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- BIOGRAPHY: 10th Earl of Oxford. He was the second son of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford. The title passed to his brother, Thomas (8th earl of Oxford), and then to his nephew, Thomas's son, Robert de Vere (9th earl of Oxford). Robert was a favorite of King Richard II, who created him Duke of Ireland. "These high honours exciting the jealousy of the nobles, and the favourite bearing his fortune imperiously," Robert's enemies demanded that the King dismiss him as a traitor. He fled in disguise to France, then returned with a force of 4000 or 5000 men. He was met at Radcote Bridge by the Earl of Derby and Duke of Gloucester, "wher his troops being surrounded, he could secure personal safety only by abandoning his two gauntlets and armour, and thus swimming down the stream." His enemies discovered letters to him from the King, "calling on him to hasten to London, and the Monarch would be ready to live or die for him." He was attainted by a Parliament called soon after his defeat, outlawed, banished, and stripped of his honors. He died in France in about 1392, wounded by a wild boar while hunting. The earldom was subsequently restored to his uncle, Aubrey, in 1392.
Acceded in 1392
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Abt 1339 - 1400 (~ 61 years)
