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Alexander "1st Baron Forbes" de Forbes
(20 Jun 1377 - 16 Oct 1446)
1st Lord/Baron of Forbes omkring 1445, Baron of Forbes, Viscount of Brux
Alexander de Forbes , 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380-1448), also feudal baron of Forbes, was a Scottish peer.
He was the eldest son of Sir Alexander de Forbes (d. 1405), Justiciary of Aberdeen, and Coroner of that county, by his wife, a daughter of Kennedy of Dunure.
Alexander de Forbes fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, and appears among the Scottish forces sent to the assistance of Charles, Dauphin of France, afterwards King Charles VII, and had a share in the victory obtained over the English at Beaugé, in Anjou, on March 22, 1424. But soon after, at the desire of King James I of Scotland, then a prisoner in England, Forbes quit the French service and subsequently obtained three Safe-conducts at different times to visit England, with one hundred persons in his retinue each time, to wait upon his sovereign, James Ist.
He was created a Lord of Parliament sometime after 1436. The precise date of the peerage creation is not known (although Brown gives 1440), but in a Precept, dated July 12, 1442, he is already styled Lord Forbes.
The first Lord Forbes married Lady Elizabeth (or Mary), only daughter of George Douglas, Earl of Angus, a granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son: James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes, (d. c1460).
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created Lord Forbes, 12 Jul 1442
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1st Baron of Forbes
Sir Alexander de Forbes, when King James I. was a prisoner in England, led a following of a hundred horse and forty spearmen to France, where he fought against the English under Henry V. at the battle of Beauge in 1421 and is immortalised by the poet Ariosto. Later in life—some time between 1436 and 1442 —he was created a Lord of Parliament by James II. The precise date of creation is not known, but in a precept, directed by James II to the lords of the exchequer, dated 12th July 1442, he is styled Lord Forbes. He died in 1448. By his wife, Lady Elizabeth (sometimes called Lady Mary) Douglas, only daughter of George, Earl of Angus, and grand-daughter of King Robert II, he had two sons and three daughters.
Alexander, founder of the family of Brux, and others
[Anderson, W. The Scottish Nation. 3v. 1862, slightly edited.]
Alexander de Forbes , 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380-1448), also feudal baron of Forbes, was a Scottish peer.
He was the eldest son of Sir Alexander de Forbes (d. 1405), Justiciary of Aberdeen, and Coroner of that county, by his wife, a daughter of Kennedy of Dunure.
Alexander de Forbes fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, and appears among the Scottish forces sent to the assistance of Charles, Dauphin of France, afterwards King Charles VII, and had a share in the victory obtained over the English at Beaugé, in Anjou, on March 22, 1424. But soon after, at the desire of King James I of Scotland, then a prisoner in England, Forbes quit the French service and subsequently obtained three Safe-conducts at different times to visit England, with one hundred persons in his retinue each time, to wait upon his sovereign, James Ist.
He was created a Lord of Parliament sometime after 1436. The precise date of the peerage creation is not known (although Brown gives 1440), but in a Precept, dated July 12, 1442, he is already styled Lord Forbes.
The first Lord Forbes married Lady Elizabeth (or Mary), only daughter of George Douglas, Earl of Angus, a granddaughter of King Robert II of Scotland, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son: James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes, (d. c1460).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes,_1st_Lord_Forbes
http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00046179&tree=LEO
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created Lord Forbes, 12 Jul 1442
!NOTE:
1st Baron of Forbes
Sir Alexander de Forbes, when King James I. was a prisoner in England, led a following of a hundred horse and forty spearmen to France, where he fought against the English under Henry V. at the battle of Beauge in 1421 and is immortalised by the poet Ariosto. Later in life—some time between 1436 and 1442 —he was created a Lord of Parliament by James II. The precise date of creation is not known, but in a precept, directed by James II to the lords of the exchequer, dated 12th July 1442, he is styled Lord Forbes. He died in 1448. By his wife, Lady Elizabeth (sometimes called Lady Mary) Douglas, only daughter of George, Earl of Angus, and grand-daughter of King Robert II, he had two sons and three daughters.
Alexander, founder of the family of Brux, and others
[Anderson, W. The Scottish Nation. 3v. 1862, slightly edited.]
Events
| Birth | 20 Jun 1377 | Forbes | |||
| Marriage | 6 Oct 1423 | Elizabeth "Hay" Douglas | |||
| Death | 16 Oct 1446 | ||||
| Alt name | Sir Alexander Forbes | ||||
| Alt name | Alexander Forbes | ||||
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Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Hay" Douglas (1398 - 1460) |
| Child | Susanna Forbes (1423 - 1460) |