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Sir Robert Erskine, 4th Lord of Erskine, 16th Earl of Mar 1458–1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Mar 1458

Birth Location: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 Sep 1513

Death Location: Killed in Battle at Flodden Field Near Branxton, Northumberland, England

Father: Lord Mar

Mother: Lady Erskine

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Sir Robert Erskine, 4th Lord of Erskine, 16th Earl of Mar was born in 1458 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Thomas Erskine Earl Van Mar And Lady Jeanette Elizabeth Douglas Of Glamis Barroness Of Erskine. Sir Robert Erskine, 4th Lord of Erskine, 16th Earl of Mar passed away in 1513 in Killed in Battle at Flodden Field Near Branxton, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Erskine, 4th Lord of Erskine, 16th Earl of Mar was born in 1458 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Lord Thomas Erskine Earl Van Mar And Lady Jeanette Elizabeth Douglas Of Glamis Barroness Of Erskine.
  • Sir Robert Erskine, 4th Lord of Erskine, 16th Earl of Mar passed away in 1513 in Killed in Battle at Flodden Field Near Branxton, Northumberland, England.

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Sir Mar's Ancestors

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Sir Mar
1458–1513
Birth Place: Mar, Aberdeenshire, 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

Sir Mar's Timeline

2 Records

1458
Mar 1458
Birth of Sir Robert Erskine, 4th Lord of Erskine, 16th Earl of Mar in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1513
9 Sep 1513
Age 55
Death of Sir Robert Erskine, 4th Lord of Erskine, 16th Earl of Mar in Killed in Battle at Flodden Field Near Branxton, Northumberland, England
Killed in Battle at Flodden Field Near Branxton, Northumberland, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Mar 1458
    Event Place: Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Sep 1513
    Event Place: Killed in Battle at Flodden Field Near Branxton, Northumberland, England

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