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Robert de Vere

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Robert de Vere

Birth
Kent, England
Death
7 Aug 1632 (aged 56)
Maastricht Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands
Burial
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19th Earl of Oxford (b. after 23 August 1575 – 7 August 1632) was a British soldier. Robert was the son of Hugh de Vere and Eleanor Walsh. He was the second cousin of Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford. Robert married Beatrice, or Bauck, daughter of the Dutch nobleman Sierck van Hemmema.

In Aug 1632, Robert was killed while taking part in the siege of Maastricht (part of the Eighty Years' War). His title passed to his five-year-old son Aubrey, who would in turn become the last in an almost 600-year line of de Vere Earls of Oxford.
19th Earl of Oxford (b. after 23 August 1575 – 7 August 1632) was a British soldier. Robert was the son of Hugh de Vere and Eleanor Walsh. He was the second cousin of Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford. Robert married Beatrice, or Bauck, daughter of the Dutch nobleman Sierck van Hemmema.

In Aug 1632, Robert was killed while taking part in the siege of Maastricht (part of the Eighty Years' War). His title passed to his five-year-old son Aubrey, who would in turn become the last in an almost 600-year line of de Vere Earls of Oxford.


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