Person:Agnes of Essex (1)
Agnes of Essex
b.Bet 1151 and 1152 Castle Hedingham, Essex, England
d.Aft 26 Dec 1194
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1143
  1. Henry de Essex - Aft 1210
  2. Hugh de Essex - Aft 1194
  3. Agnes of EssexBet 1151 & 1152 - Aft 1194
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1162
  1. Alice de VereAft 1163 - Aft 1214
  2. Aubrey de VereAbt 1167 - 1214
  3. Ralph de VereAbt 1168 - Bef 1214
  4. Robert de Vere, 3rd Earl of Oxford1170 - Bef 1221
  5. Henry de VereAbt 1172 -
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Facts and Events
Name Agnes of Essex
Alt Name Lucia Essex
Alt Name Lucia* de Essex
Alt Name Agnes De Essex
Gender Female
Birth? Bet 1151 and 1152 Castle Hedingham, Essex, England
Marriage Abt 1162 Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, Englandto Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford
Death? Aft 26 Dec 1194
Burial? Colne Priory, Earls Colne, Essex, England
Reference Number? Q4693146?


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Agnes of Essex, Countess of Oxford (1151– 1212 or later) was the daughter of a royal constable Henry of Essex and his second wife, Alice. At the age of three she was betrothed to Geoffrey de Vere, brother of the first Earl of Oxford, and turned over to be raised by the Veres soon thereafter. She remained in the household of the earl of Oxford about three years, then moved to Geoffrey's care. In her eleventh year Agnes rejected the match with Geoffrey and by early 1163 was married to his eldest brother Aubrey de Vere III, 1st Earl of Oxford, as his third wife.

In spring 1163, Agnes's father Henry was accused of treason and fought (and lost) a judicial duel. After her father's disgrace and the resulting forfeiture of his lands and offices, the earl of Oxford sought to have his marriage to Agnes annulled. On 9 May 1166, she appealed her case from the court of the bishop of London to the pope (the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, being in exile at the time). While the case was pending in Rome, the earl reportedly kept Agnes confined in one of his three castles, for which the bishop of London Gilbert Foliot reprimanded Aubrey.[1] Pope Alexander III ruled in her favor, thus establishing the canon law requirement of consent by females in betrothal and the sacrament of marriage.

The couple later jointly founded a Benedictine priory for nuns near their castle at Castle Hedingham, Essex around 1190. Countess Agnes long survived her husband and in 1198 paid the crown for the right to remain unmarried. She died sometime in or after 1212 and was buried in the Vere mausoleum at Colne Priory, Essex.

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References
  1.   Agnes of Essex, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Agnes of Essex, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3.   AGNES de Essex ([1151/52]-after 1206[262], bur Colne Priory), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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