Anne Vavasour was a maid of honour (1580–81) to Queen Elizabeth I of England, a member of the Vavasour family and the mistress of two aristocratic men. Her first lover was Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, by whom she had an illegitimate son – Edward. For that offence, both she and de Vere were sent to the Tower of London by the orders of the Queen. She later became the mistress of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, by whom she had another illegitimate son.
- Occupation
- poet, writer
- Position held
- Lady of the Bedchamber
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- 1560, 1560
- Died
