Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster

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• Name: Giles de Burgh
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Family/Spouse: James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland. James (son of Alexander Stewart, of Dundonald, 4th High Steward of Scotland and Jean, son of Alexander Stewart, of Dundonald, 4th High Steward of Scotland) was born about 1260; died on 16 Jul 1309. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):He was born at Bathgate Castle, West Lothian, Scotland, the eldest son and heir of James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland (c. 1260-1309) by his third wife Giles (Latinised to Egidia) de Burgh, a daughter of the Irish nobleman Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.

At the age of 21 Walter fought against the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 where according to some sources, together with Douglas he commanded the left wing of the Scots' army, but according to other sources was (due to his youth and inexperience) merely the nominal leader of one of the four (or three) Scottish schiltrons, the effective leader being his cousin James Douglas, Lord of Douglas.

For his services at Bannockburn, Walter was appointed Warden of the Western Marches and was rewarded with a grant of the lands of Largs, which had been forfeited by King John Balliol. In 1316 Stewart donated those lands to Paisley Abbey.

Following the liberation of King Robert the Bruce's wife, Elizabeth de Burgh, and daughter, Marjorie, from their long captivity in England in October 1314, Walter the High Steward was sent to receive them at the Anglo-Scottish Border and conduct them back to the Scottish royal court. Soon after, in 1315, he married Marjorie, receiving the Barony of Bathgate in Linlithgowshire as part of his wife's dowry.

During the absence of King Robert the Bruce in Ireland, Walter the High Steward and Sir James Douglas managed government affairs and spent much time defending the Scottish Borders. Upon the capture of Berwick-upon-Tweed from the English in 1318 he took command of the town which subsequently on 24 July 1319 was besieged by King Edward II of England. Several of the siege engines were destroyed by the Scots' garrison whereupon Walter the Steward suddenly rushed in force from the walled town to drive off the enemy. In 1322, with Douglas and Thomas Randolph, he made an attempt to surprise the English king at Byland Abbey, near Malton in Yorkshire, but Edward escaped, pursued towards York by Walter the Steward and 500 horsemen.

Around 1320/26, Walter, Steward of Scotland, granted by charter to John St. Clair, his valet, the lands of Maxton, Roxburghshire, one of the witnesses being Roberto de Lauwedir tunc justiciario Laudonie ("Robert de Lauder, then Justiciar of Lothian").

He married twice:

Firstly in 1315 to Princess Marjorie, the only daughter of King Robert I of Scotland by his first wife Isabella of Mar. Marjorie died in March 1316 giving birth to their only child:
King Robert II of Scotland (born 1316-died 1390), the first monarch of the House of Stewart who reigned as King of Scotland from 1371 to his death in 1390.
Secondly he married Isabel de Graham, believed to have been a daughter of Sir John Graham of Abercorn, by whom he had three further children:
John Stewart of Ralston.
Sir Andrew Stewart, knight.
Egidia Stewart, who married three times: firstly to Sir James Lindsay of Crawford Castle; secondly to Sir Hugh Eglinton; and thirdly to Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith.

He died on 9 April 1327 at Bathgate Castle and was buried in the Abbey Church of Paisley, alongside his first wife, Marjorie Bruce, and his five High Steward ancestors. A memorial on the wall of the Abbey is inscribed as follows:

In everlasting memory of the High Stewards of Scotland. Here rest their bodies where stood the high altar of this Abbey Church of Paisley.

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Castle of Bathgate was abandoned after his death in 1327.

Family/Spouse: Isabel de Graham. Isabel (daughter of Sir John Graham, of Abercorn) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Walter married Marjorie Bruce in 1315. Marjorie (daughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots and Isabella of Mar) was born about 1296; died in 1316; was buried in Paisley (Abbey), Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Sir Alexander de Menzies, of Durisdeer. Alexander and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):brother of Robert II

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Egidia de Lindsay
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Family/Spouse: Sir James Lindsay, Lord of Byres and Crawford (Castle) and Kirkmichael. James (son of Sir David de Lindsay, Lord of Crawford and the Byres and Maria Abernethy) was born about 1325; died on 11 Nov 1358. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Egidia married Sir Hugh Eglington after Oct 1357. Hugh and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Egidia married Sir James Douglas, of Dalkeith in Oct 1378. James (son of William Douglas) was born in 1358 in Douglas, South Lanark, Scotland; died on 19 Aug 1388 in Otterburn, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England; was buried in Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders (Roxburgh or Melrose), Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Robert II (2 March 1316 ?  19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of Stewart. Upon the death of his uncle David II, Robert succeeded to the throne.

Edward Bruce, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, was named heir presumptive but Edward had no children when he was killed in the Battle of Faughart on 14 October 1318. Marjorie Bruce had died probably in 1317 in a riding accident and Parliament decreed her infant son, Robert Stewart, as heir presumptive, but this lapsed on 5 March 1324 on the birth of a son, David, to King Robert and his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh. Robert Stewart became High Steward of Scotland on his father's death on 9 April 1327, and in the same year Parliament confirmed the young Steward as heir should David die childless. In 1329 King Robert I died and his five-year-old son succeeded to the throne as David II under the guardianship of Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray.

Edward Balliol, son of King John Balliol ?  assisted by the English and those Scottish nobles who Robert I had disinherited ?  invaded Scotland inflicting heavy defeats on the Bruce party on 11 August 1332 at Dupplin Moor and Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333. Robert, who had fought at Halidon, joined his uncle David in refuge in Dumbarton Castle. David escaped to France in 1334 and Parliament, still functioning, appointed Robert and John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, as joint guardians of the kingdom. The English captured Randolph in July 1335 and in the same year, Robert submitted to Balliol bringing about the removal of his guardianship. His former position was reinstated in 1338 until David returned from France in June 1341. Hostilities continued and Robert was with David at the Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346 and either escaped or fled the field. David, however, was captured and remained a prisoner until he was ransomed in October 1357.

