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Ursula de Vere 1500 – 1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Aug 1500

Birth Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: Aug-Nov 1558

Death Location: Fawsley Hall, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Sir Vere,

Mother: Margaret Stafford

Spouse(s): Sir Knightley, Sir Windsor

Children(s): Jone Knightley, Isabel Knightley, Susan Knightley, Joan Knightley

Ursula de Vere was born in 1500 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Sir George de Vere, and Margaret Stafford. Ursula de Vere married Sir Edmund Knightley, Sir George Windsor, and had children including Jone Knightley, Isabel Knightley, Susan Knightley, Joan Knightley. Ursula de Vere passed away in 1558 in Fawsley Hall, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.

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Biography

  • Ursula de Vere was born in 1500 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Sir George de Vere, and Margaret Stafford.
  • Ursula de Vere married Sir Edmund Knightley, Sir George Windsor, and had children including Jone Knightley, Isabel Knightley, Susan Knightley, Joan Knightley.
  • Ursula de Vere passed away in 1558 in Fawsley Hall, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ursula Vere's Ancestors

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Ursula Vere
1500 – 1558
Birth Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Sir George de Vere,
1428 – 1503
Hedingham Castle, Essex, England
Margaret Stafford
1450 – 1500
Bromyard, Herefordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (John de) Vere,
1408 – 1462
Castle Hedingham, Braintree District, Essex, England
Elizabeth Howard
1410 – 1465
Wiggonholt, Sussex, England
William Stafford
1420 – 1450
Bishop's Frome, Herefordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Vere,
1385 – 1417
Alice Sergeaux,
1384 – 1452
John Howard,
1415 – 1485
Sir Stafford,
1400 – 1450
Eleanor Aylesbury
1406 – 1482
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Aubrey Vere,
1338 – 1400
Alice FitzWalter
1343 – 1401
Sir Sergeaux,
1346 – 1393
Phillippa Arundel
1351 – 1399
Sir Howard,
1365 – 1436
Alice Tendering
1365 – 1426
Sir Stafford,
1384 – 1419
Elizabeth Burdett
1375 – 1434

Ursula Vere's Descendants

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Ursula (de) Vere (21 Aug 1500 – Aug-Nov 1558) m. Sir (Edmund) Knightley (1487 – 15 Dec 1542) m. Sir (George) Windsor
  1. 1. Jone Knightley (1521 – 1522)
  2. 2. Isabel Knightley (1523 – 1524)
  3. 3. Susan Knightley (1527 – 1529)
  4. 4. Joan Knightley (1530 – 1532)

Ursula Vere's Timeline

2 Records

1500
21 Aug 1500
Birth of Ursula de Vere in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
1558
Aug-Nov 1558
Age 58
Death of Ursula de Vere in Fawsley Hall, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
Fawsley Hall, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Aug 1500
    Event Place: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug-Nov 1558
    Event Place: Fawsley Hall, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Letheringham, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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