Alberic DE VERE

Notes:

Alberic (Aubrey) de Vere, who was in high favor with King Henry I., was constituted by the monarch Great High Chamberlain of England in 1133, to hold the same in fee to himself and his heirs. He replaced Robert Malet, Lord of Eye in Suffolk, who had been banished and disinherited from that office. He married Alice (Adeliza) Clare (Tonebruge), daughter of Gilbert de Clare (de Tonebruge), and grand-daughter of Hugh de Clermont, Count of Clermont and his wife Marguerita. Alice became a nun at St. Osyth's Prioy after the death of her husband. In the 5th year of Stephen, 1140, while a joint sheriff (with Richard Basset, then Justiciary of England,) of Surrey, Cambridge, Essex, and several other counties, he was slain in a popular tumult at London. He died May 15, 1141, was buried in Colne Priory, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Aubrey.

Alberic married Adeliza DE CLARE. Adeliza (daughter of Gilbert de Tonebruge 2ND EARL OF CLARE and Adeliza (Adelaide) DE CLERMONT) was born about Oct 1080 in Clare, Risbridge, Suffolk, England; died about 1163. [Group Sheet]

1. Son DE VERE, Canon of St. Osyth's
2. Robert DE VERE
3. Geoffrey DE VERE
4. William DE VERE, Chancellor of England
5. Adeliza DE VERE
6. Juliana DE VERE
7. Rohesia DE VERE
8. Alberic DE was born before 1120; died in 1194.

Notes:

Alberic (Aubrey I) de Vere, Count Aubrey, "Sanglier," married before 1139 Beatrix of Ghisnes, Countess of Ghisnes in her own right, and daughter of Henry, Count of Ghisnes, and his wife Sibylla Alberic possessed numerous lordships in different shires, of which Cheniston (now Kensington), co. Middlesex, was one, and Hedingham, co. Essex, where his castle was situated, and where he chiefly resided, another.

Alberic married Beatrix de (Gand) GHISNES. Beatrix (daughter of Henry CASTELLAN, de Gand and Sybilla MANASSES) was born in 1040; and died. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Alphonso, Count de Ghisnes appears to be the earliest known ancestor of Robert de Vere, the Surety. He was succeeded by his son, Alberic.

Henry married Sybilla MANASSES. Sybilla was born about 1005; and died. [Group Sheet]