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Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (/ d ə ˈ v ɪər /; 12 April 1550 – 24 June 1604), was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era.Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of the arts, and noted by his contemporaries as a lyric poet and court playwright, but his volatile temperament precluded him from ...
Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, is the most popular alternative candidate for the author behind the alleged pseudonym, Shakespeare. Unknown artist after lost original, 1575; National Portrait Gallery, London.
The House of de Vere was an old and powerful English aristocratic family who derived their name from Ver ... Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604), ...
Rhys Ifans played Edward de Vere in the 2011 film Anonymous. Daniel, Samuel (1562–1619), poet, historian, [17] first proposed as a member of a group theory by T. W. White in 1892. [34] Defoe, Daniel (1660–1731), novelist, proposed by George Magruder Battey. [35] de Vere, Edward (1550–1604), 17th Earl of
Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, was the patron of several theatrical companies. Unknown artist after lost original, 1575; National Portrait Gallery, London. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550-1604), was an enthusiastic and persistent promoter of theatrical companies, and was himself known as a playwright. [11]
Hedingham Castle in Essex, primary seat of the Earls of Oxford. Soon after his father's death in 1141, Aubrey III de Vere was recruited by Empress Matilda.Aubrey's brother-in-law, Geoffrey de Mandeville first earl of Essex, apparently negotiated the offer of the earldom of Cambridge, with a secondary offer of one of four counties if Cambridgeshire was claimed by her kinsman.
Elizabeth Stanley (née de Vere), Countess of Derby, Lord of Mann (2 July 1575 – 10 March 1627), was an English noblewoman and courtier. She was the eldest daughter of the Elizabethan courtier and poet Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford .
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford had been in need of an heir and, hence, a wife since 5 June 1588, when his 31-year-old wife Anne Cecil died suddenly, leaving him no legitimate male heir. [1] (His son Edward had been born to mistress Anne Vavasour, a maid of honor.