Biography of Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 1240-1296

On 25 Oct 1221 [his grandfather] Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford (age 56) died at Hatfield Regis aka Broad Oak Priory [Map]. His son [his father] Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford 1208-1263 (age 13) succeeded 4th Earl of Oxford.

In or before 1240 [his father] Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford 1208-1263 (age 32) and [his mother] Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. She the daughter of Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 1170-1219 and Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester. He the son of Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford and (age 65).

Around 1240 Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford was born to Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford 1208-1263 (age 32) and Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford.

Before 22 Feb 1252 Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford (age 12) and were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford 1208-1263 (age 44) and Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford.

On 24 Jun 1257 [his son] Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford 1257-1331 was born to Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford (age 17) and [his wife] .

In Dec 1263 [his father] Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford 1208-1263 (age 55) died. He was buried at Earls Colne [Map]. His son Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford (age 23) succeeded 5th Earl of Oxford.

Before 1282 [his son] Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford 1257-1331 (age 24) and [his daughter-in-law] Margaret Mortimer Countess of Oxford -1297 were married. She by marriage Countess of Oxford. He the son of Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 1240-1296 (age 41) and . She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

In 1296 Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford (age 56) died. In His son [his son] Robert de Vere 6th Earl of Oxford 1257-1331 (age 38) succeeded 6th Earl of Oxford.

Baron's Letter to the Pope

Before 09 Mar 1301 seven Earls and 96 Barons signed a letter to the Pope refuting the Pope's claim that Scotland was subject to the Pope's feudal overlordship. The letter was never sent. Those who signed include: John Warenne 6th Earl of Surrey (age 70), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 23), Ralph Monthermer 1st Baron Monthermer (age 31), Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 25), Roger Bigod 5th Earl Norfolk (age 56), Richard Fitzalan 8th Earl of Arundel (age 34), Guy Beauchamp 10th Earl Warwick (age 29), Aymer de Valence 2nd Earl Pembroke (age 26), William Leybourne 1st Baron Leybourne (age 59), Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 20), William Latimer 1st Baron Latimer of Corby (age 58), Edmund Hastings, John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Bergavenny (age 14), Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore (age 50), Fulk Fitzwarin 2nd Baron Fitzwarin (age 16), Henry Percy 9th and 1st Baron Percy (age 27), Robert Fitzwalter 1st Baron Fitzwalter (age 54), John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Somerset (age 26), William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose (age 41), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 36), Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (age 61), John Moels 1st Baron Moels (age 32), Thomas Berkeley 6th and 1st Baron Berkeley (age 55), Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford, John Strange 1st Baron Strange Knockin (age 48), Thomas Multon 1st Baron Multon (age 25), Robert Clifford 1st Baron Clifford (age 26), Walter Beauchamp (age 58), Alan Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Ashby (age 33), John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave (age 45), William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 29), Simon Montagu 1st Baron Montagu (age 51), Piers Mauley, Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 38), John Mohun 1st Baron Dunster (age 32), Roger Scales 1st Baron Scales, Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall (age 41), Hugh Bardolf 1st Baron Bardolf (age 41), Gilbert Talbot 1st Baron Talbot (age 24), William Deincourt 1st Baron Deincourt, Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 28), Walter Fauconberg 1st Baron Fauconberg (age 81).

[his son] Alphonse Vere was born to Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford and .

[his daughter] Joan Vere was born to Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford and .

Family Trees of Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 1240-1296

Paternal Family Tree: Vere

Maternal Family Tree: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester 1135-1212

Royal Ancestors of Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 1240-1296

Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 6 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 1240-1296

King Henry V of England x 1

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark 1394-1430 x 1

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland x 1

King Henry VI of England and II of France x 1

Margaret Stewart Dauphine of France 1424-1445 x 1

King James II of Scotland x 1

King Edward IV of England x 1

King James III of Scotland x 1

King Richard III of England x 1

Anne Neville Queen Consort England x 1

King Henry VII of England and Ireland x 1

Elizabeth York Queen Consort England x 1

King Edward V of England x 1

King James IV of Scotland x 1

Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland x 2

King Henry VIII of England and Ireland x 2

Mary Tudor Queen Consort France x 2

Queen Anne Boleyn of England x 3

King James V of Scotland x 3

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England x 3

Queen Mary I of England and Ireland x 2

Queen Catherine Howard of England x 2

Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland x 5

Jane "Nine Days Queen" Grey I Queen England and Ireland x 5

King Edward VI of England and Ireland x 2

Mary Queen of Scots x 3

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland x 7

Princess Elizabeth Stewart Queen Bohemia x 7

King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland x 7

King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland x 7

King James II of England Scotland and Ireland x 7

King William III of England, Scotland and Ireland x 7

Charles Palatinate Simmern II Elector Palatine Rhine 1651-1685 x 7

King George I of Great Britain and Ireland x 7

Marie Louise Bourbon Queen Consort Spain 1662-1689 x 7

Mary Stewart II Queen England Scotland and Ireland x 7

Queen Anne of England Scotland and Ireland x 7

Sophia Charlotte Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1668-1705 x 7

