Isabel de Bolebec
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Isabel de Bolebec was heiress of the barony of Bolebec and Countess of the third Earl of Oxford. Her inheritance gave the de Veres the style Viscount Bulbeck, which every heir of the house carried for four hundred years afterwards, including the boy named in the 1562 will that proves this family's descent.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (standard CP account): ISABEL DE BOLEBEC, heiress of the BOLEBEC barony (whence the later Vere style "Viscount Bulbeck" carried by every heir-apparent down to the 16th Earl's will in this project); Countess of the 3rd Earl; famously paid handsomely for the right to choose her own husband; benefactress of the Oxford Blackfriars. Mother of the 4th Earl. Direct ancestress. Added 22 Jul 2026. || FATHER WIRED 14 Sep 2026: HUGH DE BOLEBEC of Whitchurch (CP 'Oxford' - the de Veres quartered Bolebec ever after). ⚠ DO-NOT-CONFLATE with Osbern de Bolbec (I100706), the 11th-century Giffard ancestor - link unproven.