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Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

1550 - 1604

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Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (; 12 April 1550 – 24 June 1604), was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of the arts, and noted by his contemporaries as a lyric poet and court playwright, but his volatile temperament precluded him from attaining any courtly or governmental responsibility and contributed to the dissipation of his estate. Edward de Vere was the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, and Margery Golding. After the death of his father in 1562, he became a ward of Queen Elizabeth I and was sent to live in the household of her principal advisor, Sir William Cecil. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford is the 2,978th most popular politician (up from 3,320th in 2019), the 739th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 708th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular British Politician.

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford is most famous for being the true author of Shakespeare's plays.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 2,978 out of 19,576. Before him are Léon Gambetta, Zhao Gao, Vladimír Mečiar, Kyösti Kallio, Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, and Necho I. After him are Louis I of Spain, Al-Muqtadir, Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover, Maharana Pratap, Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, and Longqing Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 10. Before him are John Napier, Charles IX of Sweden, John Davis, Do-Aklin, Henry I, Duke of Guise, and Camillus de Lellis. After him are Jang-geum, Stanislaus Kostka, Karin Månsdotter, Giorgio Basta, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, and Jacobus Gallus. Among people deceased in 1604, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 1. After him are Catherine de Bourbon, Fausto Sozzini, Claudio Merulo, Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Christine of Hesse, Juan Fernández, Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Hamida Banu Begum, and Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 739 out of 8,785. Before him are Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Robert II of Scotland (1316), William Beckford (1760), Lionel Robbins (1898), Henry Fielding (1707), and Erasmus Darwin (1731). After him are Robert Carlyle (1961), Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), John Russell Hind (1823), C. P. Snow (1905), Alfonso de Portago (1928), and Hugh Despenser the younger (1287).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford ranks 152. Before him are James III of Scotland (1451), Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770), Neil Kinnock (1942), Cædwalla of Wessex (659), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), and Robert II of Scotland (1316). After him are Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Michael Howard (1941), Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631), Eadred (923), and Æthelfrith (600).

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