John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford

Who was John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford?

John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford KG KB, the second son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, and Elizabeth Howard, was one of the principal Lancastrian commanders during the English Wars of the Roses.

He was the principal commander of King Henry VII's army at the Battle of Bosworth, and again led Henry's troops to victory at the Battle of Stoke two years later. He became one of the great men of the King's regime.