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Alexander "Earl of Crawford" Lindsay 1267 – 1314 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1267

Birth Location: Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: abt 1314

Death Location: Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: David Lindsay

Mother: Margaret Lindsay

Spouse(s): Beatrix Stewart, Alice Stewart

Children(s): Beatrice Lindsay, David Lindsay

Alexander "Earl of Crawford" Lindsay was born in 1267 in Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of David Lindsay and Margaret Lindsay. Alexander "Earl of Crawford" Lindsay married Beatrix Stewart, Alice Stewart, and had children including Beatrice "Beatrix" Lindsay, David Lindsay. Alexander "Earl of Crawford" Lindsay passed away in 1314 in Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander "Earl of Crawford" Lindsay was born in 1267 in Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of David Lindsay and Margaret Lindsay.
  • Alexander "Earl of Crawford" Lindsay married Beatrix Stewart, Alice Stewart, and had children including Beatrice "Beatrix" Lindsay, David Lindsay.
  • Alexander "Earl of Crawford" Lindsay passed away in 1314 in Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Lindsay
1244 – 1268
Birth Location: Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Margaret Lindsay
1249 – 1274
Birth Location: Lamberton, Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Beatrix Stewart
1268 – 1337
Birth Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Alice Stewart
1268 –
Birth Location: Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Beatrice Lindsay
1314 – 1352
Birth Location: Castle Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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David Lindsay
1299 – 1357
Birth Location: –
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Alexander Lindsay's Ancestors

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Alexander Lindsay
1267 – 1314
Birth Place: Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
David Lindsay
1244 – 1268
Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Lindsay
1249 – 1274
Lamberton, Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland
Grandparents
David ("Lord of Brenevil") Lindsay
1222 –
Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland
unknown Crawford
1215 –
Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland
Walter ("Lord of Lamberton") Lindsay
1231 – 1271
Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland
Christiana Hose
1230 – 1261
Lamberton, Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Lindsay
1205 – 1247
Avice Lancaster
1187 – 1205
Reginald Crawford
1165 – 1220
Margaret Loudon
1180 –
William Lindsay
1205 – 1247
Avice Lancaster
1187 – 1205
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Lindsay
1182 – 1236
Avice Lancaster
1187 – 1205
Gilbert FitzReinfrid
1157 – 1220
Hawise Lancaster
1175 – 1226
John Crawford
– 1153
nn Galfridus
1160 – 1190
James Loudon
1152 –
William Lindsay
1182 – 1236
Avice Lancaster
1187 – 1205
Gilbert FitzReinfrid
1157 – 1220
Hawise Lancaster
1175 – 1226

Alexander Lindsay's Descendants

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Alexander ("Earl of Crawford") Lindsay (abt 1267 – abt 1314) m. Beatrix Stewart (1268 – 1337) m. Alice Stewart (1268 – )
  1. 1. Beatrice ("Beatrix") Lindsay (bef 1314 – bef 1352) m. Robert Erskine (1310 – 1385)
    1. 1. Thomas Erskine (1354 – 28 May 1404) m. Janet Keith (1342 – 1413)
      1. 1. Robert Erskine (1370 – 06 Nov 1452) m. Elizabeth Lindsay (1391 – 1452)
        1. 1. Thomas Erskine (1425 – 1493) m. Janet Douglas (1421 – 1490)
  2. 2. David Lindsay (1299 – 13 Oct 1357) m. Mary Abernethy (1285 – 19 Nov 1355)
    1. 1. Alexander Lindsay (1329 – 1381) m. Katherine Stirling (1338 – 1378)
      1. 1. David Lindsay (1360 – 12 Aug 1407) m. Elizabeth Stewart (1362 – 1446)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Lindsay (1391 – 1452) m. Robert Erskine (1370 – 06 Nov 1452)

Alexander Lindsay's Timeline

2 Records

1267
abt 1267
Birth of Alexander "Earl of Crawford" Lindsay in Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland
Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland
1314
abt 1314
Age 47
Death of Alexander "Earl of Crawford" Lindsay in Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1267
    Event Place: Breneville, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1314
    Event Place: Crawford, Clydesdale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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