Robert married Elizabeth Mure around 1348, legitimising their four sons and five daughters. His subsequent marriage to Euphemia de Ross in 1355 produced two sons and two surviving daughters. Robert rebelled against King David in 1363 but submitted to him following a threat to his right of succession. David died in 1371 and Robert succeeded him at the age of fifty-five. The border magnates continued to attack English-held zones in southern Scotland and by 1384, the Scots had re-taken most of the occupied lands. Robert ensured that Scotland was included in the Anglo-French truce of 1384 and that was a factor in the coup in November when he lost control of the country first to his eldest son, John, and then from 1388 to John's younger brother, Robert. Robert II died in Dundonald Castle in 1390 and was buried at Scone Abbey.

Heir presumptive

Robert Stewart, born in 1316, was the only child of King Robert I's daughter Marjorie Bruce, who died either in childbirth or shortly afterwards, and Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland. Robert had the upbringing of a Gaelic noble on the Stewart lands in Bute, Clydeside, and in Renfrew. In 1315, parliament revoked Marjorie Bruce's right as heir to her father in favour of her uncle, Edward Bruce. Edward was killed at the Battle of Faughart, near Dundalk on 14 October 1318, resulting in a hastily arranged Parliament in December to enact a new tailzie naming Marjorie's son, Robert, as heir should the king die without a successor. The birth of a son, afterwards David II, to King Robert on 5 March 1324 cancelled Robert Stewart's position as heir presumptive, but a Parliament at Cambuskenneth in July 1326 restored him in the line of succession should David die without an heir. This reinstatement of his status was accompanied by the gift of lands in Argyll, Roxburghshire, and the Lothians.

High Steward of Scotland
Renewed war for independence

The first war of independence began in the reign of King John Balliol. His short reign was bedevilled by Edward I's insistence on his overlordship of Scotland. The Scottish leadership concluded that only war could release the country from the English king's continued weakening of Balliol's sovereignty and so finalised a treaty of reciprocal assistance with France in October 1295. The Scots forayed into England in March 1296 ?  this incursion together with the French treaty angered the English king and provoked an invasion of Scotland taking Berwick on 30 March before defeating the Scots army at Dunbar on 27 April. John Balliol submitted to Edward and resigned the throne to him before being sent to London as a prisoner. Despite this, resistance to the English led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray had emerged in the name of King John Balliol. On their deaths, Robert the Bruce continued to resist the English and eventually succeeded in defeating the forces of Edward II of England and gained the Scottish throne for himself.

David Bruce, aged five, became king on 7 June 1329 after the death of his father Robert. Walter the Steward had died earlier on 9 April 1327, and the orphaned eleven-year-old Robert was placed under the guardianship of his uncle, Sir James Stewart of Durrisdeer, who along with Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, and William Lindsey, Archdeacon of St Andrews were appointed as joint guardians of the kingdom. David's accession kindled the second independence war which threatened Robert's position as heir. In 1332 Edward Balliol, son of the deposed John Balliol, spearheaded an attack on the Bruce sovereignty with the tacit support of King Edward III of England and the explicit endorsement of "the disinherited". Edward Balliol's forces delivered heavy defeats on the Bruce supporters at Dupplin Moor on 11 August 1332 and again at Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333, at which the 17-year-old Robert participated. Robert's estates were overrun by Balliol, who granted them to David Strathbogie, titular earl of Atholl, but Robert evaded capture and gained protection at Dumbarton Castle where King David was also taking refuge. Very few other strongholds remained in Scottish hands in the winter of 1333 ?  only the castles of Kildrummy (held by Christina Bruce, elder sister of Robert I and wife of Andrew Murray of Bothwell), Loch Leven, Loch Doon, and Urquhart held out against Balliol forces.

n May 1334, the situation looked dire for the house of Bruce and David II gained safety in France. Robert set about winning back his lands in the west of Scotland. Strathbogie came over to the Bruce interest after disagreements with his fellow "disinherited" but his fierce opposition to Randolph came to a head at a Parliament held at Dairsie Castle in early 1335 when Strathbogie received the support of Robert. Strathbogie once again changed sides submitting to the English king in August and was made Warden of Scotland. Robert likely submitted to Edward in September 1335 relinquishing the guardianship by early December.

The Bruce resistance to Balliol may have been verging on collapse in 1335 but a turn-round in its fortunes began with the appearance of Sir Andrew Moray of Bothwell as a potent war leader at the Battle of Culblean. Moray had been captured in 1332, ransomed himself in 1334, and immediately sped north to lay siege to Dundarg Castle in Buchan held by Sir Henry de Beaumont, with the castle falling on 23 December 1334. Moray was appointed guardian at Dunfermline during the winter of 1335? 1336 while besieging Cupar Castle in Fife. He died at his castle in Avoch in 1338 and Robert resumed the guardianship. Murray's campaign put an end to any chance of Edward III having full lasting control over the south of Scotland and Edward's failure in the six-month siege of Dunbar Castle confirmed this. Balliol lost many of his major supporters to the Bruce side and the main English garrisons began to fall to the Scots ?  Cupar in the spring or summer of 1339, Perth taken by the combined armies of Sir William Douglas, Lord of Liddesdale, Robert Stewart and Maurice Murray of Drumsargard in June 1339. Edinburgh was taken by stratagem by William Douglas of Liddesdale in April 1341.

John Randolph was released from English custody in a prisoner exchange in 1341 and visited David II in Normandy before returning to Scotland. Just as Randolph was a favourite of the king, David II mistrusted Robert Stewart with his powerful positions of heir presumptive and guardian of Scotland. At the beginning of June 1341, the kingdom appeared sufficiently stable to allow the king to return to a land where his nobles while fighting for the Bruce cause, had considerably increased their own power bases. On 17 October 1346, Robert accompanied David into battle at Neville's Cross, where many Scottish nobles including Randolph, died ?  David II was wounded and captured while Robert and Patrick, earl of March had apparently fled the field.

King David's captivity

With the king now imprisoned in England and Randolph dead, the guardianship once again fell to Robert. In 1347 he took the important step of ensuring the legitimation of his four sons, John, Earl of Carrick (the future King Robert III), Walter, Lord of Fife (d. 1362), Robert (the future Duke of Albany) and Alexander, Lord of Badenoch (and future Earl of Buchan), and six daughters by petitioning Pope Clement VI to allow a canon law marriage to Elizabeth Mure.

