Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of Crawford
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Elizabeth Stewart, Princess of Scotland was the daughter of Robert II of Scotland and Euphemia de Ross.[1] She was born between 1356 and 1370, well after her parents' marriage on 2 May 1355.[2] Her brothers were David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn and Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, and her half-brother was Robert III of Scotland.[3]
She married David Lindsay on 22 February 1375.[3] Her dowry was the barony of Strathnairn in Inverness-shire. In 1398, her father granted Lindsay the title of 1st Earl of Crawford. Elizabeth was styled as Countess of Crawford following the grant. They had seven, possibly eight, children:
- Gerard Lindsay (d. before 1421)
- Ingram Lindsay, Bishop of Aberdeen (d. 1458)
- Marjorie Lindsay, married Sir William Douglas. They were parents of Catherine Douglas.
- Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford (c. 1387–1438); married Marjory of Dunbar and had issue.
- David Lindsay, Lord of Newdosk (1407–?); he became a priest.
- Elizabeth Lindsay; she married Sir Robert Keith.
- Elizabeth Lindsay (1407–?); married Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine; she may have been confused with her sister of the same name, and it is possible that they were one and the same person.
- Isabella Lindsay (1407–?), married Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, and had issue.
They presumably lived at Crawford Castle.
References
[edit]- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1910). The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom : extant, extinct, or dormant. Harold B. Lee Library. London : The St. Catherine Press, ltd. p. 509.
- ^ "Person Page".
- ^ a b Weir, Alison (18 April 2011). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy. Random House. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-4464-4911-0.