James Skene, 6th Laird of Skene

Abt 1390 - 1461  (71 years)

• Name	James Skene
  Title	6th Laird of Skene
  Birth	Abt 1390	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1461	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I16935	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Adam Skene, 5th Baron of Skene ,   b. Abt 1370, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 24 Jul 1411, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Janet Keith, Lady ,   b. 17 Jan 1373, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 1426 (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1389	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F8281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Fraser,   b. Abt 1410, Highland, Scotland d. 1458, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1431	Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Alexander Skene, 7th Laird of Skene ,   b. Abt 1415, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1470, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  SKENE OF SKENE. 17 James Skene of Skene was thus married to the widow of Fraser of Corntoun as early at least as the year 1428, and had, by his wife, a son, Alexander, who succeeded him, and who was marriageable in 1438, as on the 12th of May in that year, Egidia de Moravia, domina de Culbin, in her widowhood, with consent of Alan of Kynnarde, her son and heir, grants to Alexander Skene, son and heir of James Skene of that ilk, on account of the marriage to be contracted between him and Mariot of Kinarde her daughter, the lands of Dulpoty, Estertown, and Mill of Dulpoty, in the Barony of Culbin, and Sheriffdom of Forres, in security of the sum of