Even though an English prisoner, David retained influence in Scotland and Robert had his guardianship removed by parliament and given jointly to the earls of Mar and Ross and the lord of Douglas ?  this did not last and Robert was once again appointed guardian by the Parliament of February 1352. The paroled David attended this Parliament to present to Robert and the members of the Three Estates the conditions for his release. These contained no ransom demand but required the Scots to name the English prince John of Gaunt as heir presumptive. The Council rejected these terms, with Robert opposing a proposal that threatened his right of succession. The king had no option but to return to captivity ?  the English chronicler Henry Knighton wrote of the event:

... the Scots refused to have their King unless he entirely renounced the influence of the English, and similarly refused to submit themselves to them. And they warned him that they would neither ransom him nor allow him to be ransomed unless he pardoned them for all their acts and injuries that they had done, and all the offences that they had committed during the time of captivity, and he should give them security for that, or otherwise, they threatened to choose another king to rule them.

By 1354 ongoing negotiations for the king's release reached the stage where a proposal of a straight ransom payment of 90,000 marks to be repaid over nine years, guaranteed by the provision of 20 high-ranking hostages, was agreed upon ?  this understanding was destroyed by Robert when he bound the Scots to a French action against the English in 1355. The capture of Berwick together with the presence of the French on English soil jolted Edward III into moving against the Scots ?  in January 1356 Edward led his forces into the south-east of Scotland and burned Edinburgh and Haddington and much of the Lothians in a campaign that became known as the "Burnt Candlemas". After Edward's victory over France in September, the Scots resumed negotiations for David's release ending in October 1357 with the Treaty of Berwick. Its terms were that in turn for David's freedom, a ransom of 100,000 marks would be paid in annual instalments over ten years ?  only the first two payments were completed initially and nothing further until 1366. This failure to honour the conditions of the Berwick treaty allowed Edward to continue to press for a Plantagenet successor to David ?  terms that were rejected by the Scottish Council and probably by Robert himself. This may have been the cause of a brief rebellion in 1363 by Robert and the earls of Douglas and March. Later French inducements could not bring David to their aid and the country remained at peace with England during his reign.

King of Scots
Consolidation of Stewart power and personal rule
David died childless on 22 February 1371 and was succeeded by Robert II. David was buried at Holyrood Abbey almost immediately but an armed protest by William, Earl of Douglas delayed Robert II's coronation until 26 March 1371. The reasons for the incident remain unclear but may have involved a dispute regarding Robert's right of succession, or may have been directed against George Dunbar, Earl of March (also known as Earl of Dunbar) and the southern justiciar, Robert Erskine. It was resolved by Robert giving his daughter Isabella in marriage to Douglas's son, James and with Douglas replacing Erskine as justiciar south of the Forth. Robert's accession did affect some others who held offices from David II. In particular, George Dunbar's brother John Dunbar, the Lord of Fife who lost his claim on Fife and Sir Robert Erskine's son, Sir Thomas Erskine who lost control of Edinburgh Castle.

The Stewarts greatly increased their holdings in the west, in Atholl, and in the far north: the earldoms of Fife and Menteith went to Robert's second surviving son, Robert; the earldoms of Buchan and Ross (along with the lordship of Badenoch) to his fourth son, Alexander; and the earldoms of Strathearn and Caithness to the eldest son of his second marriage, David. King Robert's sons-in-law were John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles, John Dunbar, Earl of Moray and James who would become the 2nd Earl of Douglas. Robert's sons John, Earl of Carrick, the king's heir, and Robert, Earl of Fife, were made keepers of the castles of Edinburgh and Stirling respectively, while Alexander, Lord of Badenoch and Ross, and afterwards Earl of Buchan, became the king's justiciar and lieutenant in the north of the kingdom. This build-up of the Stewart family power did not appear to cause resentment among the senior magnates ?  the king generally did not threaten their territories or local rule and where titles were transferred to his sons the individuals affected were usually very well rewarded. This style of kingship was very different from his predecessor's ?  David tried to dominate his nobles whereas Robert's strategy was to delegate authority to his powerful sons and earls and this generally worked for the first decade of his reign. Robert was to have influence over eight of the fifteen earldoms either through his sons directly or by strategic marriages of his daughters to powerful lords.

In 1373, Robert ensured the future security of the Stewart dynasty by having Parliament pass entailments regarding the succession. At this time, none of his sons had heirs so it became necessary for a system to be devised to define precisely the circumstances in which each of his sons could inherit the crown? none of this would take precedence over normal succession by primogeniture. By 1375, the king had commissioned John Barbour to write the poem, The Brus, a history intended to bolster the public image of the Stewarts as the genuine heirs of Robert I. It described the patriotic acts of both Sir James, the Black Douglas and Walter the Steward, the king's father, in their support of Bruce. Robert's rule during the 1370s saw the country's finances stabilised and greatly improved due in part to the flourishing wool trade, reduced calls on the public purse and the halting of his predecessor's ransom money on the death of Edward III of England. Robert ?  unlike David II whose kingship was predominantly Lothian and therefore lowland based ?  did not restrict his attention to one sector of his kingdom but frequently visited the more remote areas of the north and west among his Gaelic lords.

Robert ruled over a country that continued to have English enclaves within its borders and Scots who gave their allegiance to the king of England ?  the important castles of Berwick, Jedburgh, Lochmaben and Roxburgh had English garrisons and controlled southern Berwickshire, Teviotdale and large areas in Annandale and Tweeddale. In June 1371, Robert agreed to a defensive treaty with the French, and although there were no outright hostilities during 1372, the English garrisons were reinforced and placed under an increased state of vigilance. Attacks on the English-held zones, with the near-certain backing of Robert, began in 1373 and accelerated in the years 1375? 77. This indicated that a central decision had probably been taken for the escalation of conflict rather than the previous small-scale marauding attacks by the border barons. In 1376, the Earl of March successfully recovered Annandale, but then found himself constrained by the Bruges Anglo-French truce

