 Alavere was first mentioned in 1241 in the "Liber Census Daniæ," during the reign of King Valdemar II of Denmark, as "Hauaueeræ".The village center of present-day was built up around a manor house, dating from the 1620s.The Allafer Manor () of the former Kose Parish passed between the hands of several families throughout the centuries, notably the Baltic German Löwensterns in the 18th century and the Ungern-Sternbergs in the 19th century.