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(24 Jun 1257 - 17 Apr 1331)
} ---- == Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford== Robert de Vere, 6th Earl of Oxford and 7th Great Chamberlain, another warrior, took part in the wars against Scotland by King Edward I. He fought with Longshanks in Wales, and battled alongside Edward II and Edward III in Scotchand France skirmishes during the Hundred Years War. He officiated at the Coronation of Queen Isabella, wife of Edward II, in 1308 and was known as: :: ''The Good earl of Oxford, his government, both in peace and war being so prudent, his hospitality and works of Charity so wisely abundant, and his temperance, with religious zeal, so admirably conjoined, that the common people esteemed him as a Saint '' ===Family=== : m. Margaret Mortimer, daughter of Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. Issue: 1 * Thomas[pre-deceased him, and he died without an heir in 1331 ... honors and titles went to nephew, John, EO7.] ===Death=== : bur. family chapel at Bures[20 miles from Hedingham, where many of the Earls of Oxford are interred.] (Royal Ancestry) Buried at Earls Colne, Essex. == Sources == "Royal Ancestry 2013 Vol. V p. 255-257 * Ancestry.com family trees; S4. hofundssonAnces.ged; S44 Web Site Abbreviation: Web Site ===Footnotes=== ---- } ----
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| Birth | 24 Jun 1257 | Hedingham Castle, Essex, England | | | |
| Death | 17 Apr 1331 | Oxford ,Oxfordshire, England | | | |
| Title (Nobility) | | Sir | | | |
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