Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro English noble
Was Noble 
From United Kingdom 
Type

Royals 

Gender male
Birth 1337
Death September 1371, Great Bentley, United Kingdom
(aged 34 years)
Family
Mother: Maud de Badlesmere, Countess of Oxford 
Father: John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford 
Siblings: Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford 
Elizabeth de Vere 
Margaret de Vere 
Spouse: Maud de Ufford, Countess of Oxford 
Children: Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland 

Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (c. 1336 – September 1371) was the second son of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford, and Maud de Badlesmere. He was predeceased by his elder brother, Sir John Vere of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, who married Elizabeth de Courtenay, the daughter of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon, and died before 23 June 1350 without issue.

Thomas took part in several of the military campaigns of Edward III. He married, Sometime before 10 June 1350, Maud de Ufford, daughter and heir of Sir Ralph de Ufford and Maud of Lancaster, the daughter of Henry of Lancaster, grandson of King Henry III. After Thomas’s death, his widow was indicted for involvement in a plot against King Henry IV, but was later pardoned. When Thomas died in 1371, he was succeeded by his only son, Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford.

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