DE FORBES, Alexander 1st Lord Forbes

Abt 1380 - 1405  (~ 25 years)

• Name	DE FORBES, Alexander
  Suffix	1st Lord Forbes
  Born	Abt 1380
  Gender	Male
  Died	1405
  Person ID	I26594	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	DE FORBES, Sir John
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	KENNEDY, Margaret of Dunure
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F20286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DOUGLAS, Lady Elizabeth
  Children	1. FORBES, James Lord Forbes,   b. 1424,   d. 30 Jul 1462  (Age 38 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F20260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander de Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380–1448), also feudal baron of Forbes, was a Scottish nobleman. Life He was the eldest son of Sir John de Forbes (died 1405), Sheriff-depute of Aberdeen,[1] and Coroner of that shire, by his wife, Margaret,[citation needed] a daughter of Sir John Kennedy of Dunure and Mary de Montgomery of Stair and Cassillis. Alexander de Forbes fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, and appears among the Scottish forces sent to the assistance of Charles, Dauphin of France, afterwards King Charles VII, and had a share in the victory obtained over the English at Beaugé, in Anjou, on 22 March 1424. But soon after, at the desire of King James I of Scotland, then a prisoner in England, Forbes quit the French service and subsequently obtained three Safe-conducts at different times to visit England, with one hundred persons in his retinue each time, to wait upon his sovereign. He was created a Lord of Parliament sometime after 1436. The precise date of the peerage creation is not known (although Brown gives 1440), but in a Precept, dated 12 July 1442, he is already styled Lord Forbes. Family The first Lord Forbes married Lady Elizabeth (or Mary), only daughter of George Douglas, 1st Earl of Angus, a granddaughter of King Robert III of Scotland, by whom he had two sons and three daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest son: • James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes (died circa 1460) References Notes 1 "Records of the Sheriff court of Aberdeenshire". Aberdeen Printed for the University. 1904. Sources • Brown, Peter, (publisher), The Peerage of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1834, p. 170. • Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol.iv, p. 228. • Kidd, Charles, & Williamson, David (editors), Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, New York, St Martin's Press, 1990,[page needed] • Paton, Henry, "Forbes, Alexander (d.1448)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. External links • "Forbes, Alexander (d.1448)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.