Spouse(s) Margaret de Mortimer Deposed date 1331 Name Robert Vere, | Mother Alice de Sanford Noble family De Vere | |
Father Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford Died April 17, 1331, Earls Colne, United Kingdom Parents Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford Grandparents Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford Great-grandparents Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford, Isabel de Bolebec, Countess of Oxford People also search for Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford, Hugh de Vere, 4th Earl of Oxford, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford | ||
Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford (c. 24 June 1257 – 17 April 1331) was the son and heir of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford, by his wife Alice de Sanford.
Robert the younger took part in several of the military campaigns of Edward I, Edward II and Edward III in Wales, Scotland and France. His coat of arms appears in the 1298 Falkirk Roll at the Battle of Falkirk. He was married to Margaret Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Wigmore. He also officiated at the Coronation of Queen Isabella, wife of Edward II, in 1308. His only son Thomas died before him, and when Robert died in 1331, he was succeeded by his nephew John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford.
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