Alexander (Ramsey Dalhousie) Ramsey of Dalhousie (1465 - 1513)

Born 1465 in Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Nichole Ker — married 1508 (to 1513) in Scotland

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1513 at about age 48 in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

Biography

Sir Alexander (Ramsey Dalhousie) Ramsey of Dalhousie was killed in Action during the War of the League of Cambrai at the Battle of Flodden Field.

Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie was the son of Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie and Lady Elizabeth Douglas. ^[1]

He married, firstly, Elena Home. He and Elena Home were divorced

He married, secondly, Nichole Ker, daughter of Sir George Ker of Samuelstown, circa 1508. He and Nichole Ker were divorced.He died on 9 September 1513 at Flodden Field, Northumberland, England, killed in action.

Children of Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie and Nichole Ker

1. Nicolas Ramsay of Dalhousie, Carnock, Foulden and Kerington d. b 9 May 1555
2. George Ramsay
3. Margaret Ramsay

He fought and was killed in the Battle of Flodden on 9 Sep 1513.^[2]

Research Notes

• The Peerage

• BP2003 volume 1, page 1019.

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, p. 92
2. ↑ Elliot, Fitzwilliam, "Battle of Flodden and the Raids of 1513", Edinburgh, Andrew Elliot, 1911, Archive.org, p. 204