Aubrey de Vere I (or Alberic de Vere ; Eng. Aubrey de Vere ; before 1040 - 1112 ) [1] - the Norman knight , the participant of the Norman conquest of England and the founder of the house of de Vere , Counts of Oxford .
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Biography
The origin of Alberic de Vera is not definitively established. He was probably a poor knight who owned the village of Ver-sur-Mer near Bayeux , in the territory of the modern department of Calvados . Perhaps his ancestors had Danish roots and arrived in Bessen along with the Vikings . According to another version, Alberi was descended from Brittany , from the town of Var in the Nantes area.
Alberic probably took part in the Norman conquest of England in 1066, for which he received from King William the Conqueror extensive possessions in Essex , Suffolk , Cambridgeshire , Huntingdonshire and Middlesex . In addition, Kensington , now located in London , which later became one of the main residences of de Vere in England, and Lavenham in Suffolk, later became one of the most important wool production centers in the country, passed into his possession.
It is known that Alberic and his wife Beatrice were patrons of Abingdon Abbey in Berkshire (present-day Oxfordshire ) and founded a subsidiary monastery of Kolln on the territory of their possessions in Essex. At the end of his life, Alberic retired to Colne and died there in 1112 (according to other sources in 1088). Subsequently, the monastery began to be used as a generic de Burial burial place: almost all the counts of Oxford until 1703 were buried precisely in the Kolsky monastery.
Marriage and Children
Alberic de Vere was married (until 1086) to a certain Beatrice , according to one version, to the half-sister of William the Conqueror . Their kids:
- Geoffroy de Ver (died before 1112);
- Aubrey de Vere II (d. 1141), Lord Chamberlain of England, London Sheriff ;
- Roger de Vere;
- Robert de Vere (died after 1141), Lord Twivella in Northamptonshire ;
- Wilhelm de Ver, clergyman.
Notes
- ↑ AUBREY de Vere (English) . fmg.ac. The appeal date is August 17, 2017.
Links
- Alberic de Ver (English)
- Genealogy of the House de Ver (eng.)