Alexander de Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380–1448), also

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, was a Scottish nobleman.

Life

He was the eldest son of Sir John de Forbes (died 1405), Sheriff-depute of

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, and

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of that shire, by his wife, Margaret, a daughter of Sir John Kennedy of Dunure and Mary de Montgomery of Stair and Cassillis. Alexander de Forbes fought at the

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in 1411, and appears among the Scottish forces sent to the assistance of Charles,

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, afterwards King Charles VII, and had a share in the victory obtained over the English at Beaugé, in

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, on 22 March 1424. But soon after, at the desire of King

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, then a prisoner in England, Forbes quit the French service and subsequently obtained three Safe-conducts at different times to visit England, with one hundred persons in his retinue each time, to wait upon his sovereign. He was created a

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sometime after 1436. The precise date of the peerage creation is not known (although Brown gives 1440), but in a Precept, dated 12 July 1442, he is already styled Lord Forbes.

Family

The first Lord Forbes married Lady Elizabeth (or Mary), only daughter of

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, a granddaughter of King

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, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son: * James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes (died circa 1460)

References

Notes

Sources

* Brown, Peter, (publisher), ''The Peerage of Scotland'', Edinburgh, 1834, p. 170. * Anderson, William, ''The Scottish Nation'', Edinburgh, 1867, vol.iv, p. 228. * Kidd, Charles, & Williamson, David (editors), ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'', New York, St Martin's Press, 1990, * Paton, Henry, "Forbes, Alexander (d.1448)". ''Dictionary of National Biography''. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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