Oxford, Robert de Vere, 9th earl of
- Oxford, Robert de Vere, 9th earl of
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▪ English statesman
born 1362
died 1392, Leuven, Neth. [now in Belgium]
favourite of King
Richard II of England (ruled 1377–99) during that monarch's minority. He led the group of courtiers who unsuccessfully supported Richard's efforts in 1385–87 to wrest control of the government from powerful nobles.
Through his mother, a descendant of King Henry III (ruled 1216–72), de Vere succeeded to his father's earldom in 1371. After the accession of his close friend Richard II, Oxford, who was already great chamberlain by hereditary right, became a privy councillor and Knight of the Garter. He was made marquess of Dublin—the first Englishman to be granted the title marquess—in 1385 and duke of Ireland in 1386.
Oxford's elevation caused much resentment among the King's ambitious enemies, such as his uncle Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester. Oxford further enraged Gloucester by divorcing the Duke's niece in 1387. Further, Oxford and his Royalist party acquired a reputation for frivolity and incompetence. On Nov. 17, 1387, Gloucester demanded the arrest of Oxford and other leading Royalists. Oxford organized an army in northwest England, but his force was routed by Gloucester at Radcot Bridge, Oxfordshire, on December 20. He escaped in disguise to the Netherlands and died in exile. As a result of Oxford's defeat, Richard was forced to submit to the Merciless Parliament of 1388 and to the five lords appellant who controlled the realm until 1389, when the king asserted his authority by proclaiming his minority at an end.
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