In his dealings with Edward III, Robert blamed his border magnates for the escalating attacks on the English zones; regardless, the Scots retained the recaptured lands, often portioned out among minor lords, to secure their interest in preventing English re-possession. Despite Robert's further condemnations of his border lords, all the signs were that Robert backed the growing successful Scottish militancy following Edward III's death in 1377. In a charter dated 25 July 1378 the king decreed that Coldingham Priory would no longer be a daughter house of the English Durham Priory but was to be attached to Dunfermline Abbey. In early February the Scots ?  apparently unaware of the conclusion of an Anglo-French truce on 26 January 1384 that included the Scots in the cease-fire ?  conducted an all-out attack on the English zones winning back Lochmaben Castle and Teviotdale. John of Gaunt led a reciprocal English attack that took him as far as Edinburgh, where the burgesses bribed him to leave the town unharmed. Haddington, however, was destroyed. Carrick and James, Earl of Douglas (his father William had died in April), wanted a retaliatory strike for the Gaunt raid. Robert may have concluded that as the French had reneged on a previous agreement to send assistance in 1383 and then entered into a truce with England, any military action would have been met with retaliation and exclusion from the forthcoming Boulogne peace talks. On 2 June 1384, Robert resolved to send Walter Wardlaw, Bishop of Glasgow to the Anglo-French peace talks, yet Carrick ignored this and allowed raids into the north of England to take place. Despite this, by 26 July, the Scots were part of the truce that would expire in October. Robert called a Council in September probably to decide how to proceed when the truce concluded.

Loss of authority and death

Robert's son, John, Earl of Carrick, had become the foremost Stewart magnate south of the Forth just as Alexander, Earl of Buchan was in the north. Alexander's activities and methods of royal administration, enforced by Gaelic mercenaries, drew criticism from northern earls and bishops and his younger half-brother David, Earl of Strathearn. These complaints damaged the king's standing within the Council leading to criticism of his ability to curb Buchan's activities. Robert's differences with the Carrick affinity regarding the conduct of the war and his continued failure or unwillingness to deal with Buchan in the north led to the political convulsion of November 1384 when the Council removed the king's authority to govern and appointed Carrick as lieutenant of the kingdom ?  a coup d'?etat had taken place. With Robert sidelined, there was now no impediment in the way of war. In June 1385, a force of 1200 French soldiers joined the Scots in a campaign that involved the Earl of Douglas and two of Robert's sons, John, Earl of Carrick and Robert, Earl of Fife. The skirmishes saw small gains but a quarrel between the French and Scottish commanders saw the abandonment of an attack on the important castle of Roxburgh.

he victory of the Scots over the English at the Battle of Otterburn in Northumberland in August 1388 set in motion Carrick's fall from power. One of the Scottish casualties was Carrick's close ally James, Earl of Douglas. Douglas died without an heir, which led to various claims upon the title and estate ?  Carrick backed Malcolm Drummond, the husband of Douglas's sister, while Fife sided with the successful appellant, Sir Archibald Douglas, Earl of Wigtown and Lord of Galloway who possessed an entail on the Douglas estates. Fife, now with his powerful Douglas ally, and those who supported the king ensured a countercoup at the December Council meeting when the guardianship of Scotland passed from Carrick (who had recently been badly injured from a horse-kick) to Fife. Many had also approved of Fife's intention to properly resolve the situation of lawlessness in the north and in particular the activities of his younger brother, Buchan. Fife relieved Buchan of his offices of lieutenant of the north and justiciar north of the Forth. The latter role was given to Fife's son, Murdoch Stewart. Robert II toured the northeast in late January 1390, perhaps to reinforce the changing political scene in the north following Buchan's removal from authority. In March, Robert returned to Dundonald Castle in Ayrshire where he died on 19 April and was buried at Scone on 25 April.


Marriages and issue
In 1336, he first married Elizabeth Mure (died 1355), daughter of Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan. The marriage was criticised for being uncanonical, so he remarried her in 1349 after receiving a papal dispensation in 1347.

From this union, ten children reached adulthood:

John (died 1406), who became King of Scotland as Robert III, married Anabella Drummond;
Walter (died in 1362), husband of Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Fife;
Robert, Earl of Fife and from 1398 Duke of Albany (died 1420), married in 1361 Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, and his second wife in 1381 Muriella Keith (died in 1449);
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan (died 1405), nicknamed "the Wolf of Badenoch", married in 1382 to Euphemia of Ross;
Margaret, married John of Islay, Lord of the Isles;
Marjorie, married John Dunbar, Earl of Moray, then Sir Alexander Keith;
Elizabeth, married Thomas de la Hay, Lord High Constable of Scotland;
Isabel (died 1410), married James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas (died in 1388), followed in 1389 by John Edmonstone of that Ilk;
Johanna (Jean), married Sir John Keith (died 1375), then John Lyon, Lord of Glamis (died 1383) and finally, Sir James Sandilands;
Katherine, married Sir Robert Logan of Grugar and Restalrig, Lord High Admiral of Scotland.
In 1355, Robert married his second wife Euphemia de Ross (died 1387), daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross. They had four children:

David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn, born about 1356 and died in 1389;
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, born about 1360, was beheaded at Edinburgh in 1437 for being involved in the assassination of King James I;
Elizabeth, who married in 1380 David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford;
Egidia, who married in 1387 William Douglas of Nithsdale.
King Robert II also had many illegitimate children with several mistresses, including four sons with his favourite Mariota de Cardeny, daughter of Sir John Cardeny, and widow of Alexander Mac Naugthon:

Alexander Stewart, of Inverlunan;
Sir John Stewart, of Cardeny;
James Stewart, of Abernethy and Kinfauna;
Walter Stewart.
By Moira Leitch (according to tradition):

Sir John Stewart, Sheriff of Bute (1360 ?  1445/9), ancestor of the Marquesses of Bute
Other issue born by unknown women:

John Stewart, Lord of Burley (killed 1425);
Alexander Stewart, canon of Glasgow;
Sir Alexander Stewart of Inverlunan;
Thomas Stewart, Archdeacon of St Andrews, Dean of Dunkeld;
James Stewart of Kinfauns;
Walter Stewart;
Maria or Mary Stewart, wife of Sir John de Danielstoun and mother of Sir Robert de Danielstoun of that Ilk (ancestor of Cunningham of Kilmaurs, and Maxwell of Calderwood).

Birth:
Robert II (2 March 1316 ? 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of Stewart. Upon the death of his uncle David II, Robert succeeded to the throne.

