Sir
William
de Lindsay
formerly Lindsay aka of Ercildoun
Born about in Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Walter (Lindsay) de Lindsay
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Eleanor (Limesi) de Lindsay
— married
1174 (to 1180) in Scotland
Husband of
Marjory (Huntingdon) of Scotland
— married
after 1180 (to 1200) in Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
Walter (Lindsay) de Lindsay, Alexander (Lindsay) de Lindsay, David (Lindsay) Lindsay Lord of Luffness, William Lindsay and Margaret (Lindsay) MacGregor
Died about
at about age 52
in Ercildoun, Scotland
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Biography
William was the son of Walter Lindsay.[1]
He was heir of Randolph de Lindesay, Feudal Lord of Northumbria. He sat in Parliament in 1164. He was a hostage for King William in 1174.[2] After 1174 he held the Office of Justiciar of Scotland. He was the Feudal Lord of Crawford, Baron of Luffness in Parliament.
By his first wife, he had a son
By his second wife, Eleanor Limesi, he had:
Research Notes
The two children previously attached are not sourced, nor are they supported as children of this individual by Balfour Paul. They should not be reconnected until a source for the relationships can be found. Crawford-15512 00:16, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
Sources
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p.3
- ↑ Lindsay, Margaret Isabella, "The Lindsays of America: A Genealogical Narrative and Family Record: Beginning with the Family of the Earliest Settler in the Mother State, Virginia, and including in an Appendix All the Lindsays of America", Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889, Archive.org, p. 10
See also:
- Lindsay, Alexander. Lives of the Lindsays, 2nd ed. (John Murray, London, 1858)
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edited by [Living Anderson]
Sir William did not marry Marjory. That was his elder son Sir David Lindsay of Luffness, 3rd Lord of Crawford, who married 1201 "Margerie", probably the natural dau. of King William, 6th Earl of Huntingdon.
Sir William's father was William de Lindsay of Luffness who m. ca 1154 the unnamed dau. of Thor, Lord of Tranent, Sheriff of Edinburghshire, and granddau. of Sveinn, Lord of Crawford and Binning.
edited by Chris Lindesay
Short History of the Lindsay family