Born about in Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Son of Fergus (DeForbes) Forbes
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and Unknown (Forbes) de Forbes
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Alexander (DeForbes) Forbes
Died about
at about age 47
in Morayshire, Scotland [uncertain]
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Biography
Alexander (DeForbes) Forbes is a member of Clan Forbes.
ALEXANDER FORBES, who was a man of great magnanimity and courage, and a true lover of his country. He was captain and governor of the castle of Urquhart, which he gallantly defended against king Edward I. of England,* to the very last extremity, and on no terms could be prevailed on to surrenā£der. In the end the castle was taken by storm, and the whole garrison, with himself and all his sons, were put to the sword, anno 1303; but happily his lady being with child was delivered of a son, who succeeded him, and carried on the line of this family.
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- Robert Bain's The Clans and Tartans of Scotland, Clan Forbes, Revised edition 1954, page 98.
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