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Dundonald Castle

Dundonald Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III.

Robert married Elizabeth Mure about 1348. Elizabeth (daughter of Sir Adam Mure and Joanna Danzielstour) was born in 1320 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland; died in 1354 in House of Stewart, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was buried in Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Euphemia de Ross, Queen of Scots on 2 May 1355. Euphemia (daughter of Hugh de Ross, Earl of Ross and Margaret de Graham) was born in 1329; died in 1387. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She assigned her terce of the Crail annuity to the Friars Minors of Dundee. By her, who was dead in 1442, Sir Alexander had issue

Marjory married Sir Alexander Lindsay, Lordof Glenesk, Knight Banneret on 19 Oct 1378. Alexander (son of Sir David de Lindsay, Lord of Crawford and the Byres and Maria Abernethy) was born about 1327 in Scotland; died in Oct 1381 in Candia, Crete, on way to Palestine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marjory married Henry de Douglas, of Langnewtoun before 19 May 1384. Henry died in 1393. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: member of parliament, signed Act of Settlement for Robert III, safe conducts for Richard II,Ambassador to England, usticiar north of Forth, Sheriff of Lanark
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He sat in Parliament 1371 and was one of those who sealed the Act of Settlement of the Crown on Robert III. He had many safe - conducts from King Richard II, 1374-1395, being styled Lord de Lindesay in the safe-conduct of 15 December 1381, and in 1394 was an ambassador with Sir David and others to England. He and his cousin Sir David of Glenesk obtained mutual charters of entail. Sir James was Justiciar north of the Forth in 1373, also Sheriff of Lanark.

Family/Spouse: Margaret Keith. Margaret (daughter of Sir William Keith, Marshall of Scotland and Margaret Fraser) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isabel married Sir John de Maxwell before 13 Jul 1369. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Sir Henry de Prestoun. Henry and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Walter married Isabella, Countess of Fife about 1361. Isabella and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Robert Stewart
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Robert married Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith in 1361. Margaret was born in 1334; died in 1380. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles. John (son of Angus Og MacDonald, Lord of the Isles) was born in 1325 in Argyll and Bute, Scotland; died in 1386 in Scotland; was buried in St Oran's Chapel Cemetery - The Rilig Ourain, Isle of Iona, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Marjory Stuart
• _UID: 32B1BFDE2D164E63B33272F9F0293B99B195

Marjorie married John Dunbar, 1st Earl of Moray between 11 Jul 1370 and 1384 in Dundonald Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland. John was born in 1340 in Stranith, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; died on 15 Feb 1391 in Cumnocke, East Ayrshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 79430B157FD342E6BAE93633BCEAE3FDE8BA

Family/Spouse: Sir James Douglas, of Dalkeith. James (son of William Douglas) was born in 1358 in Douglas, South Lanark, Scotland; died on 19 Aug 1388 in Otterburn, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England; was buried in Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders (Roxburgh or Melrose), Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: E35C40F46F2145E98580C7CB816C0914D2B1

Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas de la Hay, 7th Lord of Erroll, Lord High Constable of Scotland. Thomas was born in 1342 in Errol, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 14 Jul 1406 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; was buried in Errol Parish Church Graveyard, Errol, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: F0E85119DCF442E8B593852E43A053F25F08

Jean married Sir John Keith on 17 Jan 1374. John was born in 1352; died in 1374. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married John Lyons, 6th of Glamis, King's secretary, Chamberlain of Scotland and Keeper of the Privy Seal in 1376. John was born in 1340 in Glamis, Agnus, Scotland; died on 4 Nov 1382 in Menmuir, Angus, Scotland; was buried in Scone Abbey, Scone, Perhshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jean married Sir James Sandilands, of Calder in Nov 1384. James was born in 1346 in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland; died in 1397 in West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Christine Lindsay, of Glenesk. Christine (daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay, Lordof Glenesk, Knight Banneret and Catherine Stirling) was born in 1356; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eupheme Lindsay, of Glenesk. Eupheme (daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay, Lordof Glenesk, Knight Banneret and Marjory Stewart) was born in 1360; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

(Research):Elizabeth Stewart, Princess of Scotland was the daughter of Robert II of Scotland and Euphemia de Ross. She was born between 1356 and 1370, well after her parents' marriage on 2 May 1355. Her brothers were David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn and Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, and her half-brother was Robert III of Scotland.


She married David Lindsay on 22 February 1375. Her dowry was the barony of Strathnairn in Inverness-shire. In 1398, her father granted Lindsay the title of Earl of Crawford. They had seven, possibly eight, children:

Gerard Lindsay (d. before 1421)
Ingram Lindsay, Bishop of Aberdeen (d. 1458)
Marjorie Lindsay, married Sir William Douglas. They were parents of Catherine Douglas.
Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford (c. 1387? 1438)
David Lindsay, Lord of Newdosk (1407? ?); he later became a priest
Elizabeth Lindsay; she married Sir Robert Keith.
Elizabeth Lindsay (1407? ?); married Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine; she may have been confused with her sister of the same name, and it is possible that they were one and the same person.
Isabella Lindsay (1407? ?), married Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, and had issue.
They presumably lived at Crawford Castle.

Family/Spouse: Sir Robert Logan, of Restalrig, Edinburgh, Admiral of Scotland. Robert was born in 1371 in Scotland; died in 1439 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Sir David Lindsay, of Glenesk, 1st Earl of Crawford, Knight Banneret, 10th Baron of Crawford on 22 Feb 1375. David (son of Sir Alexander Lindsay, Lordof Glenesk, Knight Banneret and Catherine Stirling) was born in 1359 in Scotland; died in 1407 in Finhaven (Finavon) Castle, Forfar, Angus, Scotland; was buried in Church of the Greyfriars, Dundee, Aberdeen, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: 1407; tutor to David, youger son of the Earl of Crawford, executor to the Earl

Notes:

Occupation:
He was tutor to David, younger son of the Earl of Crawford 1407, executor 7 to the Earl

Family/Spouse: Matilda Stewart. Matilda died in 1438. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

Died:
Sir Walter,10 of Kynneff, who was killed at the battle of Verneuil, 1424.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: David Stewart, Earl Palatine of Strathern. David (son of Robert Stewart, Robert II of Scotland and Elizabeth Mure) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Sir Thomas Colville. Thomas (son of Sir Robert Colville, of Oxenham) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Sir John Herries, of Terregles. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: a business magnate
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Notes:

(Research):Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford (c. 1387? 1438/1439) was a Scottish magnate. He was the son of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford and Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of King Robert II and Euphemia de Ross. He was knighted at the coronation of King James I on 21 May 1424, and subsequently was one of the hostages for King James given over to the English from 1424 until November 1427.

