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Anne de Vere (née Cecil), Countess of Oxford (5 December 1556 – 5 June 1588) was the daughter of the statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the translator Mildred Cooke. In 1571 she became the first wife of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.
Dec 5, 2019 · Learn about Anne de Vere, Countess of Oxford, the daughter of William Cecil and the wife of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. Discover how her marriage was unhappy, her children were disputed, and her death was early.
On this day in Tudor history, 5th December 1556, Anne de Vere (née Cecil) was born, She was the daughter of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, and his second...
Dec 7, 2022 · Torn for most of her life between her father -- the most powerful man in Elizabethan England – and her husband, Edward de Vere, Anne Cecil has been traditionally regarded as the passive,...
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Anne de Vere (née Cecil ), Countess of Oxford (5 December 1556 – 5 June 1588) was the daughter of the statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the translator Mildred Cooke. In 1571 she became the first wife of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford.
Mildred Cecil and her daughter Anne, Countess of Oxford, have a large monument in St Nicholas' chapel in Westminster Abbey. The inscription by Lord Burghley, their husband and father, praises their virtues, learning, charity and piety.
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Jan 9, 2003 · It is possible that Anne Cecil de Vere, Countess of Oxford knew and read the French poetry of the period. Learned women in this era often turned to French as their learning. However, since Soowtherne used these technique of appropriation, it's far more likely he simply took these lines over.
