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
  Last Modified	1 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	1 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.