit, nor talent, nor principle; and one incident of his life has consigned him to everlasting infamy, which not all the blood of all the Veres, since the Conquest, can ever wash from his name. . . ." (The New Monthly Magazine: 319)
"The Earl of Oxford fell in love with an actress in the Duke of York's company, a charming, graceful creature and one that acted to perfection. . . This young person, full of virtue, prudence, or, if you like it better, obstinacy, proudly refused all the offers of service and the presents that Lord Oxford made to her. . . The Earl of Oxford, premier peer of the kingdom, is a handsome person. . . ." (A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London: 194)
His lover was:
Elizabeth Davenport (1640-1717)
Lover in 1662.
British actress
" . . . Oxford became infatuated with a beautiful actress called Elizabeth (Boutell) Davenport. She played a part in Nathaniel Lee's play titled The Siege of Rhodes. . . Oxford did everything in his power to win over Boutell's charms, but to no avail. Being an actress, Miss Boutell no doubt heard the rumours about the Merry Gang and their behaviour. Still, Oxford was a Lord of the Bedchamber, a Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards and a Privy Councillor. He was a premier peer and he had money. I have not come across his name amongst the Merry Gang but that did not make him any less scheming. Oxford showered Boutell with poetry and presents. His deception knew no boundaries as Norman states he eventually promised her a hand in marriage in writing. Oxford turned up at Miss Boutell's lodgings with a Priest and a witness. Boutell eventually believed his intentions where honourable so she consented and the marriage was completed with a witness on her part. The next morning she went to the king's court believing she was the Countess of Oxford. The poor girl as you may have guessed had been totally deceived. the Priest was in fact one of of Oxford's trumpeters and the witness a kettle drummer. . . ." (Libertines and Harlots: 73)
" . . . Actress in the Duke's Company 1660-2, playing leading parts. Known as 'Roxalana' from her part on Davenant's Siege of Rhodes; not related to Frances Davenport. She became the mistress of the Earl of Oxford in 1662, and after his death in 1703 married Peter Moet." (The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Companion: 86)
" . . . In the reign of Charles the Second he became enamoured of a beautiful young actress, who played so inimitably the part of Roxana in Lee's 'Rival Queens,' that she was known by no other name. Lord Oxford long besieged her with prayers, with presents, with every temptation he could devise, but the young Sultana had virtue, spirit, and a respectable mother to protect her, and his offers were treated with the disdain they deserved. . . ." (The New Monthly Magazine: 319)
Elizabeth Davenport's profile.
Lover in 1662.
British actress
" . . . Oxford became infatuated with a beautiful actress called Elizabeth (Boutell) Davenport. She played a part in Nathaniel Lee's play titled The Siege of Rhodes. . . Oxford did everything in his power to win over Boutell's charms, but to no avail. Being an actress, Miss Boutell no doubt heard the rumours about the Merry Gang and their behaviour. Still, Oxford was a Lord of the Bedchamber, a Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards and a Privy Councillor. He was a premier peer and he had money. I have not come across his name amongst the Merry Gang but that did not make him any less scheming. Oxford showered Boutell with poetry and presents. His deception knew no boundaries as Norman states he eventually promised her a hand in marriage in writing. Oxford turned up at Miss Boutell's lodgings with a Priest and a witness. Boutell eventually believed his intentions where honourable so she consented and the marriage was completed with a witness on her part. The next morning she went to the king's court believing she was the Countess of Oxford. The poor girl as you may have guessed had been totally deceived. the Priest was in fact one of of Oxford's trumpeters and the witness a kettle drummer. . . ." (Libertines and Harlots: 73)
" . . . Actress in the Duke's Company 1660-2, playing leading parts. Known as 'Roxalana' from her part on Davenant's Siege of Rhodes; not related to Frances Davenport. She became the mistress of the Earl of Oxford in 1662, and after his death in 1703 married Peter Moet." (The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Companion: 86)
" . . . In the reign of Charles the Second he became enamoured of a beautiful young actress, who played so inimitably the part of Roxana in Lee's 'Rival Queens,' that she was known by no other name. Lord Oxford long besieged her with prayers, with presents, with every temptation he could devise, but the young Sultana had virtue, spirit, and a respectable mother to protect her, and his offers were treated with the disdain they deserved. . . ." (The New Monthly Magazine: 319)
Elizabeth Davenport's profile.
"Born Elizabeth Davenport, she was known as ‘Hester.’ She became an actress on the London stage, being attached to the Duke of York’s company of players. She famously created the role of Roxelana in the Siege of Rhodes. Hester was taken from the theatre to be the kept mistress of Aubrey de Vere, twentieth Earl of Oxford (1637–1703). The details of their liaison are recorded the Memoires of the Comte de Gramont, who refers to her situation as ‘recent proof of man’s perfidy.’ Lord Oxford, then a widower, married Hester in a mock ceremony, which she believed to be real, having one of his servants disguised as the priest that performed the ceremony. Their illegitimate son, Aubrey deHoet, only a month after the death of Lord Oxford, from whom she had long been separated (1703), being then styled ‘Dowager Countess of Oxford.’ Widowed in May, 1717, Hester survived her second husband only six months, and died in Soho, London, aged about seventy-seven (Nov 20, 1717)." (Women in History - D)
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