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Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay 1503 – 1558 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1503

Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland

Death Date: 10 Sep 1558

Death Location: Invermark, Angusshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Edzell

Mother: Lady Scotland

Spouse(s): Dame Crawford

Children(s): Elizabeth Lindsay

Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay was born in 1503 in Edzell, Angus, Scotland, the child of Sir Walter Thomas Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford, Younger of Beaufort & Edzell and Lady Elizabeth Erskine, Lady of Dun,Angus, Scotland. Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay married Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford, and had children including Elizabeth Lady Edzell Angus Scotland Lindsay. Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay passed away in 1558 in Invermark, Angusshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay was born in 1503 in Edzell, Angus, Scotland, the child of Sir Walter Thomas Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford, Younger of Beaufort & Edzell and Lady Elizabeth Erskine, Lady of Dun,Angus, Scotland.
  • Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay married Dame Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell Crawford, and had children including Elizabeth Lady Edzell Angus Scotland Lindsay.
  • Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay passed away in 1558 in Invermark, Angusshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Edzell
1480 – 1513
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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Lady Scotland
1475 – 1540
Birth Location: Dun, Angus, , Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Dame Crawford
1520 – 1578
Birth Location: Cawdor Castle, Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Lindsay
1552 – 1585
Birth Location: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
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Sir Lindsay's Ancestors

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Sir Lindsay
1503 – 1558
Birth Place: Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Parents
Sir Walter Thomas Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawford, Younger of Beaufort & Edzell
1480 – 1513
Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Erskine, Lady of Dun,Angus,) Scotland
1475 – 1540
Dun, Angus, , Scotland
Grandparents
David Lyndsay
1455 – 1527
Edzell, Angus
Elizabeth Spens
– 1532
Boddom (Aberdeenshire) Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Lindsay's Descendants

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Sir (Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell)) Lindsay (1503 – 10 Sep 1558) m. Dame (Katherine "Countess of Cawdor" Campbell) Crawford (1520 – 1 Oct 1578)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Lady Edzell Angus Scotland) Lindsay (1552 – May 1585) m. Patrick (Laird Sir 3rd Lord Drummond Perth) Drummond (1550 – 18 Dec 1611)
    1. 1. Lilias DRUMMOND (1580 – 8 May 1601) m. Alexander (Lord of Seton, 1st Earl of) Dunfirmline (1555 – 16 Jun 1622)
      1. 1. Sophia (Seton) Lindsay (1590 – Mar 1640) m. Sir (Knight David, 1st Lord Lindsay, of) Balcarres (17 Mar 1587 – 31 Jan 1642)
        1. 1. Baron (Alexander "1st Earl of Balcarres") Lindsay (6 Jul 1618 – 30 Aug 1659) m. Lady (Anne, Countess of Balcarres,) Mackenzie (1627 – 2 May 1707)

Sir Lindsay's Timeline

2 Records

1503
1503
Birth of Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay in Edzell, Angus, Scotland
Edzell, Angus, Scotland
1558
10 Sep 1558
Age 55
Death of Sir Alexander (9th Earl of Crawford and Lord van Edzell) Lindsay in Invermark, Angusshire, Scotland
Invermark, Angusshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1503
    Event Place: Edzell, Angus, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Sep 1558
    Event Place: Invermark, Angusshire, Scotland
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