Talk:Rohese de Vere, Countess of Essex
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The death date of Countess Rohese has erroneously been assumed to be in October 1166. As she was alive and apparently well enough to attend the funeral of her eldest son, Geoffrey de Mandeville, second earl of Essex, at Walden Abbey after his death in Chester on Oct. 21, 1166, and we have no evidence that provides a date for her death, she must have died later in 1166 or, more likely, thereafter. She had apparently retired to the monastery that she and her second husband had founded, Chicksands Priory, when her youngest son reached his majority, and it was at Chicksands that she learned of the death of Earl Geoffrey and the date and place of his burial. The earldom passed to Geoffrey's younger brother William, who was at the court of the Count of Flanders when he learned of his brother's death. It took some time for William to arrive in England and claim his inheritance and title from King Henry II. Countess Rohese witnessed at least one of Earl William's charters, which establishes that she was alive at least into late 1166 or early 1167. Most likely she remained quietly at Chicksands and died there in 1167 or after. DeAragon 15:59, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
