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Personal data Baron John 18th 1st Earl of Mar 6th Lord Erskine (Baron John 18th 1st Earl of Mar, 6th Lord Erskine) Erskine 

• Alternative names: John II Lord Erskine Earl van Mar, John Erskine Baron Erskine, Earl of Mar, John Erskine, John 17th Earl of Mar 6th Lord (John 17th Earl of Mar, 6th Lord ) Erskine, John 17 Earl of Mar (John 17 Earl of Mar) Erskine, John Lord, John 17 Earl of Mar (John 17 Earl of Mar) Erskine, John St
• First name Baron John 18th 1st Earl of Mar, 6th Lord Erskine.
• He was born in the year 1522 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1525 in Cast, Finistere, Bretagne, France.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1525 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
• Alternative: He was born about 1506 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1500 in Cast, Finistere, Bretagne, France.Source 7
• Alternative: He was born on August 31, 1704 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1510 in Midlothian, Scotland.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1535 in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1525.Source 1
• Alternative: He was born in the year 1551 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
• He was baptized on August 31, 1704 in Alloa,Clackmannan,Scotland.Source 7
• Alternative: He was baptized on March 3, 1803 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England.
• He died on October 28, 1572 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, he was 50 years old.

  Attention: Deceased (October 28, 1572) before baptism (August 31, 1704).

• Alternative: He died in the year 1704 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Source 7
• Alternative: He died November 1704 in Alloa, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• Alternative: He died on October 28, 1572 in Stirling Castle, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 50 years old.
• Alternative: He died in the year 1572, he was 50 years old.Source 1
• Alternative: He died on October 28, 1572 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, he was 50 years old.
• A child of Sir John i (17th Earl of Mar) (5th Lord Erskine) and Scot Lady Mary Margaret (Baroness of Argyll) possible twin Campbell Hay

Household of Baron John 18th 1st Earl of Mar 6th Lord Erskine (Baron John 18th 1st Earl of Mar, 6th Lord Erskine) Erskine

He is married to Lady Annabella Murray Of Tullibardine.

They got married in the year 1538 at Scotland, he was 16 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mary Erskine  1556-1575
2. Sir John Leslie Erskine, 19th 2nd Earl of Mar, 8th Lord Erskine,High Treasurer of Scotland, Captain of Stirling Castle, Knight of the Garter  1562-1634 
3. Margaretha Margaret Erskine  1565-1599
4. Lady Jean Erskine, of Mar  1565-1604
5. Honorable Sir Charles Erskine of Alva  

Notes about Baron John 18th 1st Earl of Mar 6th Lord Erskine (Baron John 18th 1st Earl of Mar, 6th Lord Erskine) Erskine

John Erskine, Earl of Mar (died 1572)
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Portrait of John Erskine of Mar by John Scougal, circa 1660
John Erskine, Earl of Mar (died 28 October 1572), regent of Scotland, was a son of John, 5th Lord Erskine, who was guardian of King James V and afterwards of Mary, Queen of Scots. He is regarded as both the 18th earl (in the 1st creation) and the 1st earl (in the 7th).[1]

Career
John was Commendator of Dryburgh Abbey from 1547,[2] and succeeded his father as 6th Lord Erskine in 1552. He joined the religious reformers, but was never very ardent in the cause[citation needed]. He did subscribe to the letter asking the Calvinist reformer John Knox to return to Scotland in 1557. The custody of Edinburgh Castle was in his hands during the struggle between the regent, Mary of Guise, and the Lords of the Congregation, during which he appears to have acted consistently in the interests of peace.[3]

When Mary, Queen of Scots, returned to Scotland in 1561 Lord Erskine was a member of her council and was in favor of her marriage with Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. His wife was Annabella Murray, daughter of William Murray of Tullibardine. She was a frequent companion of Queen Mary; John Knox called Annabella a "verray Jesabell". In 1565 Erskine was granted the earldom of Mar when the queen restored the charter to him and his heirs "all and hail the said earldom of Mar."[4] As guardian of James, afterwards King James VI, at Stirling Castle he prevented the young prince from falling into the hands of Lord Bothwell, and when the Scottish nobles rose against Mary and Bothwell, Mar was one of their leaders; he took part in the government of Scotland during Mary's imprisonment at Lochleven Castle and also after her subsequent abdication.[3]

Regent of Scotland
In September 1571 he was chosen Regent of Scotland, but he was overshadowed and perhaps slighted by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton.[3] He died at Stirling on 29 October 1572 after a short illness, widely agreed to have been natural causes. However, some sources indicate that he may have been poisoned at the behest of the Earl of Morton. Mar's illness, wrote James Melville, followed a banquet at Dalkeith Palace given by Morton.[5]

John began building the house at Stirling called 'Mar's Wark', now a ruin under the care of Historic Scotland. The other seat of the family was Alloa Tower. James VI continued to regard Annabella Murray with affection and wrote to her as "Minnie". She was the governess of his son Prince Henry at Stirling.

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