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Alexander Lord Erskine Earl van Mar 1435–1509 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1435

Birth Location: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1509

Death Location: Midlothian, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: Lord Mar

Mother: Lady Erskine

Spouse(s): Christine Crichton

Children(s): Robert "Erskine"

Alexander Lord Erskine Earl van Mar was born in 1435 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Thomas Erskine Earl Van Mar And Lady Jeanette Elizabeth Douglas Of Glamis Barroness Of Erskine. Alexander Lord Erskine Earl van Mar married Christine Crichton, and had children including Robert Orr Erskine. Alexander Lord Erskine Earl van Mar passed away in 1509 in Midlothian, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Lord Erskine Earl van Mar was born in 1435 in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Thomas Erskine Earl Van Mar And Lady Jeanette Elizabeth Douglas Of Glamis Barroness Of Erskine.
  • Alexander Lord Erskine Earl van Mar married Christine Crichton, and had children including Robert Orr Erskine.
  • Alexander Lord Erskine Earl van Mar passed away in 1509 in Midlothian, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Alexander Mar's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Mar
1435–1509
Birth Place: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord Thomas Erskine Earl van Mar
1410–1493
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Lady (Jeanette Elizabeth Douglas of Glamis, Barroness of) Erskine
1415–1490
Castle Morton, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Erskine 1st Earl van) Mar
1372–1452
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
James ((The Gross) Lord Douglas van Dalkeith, 1rst Earl of) Morton
1395–1457
Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
Lady (Elisabeth Gifford) Douglas
1396–1456
Sheriffhall House, Newton Parish, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Erskine
1346–1404
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir cortlands
1310–1385
Lady Douglas
1291–1352

Alexander Mar's Descendants

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Alexander (Lord Erskine Earl van) Mar (1435–1509) m. Christine Crichton (1431–1475)
  1. 1. Robert (Orr) "Erskine" 1458–1513 m. Elizabeth (Isabella Loudon) Campbell 1464–1518
    1. 1. John Orr 1489–1603 m. Lady (Margaret) Campbell 1495–1550
      1. 1. Robert (Erskine) Orr 1520–1603 m. Agnes (Vallance) Allane 1526–1582
        1. 1. John Orr 1554–1602 m. Janet (Agnes) Bethune 1550–1602
        2. 2. Humphrey (Orr) I 1560–1603
        3. 3. Robert Orr 1556–1570
      2. 2. John (Erskine Baron Erskine, Earl of) Mar –1572
    2. 2. James (Lord Erskine van Little) Sauchie 1495–

Alexander Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1435
1435
Birth of Alexander Lord Erskine Earl van Mar in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1509
1509
Age 74
Death of Alexander Lord Erskine Earl van Mar in Midlothian, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Midlothian, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1435
    Event Place: Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1509
    Event Place: Midlothian, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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