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DE FORBES, John 'dominus ejusdem', 'of that Ilk'
(About 1325-1387)
Margaret
(About 1330-)
KENNEDY, John of Dunure
(About 1320-1385)
Mary
(About 1330-)
FORBES, John 'of the Black Lip', Sir
(About 1347-1406)
KENNEDY, Elizabeth or Margaret
(About 1358-)
FORBES, Alexander Lord Forbes, Sir
(About 1383-1448)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. DOUGLAS, Elizabeth

2. Unknown

FORBES, Alexander Lord Forbes, Sir 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1383
  • Marriage (1): DOUGLAS, Elizabeth by 16 October 1423 (charter) 1 2
  • Partnership (2): Unknown
  • Died: 1448 1

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Alexander married Elizabeth DOUGLAS, daughter of George DOUGLAS Earl of Angus and Mary STEWART, by 16 October 1423 (charter).1 2 (Elizabeth DOUGLAS was born about 1403.)


  Marriage Notes:

"On 16 October 1423 he (Alexander Forbes) had a charter from Murdoch, Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland, etc., of the lands and barony of Forbes, to him and Elizabeth of Douglas his wife. On 4 November 1423 he had an obligation by his brother-in-law William, Earl of Angus, that he would not sell or alienate any of his lands, rents, or possessions to the prejudice of his sister or her heirs. On the 10 December 1423 he had a charter to himself and his wife of the lands of Meikle Fintry and others from John, Earl of Buchan.... On 20 August 1425 he had a charter to himself and his wife from William, Earl of Angus, of the lands of Easter Cluny..... On 6 October 1430 he had a charter from King James I. to him and Elizabeth his wife of the barony of Forbes with the lands of Kery (Kearn) and others in the earldom of Mar..... Alexander, first Lord Forbes, died in 1448 ; he married, before 1423, Elizabeth, only daughter of George Douglas, first Earl of Angus, and granddaughter of King Robert III."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"He (David Hay) married Mary, relict (married before 1423) of Alexander (Forbes), first Lord Forbes (who died 1448), only daughter of George (Douglas), first Earl of Angus, by the Princess Mary, daughter of King Robert III."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2

Alexander had a relationship with.


Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).

3 e-books, The Irvines of Drum and Collateral Branches by Jonathan Forbes-Leslie (1909).

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