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

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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 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 or Marjorie 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 Scottish clan, clan. He was the son of Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford by his wife Marjori ...

, 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 Nobility from South Lanarkshire 15th-century Scottish nobility 2

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