Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

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Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford,

is sometimes

thought to be the writer of Shakespeare.



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There is a close family relationship,

as

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the first cousins,

William Herbert, Baron Powis,

and

Philip Herbert, Earl of Montgomery (and Pembroke)

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married

Henry's sister Eleanor,

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and Edward's daughter,

Susan.

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