Anne Cecil | |
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Countess of Oxford | |
![]() Effigies of Anne and her mother. Anne's is on the raised shelf | |
Born | 5 December 1556 England |
Died | 5 June 1588 | (aged 31)
Buried | Westminster Abbey |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | |
Father | William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley |
Mother | Mildred Cooke |
Occupation | Maid of Honour |
Anne de Vere (née Cecil), Countess of Oxford (5 December 1556 – 5 June 1588) was the daughter of the statesman William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I of England, and the translator Mildred Cooke. In 1571 she became the first wife of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford. She served as a Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth before her marriage.