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Clan Lindsay

Between the 6th and 9th centuries, Danes lived in one of the little kingdoms of Lincolnshire in England to which, after the Norman Conquest, Baldric of Lindsay came to be tenant of the manors under the Earl of Chester.

The Lindsay name was already well known across England at this time. In 1120 Sir Walter Lindsay was a member of the council of David, Earl of Huntingdon in England, who became King of Scots in 1124. Sir Walter’s successor, either his son or brother William, came to Scotland with the new King. In the following century Sir David Lindsay of Crawford and the Byres supported St Louis, King of France, on a crusade. He died in Egypt. By then the family had expanded prosperously on both sides of the border and the war of independence brought them great dilemmas.

One of the Crusader’s sons, Sir Alexander, was a Knight of Edward I of England. Nonetheless, his Scottish patriotism made him a supporter of Bruce and friend of Wallace. His English property was forfeited and his sons were imprisoned. The eldest of these sons, Sir David, was later among the signatories of the ‘Declaration Of Arbroath’, the 1320 assertion of Scottish independence. .... ScotClans.com
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• A1. Hugo de Lymesay, lvd:1060;  ==>  Normans
  • B1. Baldric de Lindsay, lvd:1086;
    • C1. William de Lindsay of Ercildum, lvd:1147;
      • D1. Walter de Lindsay of Ercildum, lvd:1150;
        • E1. Sir William de Lindsay of Ercildum and Crawford, Baron of Luffness, m. Aleanora of Limesay;
          • F1. Sir Walter de Lindsay, Lord of Lamberton, d:1221;
            • G1. Sir William, Lord of Lamberton, m. Alice de Lancaster;
              • H1. Sir Walter, Lord of Lamberton and Molesworth;
                • I1. Margaret de Lidsay, m. David de Lidsay (see below *);
          • F2. Sir William, Lord of Lamberton, lvd:1236, m. Avice de Lancaster;
            • G1. Sir David de Lindsay of Luffness, lvd:1249, m. N. Crawford;
              • H1. Sir David* de Lindsay, Regent, High Chamberlain, lvd:1268, m. Margaret de Lindsay;
                • I1. Sir Alexander de Lindsay of Crawford, d:1307, m. N. Stewart;
                  • J1. Beatrix de Lindsay, m1. Sir Archibald Douglas,  <==  Clan Douglas                  m2. Sir Robert Erskine;  <==  Clan Erskine
                  • J2. Sir David de Lindsay of Crawford, m. Maria Abernethy;  ==>  Clan Abernethy
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  • K1. Sir James Lindsay of Crawford, d:1358, m. Egidia Stewart;  ==>  Clan Stewart
    • L1. Elizabeth Lindsay, m. Sir John Maxwell;  <==  Clan Maxwell
  • K2. William Lindsay of the Byres, d:1414, m. Christian Keith;  ==>  Clan Keith
    • L1. Sir John Lindsay, 1st Lord of the Byres, d:1482, m. N. Stewart;  ==>  Clan Stewart
      • M1. Christian Lindsay, m. John Seton;  <==  Clan Seton
  • K3. Sir Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk, d:1381, m. Catherina Stirling;
    • L1. N. Lindsay, m. David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn;  <==  House of Stewart
    • L2. David, 1st Earl of Crawford, d:1407, m. Katherine Stewart;  ==>  House of Stewart
      • M1. Elizabeth Lindsay, m. Sir Robert Erskine;  <==  Clan Erskine
      • M2. Alexander, 2nd Earl of Crawford, m. Marjory;
        • N1. David, 3rd Earl of Crawford, lvd:1408/1445, m. Marjory Ogilvy;  ==>  Clan Ogilvy
          • O1. Alexander "the Tiger", 4th Earl of Crawford, lvd:1424/1453, m. Margaret Dunbar;  ==>  Clan Dunbar
            • P1. Elisabeth Linsay, lvd:1509, m. John Drummond;  ==>  Clan Drummond
            • P2. Alexander "Earl of Crawford", lvd:1443/1517, m. Isobel Campbell;  ==>  Clan Campbell
              • Q1. Isobel Lindsay, b:1479, m. James Ogilvy;  <==  Clan Ogilvy