Robert (Erskine) Erskine Fourth Lord Erskine (abt. 1458 - 1513)

Born about 1458 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1513 at about age 55 in Flodden Field Near Branxton, Northumberland, England

Biography

Robert (Erskine) Erskine Fourth Lord Erskine is a member of Clan Erskine.

Robert (Erskine) Erskine Fourth Lord Erskine was killed in Action during the War of the League of Cambrai at the Battle of Flodden Field.

Robert Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine was the son of Alexander Erskine, 3rd Lord Erskine and Christian Crichton.^[1]

He succeeded to the title of 4th Lord Erskine and to the title of 16th Earl of Mar, de jure between 10 March 1507/8 and 10 May 1509.^[2]

He married c.1485 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Campbell of Loudoun, who survived him, alive in 1519. Her mother was possibly the da. Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy. ^[2] They had issue:

1. Robert, Master of Erskine, dsp
2. John, 5th Lord Erskine
3. James (d. betw. 1592-1596), brother-german of John, m. Christine Stirling (1512-1582) 5s. 1da.
4. Alexander, parson of Moniabroch or Kilsyth
5. William
6. Margaret
7. Janet
8. Mary, m. Andrew Cunningham of Drumquhassell^[3]
9. Christian^[4]

Robert died on 9 September 1513, killed in action at the Battle of Flodden Field.^[2][5]

Research Notes

• An Elizabeth Erskine is rumored to be the sister of John, 5th Lord Erskine and m. a Sir James Forrester of Torwood and Garden, although Woods has no mention of her.

• Mosley, Charles, ed., "Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage, baronetage, and knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference" 107th ed., Wilmington, DE: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003

• Clan MacFarlane: Robert Erskine. 4th Lord Erskine

• Mar, Earl of (S, 1114) Cracroft's Peerage

• The Peerage: Robert Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine

Sources

1. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: London, St. Catherine Press, 1926, Ed. 2 Vol , FamillySearch, p. 105
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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, 1908, Vol. V, Archive.org, p. 608-9
3. ↑ MacGregor, Gordon, The Red Book of Scotland, Scotland, private, 2022, Ed. 3, Vol. III, p. 482
4. ↑ Fraser, Sir William. Chiefs of Colquhoun and Their Country, Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable, 1869, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 109
5. ↑ Elliot, Fitzwilliam, "Battle of Flodden and the Raids of 1513", Edinburgh, Andrew Elliot, 1911, Archive.org, p. 205

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q75264132