David Lindsay, 3rd

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(died 24 January 1445) was a regent to

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. He was a member of

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, a Scottish

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. He was the son of

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 ...

by his wife Marjorie or Marjory of Dunbar. At the

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in 1445 the Clan Lindsay, led by the Master of Crawford, advanced with over 1000 men. Their enemy was the

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who were also supported by men from the

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and Clan Forbes of Pitsligo. The Earl, who was the Master of Crawford's father, rode between the two armies in an attempt to call a truce. However, an ill-advised Ogilvie, thinking that this was the start of the Lindsay's attack, threw his spear at the Earl, hitting him in the mouth and killing him instantly. So the battle began which went in the Clan Lindsay's favour.

Marriage and issue

Crawford married Marjory Ogilvie, daughter of Alexander Ogilvie of Auchterhouse. By her he had issue: *

Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford (1423–1453) was a late medieval Scottish nobleman, and a magnate of the north-east of that country. Life Alexander Lindsay was the son of David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford and Marjory Ogilvie, the daug ...

, called "Tiger Earl" or "Earl Beardie." He married Elizabeth Dunbar, of the house of March (

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), and his son,

David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford David Lindsay, 1st Duke of Montrose (144025 December 1495) was a Scottish nobleman. He was the son of Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford, and inherited the Earldom of Crawford on his father's death in 1453. During his political career, he ...

(d.1495), was created

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on 18 May 1488. * Walter Lindsay of Beaufort and Edzell, styled of Kinblethmont, had charters of the baronies of Arde and Bewfort in 1459, and of the barony of Panbride in 1463. He married first Sophia, daughter of Livingston of Saltcoats, but by her had no issue. He married again to Isabel, daughter of Livingston of Saltcoats, and had 10 children *William Lindsay of Lekoquhy *Sir John Lindsay (k. 1452-

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) *James, who founded a house in Augsburg, Germany.''A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. 28th edition.'' BURKE, SIR BERNARD *Janet Lindsay, married

William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas William, 6th Earl of Douglas (c. 1424 – 24 November 1440) was a Scottish nobleman. In addition to his Earldom of Douglas, he was Earl of Wigtown, Lord of Galloway, Lord of Bothwell, Selkirk and Ettrick Forest, Eskdale, Lauderdale, and ...

*Elizabeth Lindsay

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* Paul, Sir James Balfour, ''

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'' Vol. IX. Edinburgh, 1904 Year of birth unknown 1446 deaths Nobility from South Lanarkshire 15th-century Scottish nobility 3

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