Family
He married Marjory of Dunbar, daughter of Sir David of Dunbar, and had issue.

David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford, who succeeded his father as Earl.
Elizabeth, who married John Drummond and had issue.
Janet, who married Thomas, Erskine, 2nd Lord Erskine and had issue.
Christian, who first married William Douglas of Lochleven (evidently in lieu of her sister) by whom she had at least a son Alexander, and a daughter Elizabeth who married Richard Lovel of Ballumbie. She married secondly David Wemyss of that Ilk (d. 1430), by whom she was the mother of John Wemyss of that Ilk and two daughters, Helen and Euphemia. She married lastly Sir James Auchinleck of that Ilk (d. 1449), by whom she was the mother of Sir John Auchinleck of that Ilk (d. 1502) among others
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Occupation:
A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the creation or ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. A business magnate typically controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or industry whose goods or services are widely consumed.

Family/Spouse: Marjorie Ogilvie, of Dunbar. Marjorie (daughter of Sir Alexander Ogilvie, of Auchterhouse) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: William Douglas, of Lochleven. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: politics and military affairs; supporter of Scotland in Rough Wooing
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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marjory Ogilvy. Marjory was born about 1400 in Auchterhouse, Forfarshire, Scotland; died about 1476 in Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Thomas Erskine. Thomas and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Beardie
• Name: Tiger
• _UID: 493AC4581B874CAE90E7154BDC9B6A44376C
• Occupation: 1450; Sheriff of Aberdeen

Notes:

(Research):Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford (1423? 1453) was a late medieval Scottish nobleman, and a magnate of the north-east of that country.

Life
Alexander Lindsay was the son of David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford and Marjory Ogilvie, the daughter of Sir Alexander Ogilvie of Auchterhouse.

Known as the Tiger Earl or Earl Beardie, Crawford was one of the most powerful of the Scottish nobles. For some time he was in arms against King James II as part of the Douglas rebellion. In February 1452, William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas was personally killed at Stirling Castle by James II for refusing to dissolve his league with Alexander. The Tiger Earl was defeated at the Battle of Brechin on 18 May, and he submitted to James II in 1452.

J. B. Burke imagined the colourful scene of the earl's submission, thus:

The decree of forfeiture, both as to life and lands, which had been passed before, was now renewed and, after having gallantly struggled for a long time against all odds? even after the total defeat and submission of his ally Douglas? he found himself compelled, for the sake of his house and followers, to sue for mercy. In this last extremity it is that all the better parts of his character stand out in full relief; there is neither fear, nor meanness, nor self seeking in his frank and manly prayers for mercy: but, mingled with the courage that we might reasonably look for, is a tenderness for others that we certainly did not expect to find in such a character. For himself, as he boldly tells the king, he was willing to underlie any fate, "either to be hangit [hanged], to be riven with wild beasts, to be drowned, or cassen [cast] over ane craig;" it was not even the sufferings of his dear wife, nor the weeping of his bairns [children], nor the lamentable sobbings of his friends that moved him, so much "as the decay and falling of our House, and lamentable chance and fortune of the noblemen of Angus, with the rest of my adherents, whose lives, lands, and guids [goods] stands in danger for my cause and surname of Lindsay. Have compassion on the noblemen, men that concordit to my faction, that they, at the least, be not spoilzied (spoiled) of their lives and heritages for my offence".

The king granted Lindsay clemency, but when he had been angry with the earl, he had sworn he would make the highest stone on Finavon Castle become the lowest. Therefore, to keep his oath while yet remaining true to his grant of clemency, the king climbed to the top of the castle and threw one of the loose stones on the battlements down to the ground below. J. B. Burke recorded that two hundred years later it could still be seen where it had fallen "secured to the spot with a strong chain of iron".

Legend has it that he is the infamous "Earl Beardie" featured in one of the myths of Glamis Castle.

Marriage and issue
Alexander, Earl of Crawford married Margaret Dunbar, daughter of Sir David Dunbar of Cockburn, himself a son of George I, Earl of March, and had issue:

Lady Elizabeth Lindsay (died 1509), married to John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond
David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose (1440? 1495)
Alexander Lindsay, 7th Earl of Crawford (died 1517).

The most important of the early earls of Crawford are the 4th and the 5th earls. Alexander Lindsay, the 4th earl (d. 1454), called the "tiger earl," was, like his father David the 3rd earl, who was killed in 1446, one of the most powerful of the Scottish nobles; for some time he was in arms against King James II., but he submitted in 1452. His son David, the 5th earl (c. 14401 495), was lord high admiral and lord chamberlain; he went frequently as an ambassador to England and was created duke of Montrose in 1488, but the title did not descend to his son.

Alexander married Margaret de Dunbar, Countess of Crawford in 1440 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Sir David Dunbar, of Cockburn, son of George 1, Earl of March and Beatrice Colquhoun) was born in 1425 in Cockburn, Berwickshire, Scotland; died before Jan 1499 in Berwickshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Duke of Touraine. William and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Thomas Maule, of Panmure. Thomas and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

