Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford KG

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 (28 February 1627 – 12 March 1703) was the son of Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford

Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford

Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford was the second cousin of Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford. When Henry died some time between 2 and 9 June 1625, Robert emerged as the heir apparent to the earldom. Robert's claim was by his descent from John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, but his title was not...

 and his wife Beatrix van Hemmend.

Aubrey was a Royalist

Cavalier

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 during the English Civil War

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, and for this he was imprisoned in the Tower of London

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. He was richly rewarded for his loyalty by Charles II

Charles II of England

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 after the Restoration

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 in 1660. He later took the side of William of Orange

William III of England

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 against James II

James II of England

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 in the Glorious Revolution

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On 12 April 1647, he married Anne Bayning, a daughter of Paul Bayning, 2nd Viscount Bayning. Anne died in 1659 and Aubrey married Diana Kirke.
They had five children:

1. Charles, died young
2. Charlotte, died young
3. Lady Diana de Vere
   Diana Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
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   , who married King Charles II's
   Charles II of England
   Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
   
    illegitimate son, Charles Beauclerk, Duke of St Albans
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4. Mary, died unmarried
5. Henrietta, died unmarried

Since he had no surviving sons, he became the last de Vere Earl of Oxford, one of the longest-lived peerages in the country. The first de Vere earl had received his title from the Empress Matilda

Empress Matilda

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in 1141.