Elizabeth de Vere
Elizabeth de Vere (died 23 September 1375), was a member of the renowned and noble de Vere family of Hedingham Castle, being the second daughter of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford and Maud de Badlesmere.
Elizabeth was betrothed to John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, but was instead given to Sir Hugh Courtenay in marriage in August 1341, possibly against her will.[citation needed] This dynastic marriage was symbolic of the long relationship between these two Lancastrian families. Courtenay was killed on 23 January 1360 at the Siege of Rheims, leaving her free to marry her former betrothed, John de Mowbray, whose first wife, Joan of Lancaster had died of plague in 1345.
The marriage did not last long, as Mowbray died on 4 October 1361. Elizabeth married her third husband, William de Cosington less than eight years later on 18 January 1369.
She died on 23 September 1375[1], having outlived her only child by her first marriage, Sir Hugh Courtenay, 3rd Lord Courtenay, who predeceased her on 20 February 1374.
References
- ^ Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th Edition