(Research):     David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose was born in 1440.2 He was the son of Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford and Margaret Dunbar.3 He married, firstly, Elizabeth Hamilton, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton and Lady Eupheme Graham, in 1459.1 He and Elizabeth Hamilton were divorced before 1484.1 He married, secondly, Margaret Carmichael before 27 September 1484.4 He died on 25 December 1495 at Finhaven Castle, Angus, ScotlandG.4 He was buried at Dundee, Angus, ScotlandG.4
     He succeeded as the 5th Earl of Crawford [S., 1398] in September 1453.3 He held the office of Sheriff of Forfarshire in October 1466.3 He held the office of Keeper of Berwick between 1473 and 1476.3 On 9 March 1472/73 he was granted the Lordships of Brechin and Navar for life.3 He held the office of High Admiral of Scotland in May 1476.3 He held the office of Master of the Household in 1480.5 He held the office of Great Lord Chamberlain [Scotland] before 1483.5 He held the office of Joint High Justiciary of the North in 1487.5 He was created 1st Duke of Montrose [Scotland] on 18 May 1488.5 He fought in the Battle of Sauchieburn on 9 June 1488, where he distinguished himself on the side of King James III.6 On 17 October 1488 his Dukedom was forfeited by the Rescissory Act.6 On 19 September 1489 he was granted a new patent for the Dukedom of Montrose. However, the Rescissory Act itself was rescinded in March 1503/4, so it has been argued that the first creation is in effect the correct one.6 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Scotland] in February 1489/90.5

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The most important of the early earls of Crawford are the 4th and the 5th earls. Alexander Lindsay, the 4th earl (d. 1454), called the "tiger earl," was, like his father David the 3rd earl, who was killed in 1446, one of the most powerful of the Scottish nobles; for some time he was in arms against King James II., but he submitted in 1452. His son David, the 5th earl (c. 14401 495), was lord high admiral and lord chamberlain; he went frequently as an ambassador to England and was created duke of Montrose in 1488, but the title did not descend to his son. Montrose fought for James III. at the battle of Sauchieburn, and his son John, the 6th earl (d. 1513), was slain at Flodden.

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David Lindsay (1440-1495) was the son of Alexander, 4th Earl of Crawford and succeeded his father as Earl in 1453. He was created Duke of Montrose in 1488 by James III whom he supported during that year's rebellion against the king by supporters of the Duke of Rothesay. He fought for James at the Battle of Sauchieburn which resulted in the death of James III and the succession of Rothesay (James IV). The new king stripped Lindsay of his dukedom, although it was restored to him for his lifetime in 1489. He died in 1495 and was succeeded as Earl of Crawford by his son John

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Hamilton. Elizabeth (daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton and Lady Eupheme Bothwell, Dowager Countess of Douglas) died in 1559. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret Carmichael. Margaret (daughter of Carmichael, of Meadowflat) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alexander married Lady Isobel Margaret Campbell before 18 Mar 1870. Isobel (daughter of Campbell, of Ardkinglas) was born in 1455 in Argyll, Scotland; died in 1487 in Argyll, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Isobel Leslie. Elizabeth was born in 1502; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth married John Drummond, 1st Lord Drummond on 5 Mar 1458 in Cumbernauld, North Lanark Council Area (Dunbarton), Scotland. John was born on 1 Jan 1438 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened in 1438 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 18 Dec 1519 in Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried in Innerpeffray Chapel And Churchyard, Crieff, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gordon, Earl of Huntley. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gordon. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Janet Gordon. Janet (daughter of Gordon, Earl of Huntley and Lady Elizabeth de Lindsay) was born before 1474 in Scotland; died in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Mariota Home in 1493. Mariota (daughter of Alexander Home, Lord Home) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: John Blair, of Balmyle. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: David Lyon, of Baky. David and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

(Research):David Lindsay, 8th earl of Crawford (d. 1542), son of Alexander, the 7th earl (d. 1517), had a son Alexander, master of Crawford (d. 1542), called the "wicked master," who quarrelled with his father and tried to kill him. Consequently he was sentenced to death, and the 8th earl conveyed the earldom to his kinsman, David Lindsay of Edzell (d. 1558), a descendant of the 3rd earl of Crawford, thus excluding Alexander and his descendants, and in 1542 David became 9th earl of Crawford. But the 9th earl, although he had at least two sons, named the wicked master's son David as his heir, and consequently in 1558 the earldom came back to the elder line of the Lindsays, the 9th earl being called the "interpolated earl."

he earl of Lindsay, who thus supplanted his kinsman, belonged to the family of Lindsay of the Byres, a branch of the Lindsays descended from Sir David Lindsay of Crawford (d. c. 1 355), the grandfather of the 1st earl of Crawford. Sir David's descendant, Sir John Lindsay of the Byres (d. 1482), was created a lord of parliament as Lord Lindsay of the Byres in 1445, and his son David, the 2nd lord (d. 1490), fought for James III. at the battle of Sauchieburn. The most prominent member of this line was Patrick, 6th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (d. 1589), a son of John the 5th lord (d. 1563), who was a temperate member of the reforming party. Patrick was one of the first of the Scottish nobles to join the reformers, and he was also one of the most violent. He fought against the regent, Mary of Lorraine, and the French; then during a temporary reconciliation he assisted Mary, queen of Scots, to crush the northern rebels at Corrichie in 1562, but again among the enemies of the queen he took part in the murder of David Rizzio and signed the bond against Bothwell, whom he wished to meet in single combat after the affair at Carberry Hill in 1565. Lindsay, who was a brother-in-law and ally of the regent Murray, carried Mary to Lochleven castle and obtained her signature to the deed of abdication; he fought against her at Langside, and after Murray's murder he was one of the chiefs of the party which supported the throne of James VI. In 1578, however, he was among those who tried to drive Morton from power, and in 1582 he helped to seize the person of the king in the plot called the "raid of Ruthven," afterwards escaping to England. Lindsay had returned to Scotland when he died on the 11th of December 1589. His successor was his son, James the 7th lord (d. 1601).

