Individual Details
Sir Robert "4th Lord Erskine" Erskine
(Abt 1458 - 9 Sep 1513)
[[Category:Killed in Battle]]
[[Category:Clan Erskine]]
[[Category:Battle of Flodden]]
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== Biography ==
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}Robert Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine was the son of Alexander Erskine, 3rd Lord Erskine and Christian Crichton.
[[#CokayneP2-5|Cokayne - Peerage, Ed. 2 Vol V]]:[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/478825-the-complete-peerage-of-england-scotland-ireland-great-britain-and-the-united-kingdom-extant-extinct-or-dormant-vol-5?viewer=1&page=114#page=114&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= p. 105] He died on 9 September 1513, killed in action at the Battle of Flodden Field.[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun05pauluoft#page/608/mode/2up The Scots peerage] v.4 pp.608-609
[[#Elliot|Elliot]]:[https://archive.org/stream/battleoffloddenr00elliuoft#page/205/mode/1up p. 205]
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.
He m. c.1485 Elizabeth Campbell, da. of Sir George Campbell of Loudoun, who survived him, alive in 1519. Her mother was possibly the da. Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy. [http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/mar1114.htm Mar, Earl of (S, 1114)] Cracroft's Peerage
Children:
# Robert, Master of Erskine, dsp
# John, 5th Lord Erskine# James (d. betw. 1592-1596), brother-german of John, m. Christine Stirling (1512-1582) 5s. 1da.
# Alexander, parson of Moniabroch or Kilsyth
# William
# Margaret
# Janet
== Research Notes ==A 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.
== Sources ==
* Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage", London: London, St. Catherine Press, 1926, Ed. 2 Vol V
* Elliot, Fitzwilliam, "Battle of FLodden and the Raids of 1513", Edinburgh, Andrew Elliot, 1911
* 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
See also:
* [https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I2326&tree=CC Clan MacFarlane: Robert Erskine. 4th Lord Erskine]
[[Category:Clan Erskine]]
[[Category:Battle of Flodden]]
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== Biography ==
}
}Robert Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine was the son of Alexander Erskine, 3rd Lord Erskine and Christian Crichton.
[[#CokayneP2-5|Cokayne - Peerage, Ed. 2 Vol V]]:[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/478825-the-complete-peerage-of-england-scotland-ireland-great-britain-and-the-united-kingdom-extant-extinct-or-dormant-vol-5?viewer=1&page=114#page=114&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= p. 105] He died on 9 September 1513, killed in action at the Battle of Flodden Field.[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun05pauluoft#page/608/mode/2up The Scots peerage] v.4 pp.608-609
[[#Elliot|Elliot]]:[https://archive.org/stream/battleoffloddenr00elliuoft#page/205/mode/1up p. 205]
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.
He m. c.1485 Elizabeth Campbell, da. of Sir George Campbell of Loudoun, who survived him, alive in 1519. Her mother was possibly the da. Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy. [http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/mar1114.htm Mar, Earl of (S, 1114)] Cracroft's Peerage
Children:
# Robert, Master of Erskine, dsp
# John, 5th Lord Erskine# James (d. betw. 1592-1596), brother-german of John, m. Christine Stirling (1512-1582) 5s. 1da.
# Alexander, parson of Moniabroch or Kilsyth
# William
# Margaret
# Janet
== Research Notes ==A 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.
== Sources ==
* Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage", London: London, St. Catherine Press, 1926, Ed. 2 Vol V
* Elliot, Fitzwilliam, "Battle of FLodden and the Raids of 1513", Edinburgh, Andrew Elliot, 1911
* 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
See also:
* [https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I2326&tree=CC Clan MacFarlane: Robert Erskine. 4th Lord Erskine]
Events
| Birth | Abt 1458 | Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1485 | Isabella Campbell | |||
| Death | 9 Sep 1513 | Flodden Field Near Branxton, Northumberland, England | |||
| Reference No | 1044244 | ||||
| Reference No | 1066139 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Isabella Campbell ( - 1519) |
| Child | Sir John "5th Lord Erskine" Erskine (1487 - 1555) |
| Child | Elizabeth Erskine ( - 1540) |
| Child | Robert Erskine of Mar (1490 - 1513) |
| Child | Mary Erskine (1490 - ) |
| Child | Lady Margaret Erskine of Mar (1496 - 1572) |
| Child | Janet of Mar Erskine (1496 - 1533) |
| Child | Sir James "1st Laird of Balgownie" Erskine (1500 - 1595) |
| Child | Alexander Erskine (1504 - 1580) |
| Father | Sir Alexander "3rd Lord Erskine" Erskine (1446 - 1508) |
| Mother | Christian Crichton (1439 - 1478) |
| Sibling | Agnes Erskine (1460 - 1475) |
| Sibling | Christian Erskine (1464 - ) |