Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford (c. 1387–1438/1439) was a Scottish

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. He was the son of

David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford (c. 13601407) was a Scottish peer who was created Earl of Crawford in 1398. Life Crawford was the son of Sir Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk and Katherine Stirling. Succeeding his father in 1381, he was known u ...

and Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of King Robert II and

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. 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 David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford (died 24 January 1445) was a regent to James II of Scotland. He was a member of Clan Lindsay, a Scottish Lowland clan. He was the son of Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford by his wife Marjorie. At the Bat ...

, 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 othersJ. Ravilious, Dame Crystyane of Douglas and her ancestry, The Scottish Genealogist (Sept 2012), Vol. LIX, No. 3, pp. 129–138

References

1380s births 1430s deaths 2

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