David Lindsay, 3rd Earl Of Crawford

1405 - 1445  (40 years)

• Name	David Lindsay
  Title	3rd Earl Of Crawford
  Birth	1405	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jan 1445	Forfarshire, Scotland
  Death	17 Jan 1445	Angusshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I7906	footsteps | BettyOtt, Bruce, Campbell, Capet, Charlamagne, DonCampbell, LucyHarrison, Rollo, Stewart, Pat
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Alexander Lindsay, Fourth Earl of Crawford ,   b. Abt 1386, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 31 Mar 1438, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marjorie Dunbar, Lady ,   b. 1389, East Lothian, Scotland d. 23 Apr 1429, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1404	Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F21597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marjory Ogilvy Of Auchterhouse, Countess Of Crawford ,   b. 1400, Angusshire, Scotland d. 1476, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	4 Mar 1422	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Janet Joan Lindsay,   b. 1422, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1483, Fifeshire, Scotland (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl Of Crawford ,   b. 1423, Forfarshire, Scotland d. Sep 1453, Forfarshire, Scotland (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Walter Lindsay of the Arden and Beaufort,   b. Abt 1425, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 27 Jan 1475, Angusshire, Scotland (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Margaret Lindsay, Lady ,   b. 1435, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1497, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford (died 17 January 1446) was a regent t o J a m e s I I of Scotland. He was a member of Clan Lindsay, a Scottish Low la n d c l a n. At the Battle of Arbroath in 1445 the Clan Lindsay, led by the Master o f C r a w f ord, advanced with over 1000 men. Their enemy was the Clan Ogilv y w h o w e r e also supported by men from the Clan Oliphant, Clan Gordon, C la n S e t o n and Clan Forbes of Pitsligo. The Earl, who was the Master of C r a w f o rd's father, rode between the two armies in an attempt to call a t r u c e . H owever, an illadvised Ogilvie, thinking that this was the start o f t h e L i n dsay's attack, threw his spear at the Earl, hitting him in the m o u t h a n d killing him instantly. So the battle began which went in the C l a n L i n dsay's favour.