Family/Spouse: Katherine Stirling. Katherine and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Isobel Lundy, Countess of Rothes in 1499 in Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Isobel (daughter of Sir Robert Lundie, of Balgonie,, Treasurer of Scotland and Jean Lindsay) was born in 1475 in Lundie, Fifeshire, Scotland; died on 2 Feb 1550 in Cairnie Castle, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was buried in 1550 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Lady Elizabeth Mariana Hay, Countess of Crawford in 1499 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Elizabeth was born on 10 Jan 1475 in Moonzie, Fife, Scotland; died on 3 Feb 1511 in Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isobel married James Oglivy, Lord Ogilvie of Airlie in May 1543. James and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Gardyn. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth married Sir William Graham, 1st Baron Montrose on 25 Nov 1488 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Sir was born in 1464 in Perth and Kinross, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberlandshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Sir George Douglas, Master of Angus in Mar 1488 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. George was born on 8 Mar 1469 in Midlothian, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland, England; was buried in 1513 in Branxton, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Alexander Lindsay, Master of Crawford, Lord Lindsay. Alexander (son of David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford, 1st Duke of Montrose and Elizabeth Hamilton) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: remainder to Rathillet
• _UID: 55EB79A15DB348039687354B9B35B024F67D

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• FamilySearch ID: LBPR-5S8
• _UID: 8AC30280A9244CAA8033A13719960D835C14
• Occupation: Between 4 Jan 1529 and 1530; remainder to Rathillet

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• FamilySearch ID: GSLM-QY9
• Name: David Lindsay
• _UID: 9492B8360A7C4838BF643C90A65ACF370F97

Family/Spouse: Katherine Campbell, Countess of Crawford. Katherine was born in 1502 in Cawdor, Nairn, Scotland; was christened in 1502 in Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 1 Oct 1578 in Brechin Parish, Angus (Forfar), Scotland; was buried in Edzell Churchyard, Edzell, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Janet Gray. Janet died in 1549; was buried in Edzell Churchyard, Edzell, Angus, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: M2V5-DN4
• _UID: F1F48B3595214928BD2DC5B6C883D592E384

Family/Spouse: John Borthwick, Lord Borthwick. John died in 1566. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Preston, of Cameron. George and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4B8210B3DC764536BE3CF6C2F00C3C81C83E

Family/Spouse: Janet Sinclair. Janet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 2B3182D0C43244AEB0AB9A55346584858255

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• _UID: F63A8B8D340F4BE187529FD8C36DCF2A30F8

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• _UID: 914473357C84406B8C6B342BD5FEB6EEF5CA
• Occupation: 1531; parson of Lethnot

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• _UID: 47BA83E2D4FB4FF1B2C77CB25A6EC668124B

Family/Spouse: John Erskine. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 1598C91F445A407CBDF7EEEABFAC5996D5CA

Family/Spouse: John Charteris, of Kinfauns. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LY8N-RKQ
• Name: Margaret de Montrose
• _UID: C9A824E13C504184A0DA7DBB00CE2329939F

Margaret married Baron John Somerville, 2nd Lord of Cambusnethan, 4th Lord Summerville on 10 Jul 1518 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Baron (son of John Somerville, of Cambusnethan and Elizabeth Janet Carmichael) was born on 3 Jul 1489 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1553 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was buried in 1553 in Cambusnethan, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Thomas Little in 1519 in Thornhill, Hope, Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. Thomas was born in 1479 in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom; died in 1521. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LTDN-WT3
• _UID: DF440E45FEBE4C03A673A2842A4EAB432636

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• _UID: E1E83C0B801C4A30817A2808AD50D5072A12

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• FamilySearch ID: 27LX-1HS
• _UID: 457E5A95F3174E9AB4D89960C6B3DCF16FDE

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• FamilySearch ID: LRYR-2J7
• _UID: 0BA52DFD397A45D9862A5A1D55D630C0EDE0

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• FamilySearch ID: LRTR-QCS
• _UID: D4D561F27D24482ABA1753089EC2B2A3F055

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sir John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis. John was born in 1491 in Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland; died on 8 Apr 1528 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; was buried in 1528 in Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G1SQ-N2R
• _UID: FE58BFE0F27A470AA69E2533A689E95BC14F

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Clark. Elizabeth was born in 1560 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G1S3-PW3
• _UID: 917851B926B04136B23D5140441C07165D9C

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• FamilySearch ID: MSM8-P6C
• _UID: 9A64BC1D55254065AB58165C62205A60A7E9

Margaret married John Innermeath, Lord Innermeath, Earl of Atholl on 27 Oct 1580. John and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G1S3-BQP
• Occupation: rector of Lethnot, Secretary of State
• Occupation: Secretary of State for Scotland
• _UID: 5CFDD60495FB4C9F8274758F62301B7BD05D

Family/Spouse: Marion Guthrie. Marion (daughter of Alexander Guthrie, Town clerk of Edinburgh) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane Lauder. Jane and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G1S3-NSR
• _UID: BE26160B9D374E03A4F9076F5CF949A88396

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• FamilySearch ID: G1SQ-NQV
• _UID: C72293D8B9FF46CE8648618B648C5C23493F

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• FamilySearch ID: G1S3-147
• _UID: EFC53D09B72D413DA64276F930D72A9D814D

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• FamilySearch ID: G1S3-5C5
• _UID: 07F236E5A5E04F3097009DB9336148FEDFD5

Family/Spouse: Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond. Patrick and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 69B8FC85B9944445953AEEE8E9976AB8BF4D

Family/Spouse: Douglas, of Kilspindie. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G2GF-K7M
• _UID: 93FE7D585D614D1486F82E6F0FE071020294

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• FamilySearch ID: GN41-CPB
• _UID: D44EB74EC3CD45578B55DAD94F86DA841988

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• FamilySearch ID: GBH5-GHM
• Name: "Laird of the Plaids"
• _UID: 248919DC56E947A999EF93CFDAF61725C7FE

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• FamilySearch ID: LMWG-KRF
• _UID: CEFB4EC37FF549EF99CC60EDBEB31A3BFE39

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• FamilySearch ID: LMWG-KT2
• _UID: C69E9C71FAFF4AD1BC67F1CEA0E1092C1D8F

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• FamilySearch ID: LMWG-KB4
• _UID: 0BB8C7E39BDD4FAA9F19D431911573A75B58

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• FamilySearch ID: G34S-N3J
• _UID: 356058BA87B84E73AE64ED4B1E117EB2500F

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• FamilySearch ID: LYT6-SBM
• Name: John Lord Glamis Lyon
• _UID: D1ADCEDA16AB478EB67DF382D22675673810

John married Janet Keith, Baroness of Glamis, Countess of Huntly on 6 Feb 1542 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Janet (daughter of Lord Robert Keith, Master of Marischal and Baroness Elizabeth Douglas) was born in 1514 in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland; died on 24 Nov 1559 in Dunnottar, Kincardineshire, Scotland; was buried on 25 Nov 1559 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]