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Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford
1556Dec, 5

Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford

Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford, English countess (d. 1588)
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. She served as a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth before her marriage.

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