Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, 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.
- Occupation
- poet, courtier, writer
- Position held
- Lord Great Chamberlain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- April 12, 1550
