Robert Erskine

- 1452

• Name	Robert Erskine  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 7 Sep 1451 and 6 Nov 1452  [3]
  Alternate death	1452  [4]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Jean Erskine   d. Bef 23 Apr 1411 ▻ John Colquhoun + 2. Robert Erskine   d. Between 7 Sep 1451 and 6 Nov 1452 ▻ (Unknown) Stewart ;  Elizabeth Lindsey ,  m. Aft 20 Dec 1400
  Person ID	I25773	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Erskine   d. Between 11 Nov 1403 and 18 May 1404
  Mother	Janet Keith   d. Aft 11 Jun 1413
  Marriage	Bef 13 Apr 1370  [1, 5]
  Family ID	F16333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(Unknown) Stewart
  Children	+ 1. Christian Erskine   d. Aft 1478
  Family ID	F20951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Lindsey
  Marriage	Aft 20 Dec 1400  [1, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Erskine   d. Bef 1494
  Family ID	F15439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  1st Lord Erskine. "[K]nighted before 20 Dec. 1400; was taken prisoner at the battle of Homildon, 14 Sep. 1402; was one of the hostages for the ransom of King James in 1424, when his revenue was estimated at 1,000 marks, being set at liberty 19 June 1425. He was made a Lord of Parl., as LORD ERSKINE [S.], in or shortly before I438. Soon after the death (1435) of Alexander, husband of Isabel, suo jure Countess of Mar (to which Alexander and his heirs by her that Earldom had been resigned), Lord Erskine was served h. to the said Countess Isabel, and having had seizin 21 Nov. 1438, assumed the title of EARL OF MAR [S.]." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

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