Anne Marie Bourbon Queen Consort Sardinia 1669-1728 x 7

King George II of Great Britain and Ireland x 7

Sophia Dorothea Hanover Queen Consort Prussia 1687-1757 x 7

Frederick William "Soldier King" I King Prussia 1688-1740 x 7

Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia x 7

Louis I King Spain 1707-1724 x 7

Louise Élisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain 1709-1742 x 7

Louis XV King France x 7

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia 1711-1741 x 7

Frederick "The Great" I King Prussia 1712-1786 x 14

Ferdinand VI King Spain 1713-1759 x 7

Louise Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1724-1751 x 7

Victor Amadeus III King Sardinia 1726-1796 x 7

President George Washington x 2

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 7

William Elector of Hesse x 7

Frederick William II King Prussia 1744-1797 x 14

Gustav III King Sweden x 14

Queen Sophia of Sweden 1746-1813 x 7

Electress Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg x 7

Charles XIII King Sweden 1748-1818 x 14

Christian VII King Denmark and Norway 1749-1808 x 7

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1751-1775 x 7

Louis XVI King France x 14

Louis XVIII King France 1755-1824 x 14

King Charles X of France 1757-1836 x 14

King George IV of Great Britain and Ireland x 7

King William IV of the United Kingdom x 7

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway 1767-1852 x 14

Frederick VI King Denmark and Norway 1768-1839 x 14

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 7

Frederick William II King Prussia 1770-1840 x 14

Ernest Augustus King Hanover x 7

King Louis Philippe I of France x 7

Ferdinand VII King Spain x 7

Louis XVII King France 1785-1795 x 14

Frederick William IV King Prussia 1795-1861 x 14

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway 1796-1881 x 14

William I King Prussia 1797-1888 x 14

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain 1806-1878 x 14

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark 1817-1898 x 7

King Christian IX of Denmark 1818-1906 x 14

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 7

George V King Hanover 1819-1878 x 7

Isabella II Queen Spain x 21

Frederick III King Prussia x 14

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway 1836-1913 x 28

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 7

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 7

Frederick VIII King Denmark 1843-1912 x 21

Alexandra Glücksburg Queen Consort England x 21

George I King Greece 1845-1913 x 21

Alfonso XII King Spain x 28

Gustav V King Sweden 1858-1950 x 28

Wilhelm Hohenzollern x 21

Maria de las Mercedes Unknown Queen Consort Spain 1860-1878 x 14

George V King United Kingdom x 28

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England x 21

Frederick Charles I King Finland 1868-1940 x 7

Constantine I King Greece x 49

Maud Windsor Queen Consort Norway x 28

Christian X King Denmark 1870-1947 x 21

Haakon VII King Norway x 21

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 1879-1952 x 28

Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden 1882-1973 x 28

Alfonso XIII King Spain 1886-1941 x 28

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain 1887-1969 x 7

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 7

George II King Hellenes x 70

Alexander I King Greece 1893-1920 x 70

King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom x 49

King George VI of the United Kingdom x 49

Paul I King Greece 1901-1964 x 70

Olav Glücksburg V King Norway 1903-1991 x 49

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark 1910-2000 x 49

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 56

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom x 326

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain 1938- x 133

Juan Carlos I King Spain 1938- x 35

Constantine II King Hellenes 1940- x 133

Carl XVI King Sweden 1946- x 84

King Charles III x 382

Diana Spencer Princess Wales 1961-1997 x 940

William Prince of Wales 1982- x 1322

Ancestors of Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 1240-1296

Great x 3 Grandfather: Aubrey I de Vere

Great x 2 Grandfather: Aubrey II de Vere

Great x 3 Grandmother: Beatrice Unknown

Great x 1 Grandfather: Aubrey de Vere 1st Earl of Oxford 1115-1194

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohese Giffard

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelize de Clare

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Claremont

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adeliza Claremont

GrandFather: Robert de Vere 3rd Earl of Oxford

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert fitz Swein of Essex

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry of Essex

Great x 1 Grandmother:

Father: Hugh de Vere 4th Earl of Oxford 1208-1263

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter de Bolbec

GrandMother:

Robert de Vere 5th Earl of Oxford 1240-1296

Great x 2 Grandfather: Saer Quincy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Quincy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon Senlis 1st Earl of Northampton, Earl of Huntingdon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Senlis

GrandFather: Saer Quincy 1st Earl Winchester 1170-1219

Mother: Hawise Quincy Countess Oxford

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger "Bearded" Beaumont

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeline Meulan

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester 1104-1168

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 3rd Earl of Leicester -1190

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia

Great x 3 Grandfather: Raoul Gael

Great x 2 Grandmother:

GrandMother: Margaret Beaumont Countess Winchester

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Grandesmil

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Grandesmil

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelize Beaumont Oise

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Grandesmil

Great x 1 Grandmother: Petronilla Grandesmil Countess Leicester 1135-1212