David (Lindsay) Lindsay Third Earl of Crawford (1405 - 1446)

Born 1405 in Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Marjory (Ogilvy) Lindsay — married before Mar 1423 (to before 1446) in Scotland

Descendants

Died 27 Jan 1446 at about age 41 in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland

Biography

David (Lindsay) Lindsay Third Earl of Crawford is a member of Clan Lindsay.

David (Lindsay) Lindsay Third Earl of Crawford was born in Scotland.

David (Lindsay) Lindsay Third Earl of Crawford is Notable.

David was the son and heir of Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Lord of Crawford.^[1][2]

On his father's death, he became 3rd Earl of Crawford and also inherited the office of Sheriff of Aberdeenshire.^[3] In 1443, he was styled Lord the Lyndissay.^[4]

was a regent to James II of Scotland. He was a member of Clan Lindsay, a Scottish Lowland clan.

At the Battle of Arbroath in 1445 the Clan Lindsay, led by the Master of Crawford, advanced with over 1000 men. Their enemy was the Clan Ogilvy who were also supported by men from the Clan Oliphant, Clan Gordon, Clan Seton and Clan Forbes of Pitsligo. The Earl, who was the Master of Crawford's father, rode between the two armies in an attempt to call a truce. However, an illadvised Ogilvie, thinking that this was the start of the Lindsay's attack, threw his spear at the Earl, hitting him in the mouth and killing him instantly. So the battle began which went in the Clan Lindsay's favour.

He married Marjory Ogilvy, daughter of Alexander Ogilvie of Auchterhouse. By her he had issue:^[5]

1. Alexander, 4th Earl of Crawford, called "Tiger Earl" or "Earl Beardie." He married Elizabeth Dunbar, of the house of March (Earl of March), and his son, David Lindsay, 5th Earl of Crawford (d.1495), was created Duke of Montrose on 18 May 1488.^[6]
2. Walter of Beaufort and Edzell, styled of Kinblethmont, had charters of the baronies of Arde and Bewfort in 1459, and of the barony of Panbride in 1463. He married first Sophia, daughter of Livingston of Saltcoats, but by her had no issue.[2]
3. William of Lekoquhy
4. John (k. 1452- Battle of Brechin)
5. James, who founded a house in Austria.[3]
6. Janet, married William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas
7. Elizabeth

He was wounded in battle on 23 Jan 1445/6 and died on the 27th.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 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, pp. 17-8
2. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: St. Catherine Press, 1913, Ed. 2 Vol III, Archive.org, p. 509
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 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. 18
4. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: William Pollard & Co, 1932, Ed. 2 Vol VIII, Archive.org, p. 6
5. ↑ 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, pp. 18-22
6. ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed,"Dictionary of National Biography", London: Smith Elder & Co., 1903, Vol. XXXIII, Archive.org, pp. 279-80

See also:

• The Peerage: David Lindsay

• Wikipedia: David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford

• Wikidata: Item Q5236633, en:Wikipedia

• Cracrofts's Peerage: David Crawford