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]

    Events

    BirthAbt 1458Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Marriage1485Isabella Campbell
    Death9 Sep 1513Flodden Field Near Branxton, Northumberland, England
    Reference No1044244
    Reference No1066139
    Reference No60

    Families

    SpouseIsabella Campbell ( - 1519)
    ChildSir John "5th Lord Erskine" Erskine (1487 - 1555)
    ChildElizabeth Erskine ( - 1540)
    ChildRobert Erskine of Mar (1490 - 1513)
    ChildMary Erskine (1490 - )
    ChildLady Margaret Erskine of Mar (1496 - 1572)
    ChildJanet of Mar Erskine (1496 - 1533)
    ChildSir James "1st Laird of Balgownie" Erskine (1500 - 1595)
    ChildAlexander Erskine (1504 - 1580)
    FatherSir Alexander "3rd Lord Erskine" Erskine (1446 - 1508)
    MotherChristian Crichton (1439 - 1478)
    SiblingAgnes Erskine (1460 - 1475)
    SiblingChristian Erskine (1464 - )