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Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male Abt 1368 - 1452  (~ 84 years)


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  • Name Robert Erskine 
    Suffix 1st Lord Erskine 
    Nickname 12th Earl of Mar 
    Born Abt 1368 
    Address:
    Sinton
    Sinton
    Scotland 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1st Lord Erskine, de jure 13th Earl of Mar 
    Occupation Claim to Earldom of Mar recognised by Robert III but later disputed by Crown Find all individuals with events at this location 
    unknown 
    Occupation Marshal of Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    unknown 
    Died 6 Nov 1452 
    Address:
    Sinton
    Sinton
    Scotland 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} ROBERT ERSKINE; s. and h. of Sir Thomas E. of that ilk [i.e. Erskine, on the Clyde] (d. between Martinmas [11 Nov.] 1403 and Whitsunday [18 May] 1404), by Janet,1 widow of Sir David Barclay, of Brechin, and probably dau. and h. of Sir Edward Keith, of Syntoun; knighted before 20 Dec.1400; was taken prisoner at the battle of Homildon, 14 Sep. 1402; was one of the hostages for the ransom of King James in 1424, when his revenue was estimated at 1,ooo marks, being set at liberty 19 June 1425.
      He was made a Lord of Parl.,2 as LORD ERSKINE in or shortly before 1433.3 Soon after the death (1435) of Alexander, husband of Isabel,Countess of Mar (to which Alexander and his heirs by her that Earldom 4 had been resigned), Lord Erskine was served h. to the said Countess Isabel, and having had seizin 21 Nov. 1438, assumed the title of EARL OF MAR. He m., soon after 20 Dec. 1400,5 Elizabeth, dau. of David (LINDSAY), 1st EARL OF CRAWFORD, by Elizabeth, dau. of ROBERT II. He d. between 7 Sept. 1451 and 6 Nov. 1452.

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      Father of Thomas Erskine, 2nd Lord Erskine (d. 1494)

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Erskine,_2nd_Lord_Erskine
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      Sir Robert Erskine, knight, was one of the hostages for the ransom of James the First in 1424. On the death of Alexander, earl of Mar, in 1435, he claimed that title in right of his mother, and assumed the title of earl of Mar, but the king unjustly kept him out of possession. He died in 1453.
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      Kildrummy Castle was seized briefly in 1442 by its rightful owner, Sir Robert Erskine. [Kildrummy Castle, p. 10]
    • He was Great Chamberlain and an ancestor of the Earls of Mar.
    • Imprisonned after Battle of Homildon 14 9 1402. Hostage for Ransom of King James in 1424 freed 19 6 1425. |Lord of Parliament abt.1433
    • AFN: 9FC1-Q8
    Person ID I6000000004533450758  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2019 

    Father Thomas Erskine,   b. 1346, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1404, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Janet Keith of Syntoun,   b. Abt 1342, Sinton, Selkirk, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1413, Synton, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married 13 Apr 1370  Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6000000007270826206  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Lindsay, of Crawford,   b. 1385, Angusshire, Kincardineshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1452, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 68 years) 
    Married Abt 20 Dec 1400  Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Erskine, 2nd Lord Erskine,   b. Abt 1418,   d. Abt 1493  (Age ~ 75 years)
     2. Christian Erskine,   b. 1407,   d. 1479  (Age 72 years)
     3. John Erskine,   b. Abt 1414,   d. 1440  (Age ~ 26 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000002116485574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart