See also
| Husband: | Aubrey II of VERE (1082-1141) | |
| Wife: | Adeliza of CLARE (1082-1163) | |
| Children: | Rohese + of VERE (1103-aft1166) | |
| Robert of VERE (1118-1194) | ||
| Aubrey III + of VERE (1120-1194) | ||
| Adeliza * of VERE (1125-1185) | ||
| Marriage | 1102 | Suffolk, England |
| Name: | Aubrey II of VERE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Aubrey I + of VERE (1040-1112) | |
| Mother: | Beatrix + of CASTELLAN (1040-1100) | |
| Birth | 1082 | Hedingham, Essex, England |
| Death | 5 May 1141 (age 58-59) | London, Middlesex, England |
| Cause: killed by a London Mob | ||
| Burial | Colne Priory, Essex, England | |
| Name: | Adeliza of CLARE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Gilbert * + FITZRICHARD (1065-1114) | |
| Mother: | Adeliza * +of CLERMONT (1065- ) | |
| Birth | 1082 | Clare, Resbridge, Suffolk |
| Death | 1163 (age 80-81) | England |
| Name: | Rohese + of VERE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse 1: | Geoffrey + of MANDEVILLE (1092-1144) | |
| Spouse 2: | Payne of BEAUCHAMP (1100-1157) | |
| Birth | 1103 | Hedingham, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Countess of Essex | |
| Title | Countess of Essex | |
| Death | aft 21 Oct 1166 (age 62-63) | |
| Name: | Robert of VERE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Matilda + of FERNEL (1120-1176) | |
| Birth | 1118 | Addington, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England |
| Occupation | Knight | |
| Title | Sir | |
| Death | 26 Dec 1194 (age 75-76) | Twywell, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England |
| Name: | Aubrey III + of VERE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Beatrice (c. 1125- ) | |
| Spouse 2: | Eufemia (c. 1093-1153) | |
| Spouse 3: | Agnes + of ESSEX (1151-1212) | |
| Birth | 1120 | Essex, England |
| Occupation | Earl of Oxford | |
| Title | frm 1141 to 1194 (age 20-74) | Earl of Oxford1 |
| confirmed by King Henry II | ||
| Death | 26 Dec 1194 (age 73-74) | |
| Name: | Adeliza * of VERE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Roger * + FITZRICHARD (1145-1177) | |
| Birth | 1125 | Hedingham Castle, Halstead, Essex, England |
| Death | 1185 (age 59-60) | Warkworth,Northumberland, England |
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 [erroneously] said to descend from Charlemagne himself through the Counts of Flanders or Guînes by later antiquarians. In fact, their connection with Guînes, in Flanders, was temporary; Aubrey de Vere III was briefly married to Beatrice, heiress to that county, from 1137 to about 1145.
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.
| 1 | "Red Book of the Exchequer" (vol 1, pp 352-3). |