Aubrey de Vere II
Aubrey de Vere II (c. 1080 – 1141) — also known as "Alberic[us] de Ver" — was the second of that name in England after the Norman Conquest, being the eldest surviving son of Alberic or Aubrey de Vere who had followed William the Conqueror to England in or after 1066.
Their lineage is probably Norman, possibly originally from the eponymous town of Ver/Vire in western Normandy, and were said [erroneously] to descend from Charlemagne himself through the Counts of Flanders by later antiquarians. Their only connection with Guînes in Flanders, however, was short-lived; Aubrey de Vere III was married to Beatrice, heiress to that county, from 1137 to about 1145, and held the title Count of Guînes by her right for about five years.
Aubrey II served as sheriff of many shires and as a Justiciar under kings Henry I and Stephen.[1] King Henry I had declared the estates and office of the first master chamberlain, Robert Malet, to be forfeit, and in 1133 awarded the office of master chamberlain of England to Aubrey. The chronicler William of Malmesbury reports that Aubrey represented King Stephen in 1139, when the king had been summoned to a church council to answer for the seizure of castles held by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury. He was killed by a London mob in May, 1141, and buried in the family mausoleum, Colne Priory, Essex.
His eldest son Aubrey de Vere III, was later created Earl of Oxford, and their descendants were to hold that title and the office that came to be known as the Lord Great Chamberlain until the extinction of the male line in 1703.[2]
Aubrey II married Adeliza/Alice, daughter of Gilbert Fitz Richard of Clare. Their known children are:
- Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford
- Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex
- Robert;
- Alice "of Essex"
- Geoffrey
- Juliana, Countess of Norfolk
- William de Vere, Bishop of Hereford
- Gilbert, prior of the Knights Hospitaller in England
- an unnamed daughter who married Roger de Ramis.
[edit] References
- ^ Davis, et al.: "Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum". Oxford University Press, 1913–68: v. 2.
- ^ Cokayne, George: "The Complete Peerage", v. 10. St. Catherine Press, 1910–58.
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| Preceded by Robert Malet |
Lord Great Chamberlain 1133–1141 |
Succeeded by Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford |
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