Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 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
17th-century portrait based on lost 1575 original, National Portrait Gallery, London
The surviving keep of Hedingham Castle, the de Vere family seat since the Norman Conquest
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the Queen's Secretary of State and de Vere's father-in-law, c. 1571.
Coat of Arms of Edward de Vere from George Baker's The composition or making of the moste excellent and pretious oil called oleum magistrale (1574)
Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford KB was an English nobleman, courtier, and soldier. He inherited one of England’s oldest earldoms in 1604, joining a prominent aristocratic family with centuries of i
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
…money. After the death of his first wife, Anne Cecil, Oxford married Elizabeth Trentham, one of the Queen's maids of honour, with whom he had an heir, Henry de Vere, Viscount Bulbeck (later 18th Earl of Oxford). Oxford died in 1604, having spent the entirety of his inherited estates. Since the 1920s, Oxford has been among the most…
Oil on panel (unknown artist; c. 1610–1615) National Portrait Gallery, London
Lady Diana Cecil in 1614, portrait by William Larkin