West-Europese adel » Alexander Lindsay Earl van Crawford (1425-1453)

Personal data Alexander Lindsay Earl van Crawford 

  • He was born in the year 1425.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1440) below 16 years (15).

    Waarschuwing Attention: Was younger than 16 years (15) when child (David Lindsay Earl Crawford Hertog van Montros) was born (??-??-1440).

  • Title: 4. Earl van Crawford Sherriff van Aberdeenshire
  • He died September 1453 in Finhaven Castle, Angusshire, Schotland, he was 28 years old.
  • He is buried in Grey Friars, Dundee, Angusshire, Schotland.
  • A child of David Lindsay Earl van Crawford and Majorie Ogilvy
  • This information was last updated on September 12, 2018.

Household of Alexander Lindsay Earl van Crawford

He is married to Margaretha Dunbar.

They got married in the year 1440, he was 15 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Elisabeth Lindsay  1445-1519 


Notes about Alexander Lindsay Earl van Crawford

Sir Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford was the son of Sir David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford and Marjory Ogilvy.
He married Margaret Dunbar, daughter of Sir David Dunbar of Cockburn.
He died in September 1453 at Finhaven Castle, Angus, Scotland.
He was buried at Grey Friars Church, Dundee, Angus, Scotland.
Sir Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford also went by the nick-name of 'Earl Beardie'.
Sir Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford also went by the nick-name of 'the Tiger'.
He held the office of Hereditary Sheriff of Aberdeen between 1446 and 1452.
On 13 January 1445/46 at Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, he was the victor of the bloody fray in which his father was fatally wounded.
He succeeded to the title of 4th Earl of Crawford [S., 1398] on 17 January 1445/46.
He held the office of Scottish Ambassador to England in 1451.
In 1452 he rebelled against the King, after the murder of Douglas by the King.
He fought in the Battle of Brechin on 18 May 1452, where he was defeated by the Earl of Huntly, and was declared forfeit.
He held the office of Guardian of the Marches in 1453.
In April 1453 he was restored.

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