Sir Francis de Vere

…commanded by the English general Francis Vere.

…known as the “fighting Veres”; Sir Francis (1560–1609) commanded the English troops in the Netherlands that fought against Spain in the service of the United Provinces, while his younger brother Sir Horace (1565–1635) fought in Germany during the Thirty Years’ War. Edward (1550–1604), the 17th Earl of Oxford, was a…