David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford (c. 1360 – 1407) 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 until his elevation to the peerage as Sir David Lindsay of Glenesk. He was also the 10th baron of Crawford, Lanarkshire. In 1398, his father-in-law Robert II gave him the title of earl, along with Crawford Castle. Many historians believe that Lindsay was also the organiser for the Battle of the Clans at Perth in 1396. Additionally, Lindsay was a noted

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champion who fought the English champion Lord Welles in a remarkable duel on

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1390. In the duel, Lindsay unhorsed Welles so easily that the crowd began yelling that he had nailed himself to his

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. To prove he had not, Lindsay jumped off his horse and then back on, while still wearing his full suit of

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. After he realized Welles was wounded he rushed to his aid and helped him to a nearby hospital. He visited Welles every day while he was recovering and they became good friends. Lord Crawford died at Finavon Castle in 1407 and was buried at the church of the Greyfriars at

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Marriage and issue

He married Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of King Robert II and Euphemia de Ross. They had four children: *

Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford (c. 1387–1438/1439) was a Scottish magnate. Life He was the son of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford and Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of King Robert II and Euphemia de Ross. He was knighted at the co ...

(c. 1387–1438) *Gerard Lindsay (died 1421) *David Lindsay, Lord of Newdosk (born 1407) *Elizabeth Lindsay (born 1381), married Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine and had issue. Earl David and Elizabeth Stewart are also assigned a number of children in error in many records, including *allegedly Marjorie Lindsay, assigned as the wife of Sir William Douglas of Lochleven. This is an error for Marjory Stewart who married firstly Sir Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk as his 2nd wife (and David's stepmother in fact), and secondly Sir Henry Douglas of Lochleven, by whom she was the mother of Sir William Douglas *allegedly Isabella Lindsay (born 1407), who married Sir John Maxwell. This was in fact the daughter of Sir James Lindsay of Crawford (uncle of Earl David) by his wife Egidia, or Giles, Stewart * Ingelram Lindsay,

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(died 1458). Ingram Lindsay was dispensed on account of his having been illegitimate;W.H.Bliss, ed., Papal Petitions to the Pope 1342–1419, Vol. I (London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1896), pp. 604, 606. he was acknowledged by Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford as a kinsman and he may have been Earl David's son, but clearly not by Elizabeth Stewart.

Notes

Sources

* Balfour Paul, Sir James-''

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''-IX Vols. Edinburgh 1904 *Grant, Neil. ''Scottish Clans and Tartans''. New York, Octopus Publishing Group Limited: 2000. *J. Ravilious, Dame Crystyane of Douglas and her ancestry, The Scottish Genealogist (Sept 2012), Vol. LIX, No. 3, pp. 129–138.

External links

Info on David Lindsay
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