John Erskine, 18th Earl of Mar

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John Erskine, 18./1. Earl of Mar († October 28, 1572 in Stirling Castle ) was a Scottish nobleman .

Life

His father was John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine , his mother was Margaret Campbell, daughter of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll . John Erskine was probably born around 1530.

In 1548 he owned the Commandery of Inchmahome Priory ; in the period between 1548 and 1556 he is also led as abbot of Dryburgh Abbey , which was destroyed in the Scottish Reformation in 1544 , which is also to be regarded as a commandery.

When his father died in the late summer of 1555, he inherited his title as 6th Lord Erskine .

As a successful politician, he was one of the most influential nobles of the time. In 1561 he was appointed to the Privy Council by Queen Maria .

With a deed on June 23, 1565, he achieved that the Queen confirmed the title of Earl of Mar to him . The claim to this title belonged to him and the line of his ancestors from Robert Erskine, 1st Lord Erskine de iure since the death of Isabel Douglas, 11th Countess of Mar 1408, but the title and the associated lands were due to disputes over the succession withdrawn from the crown and repeatedly reissued. The earl title has now been confirmed retrospectively to John Erskine and his ancestors. Depending on the count, he is the 17th or 18th Earl of Mar (first award). Since a royal charter of July 20, 1565 is to be interpreted in such a way that the earl title can henceforth only be inherited in the male line, the " House of Lords Privileges Committee " evaluates this process on February 26, 1875 in the context of later inheritance disputes as a new award of the earl title on July 20, 1565 and posthumously awarded John Erskine the title of 1st Earl of Mar (seventh bestowal).

He was keeper of Edinburgh Castle until March 1567 . During this time he was one of the nobles who forced the Queen to abdicate and imprisoned her in Loch Leven Castle . Subsequently, between 1567 and 1571, he was one of the regents of Scotland. The young King James VI. was in his care and was raised in the safety of Stirling Castle by him and his wife "to be conserved, nursed, and upbrought".

In 1556 he had married Annabel Murray, a daughter of William Murray of Tullibardine. With her he had two sons and a daughter:

literature

  • Richard Fawcett, Richard Oram: Dryburgh Abbey . History Press, Stroud 2005, ISBN 0-7524-3439-X .
  • James Melville, Thomas Thomson: Memoirs of his own life . Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh 1827 (Reprinted by BiblioBazaar, 2009).
  • John Anderson: Erskine, Earl of Mar . In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . tape 5 : Innermeath-Mar . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1908, p. 590–636 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Alan Stewart: The Cradle King. A Life of James VI & I . Chatto and Windus, London 2003, ISBN 0-7011-6984-2 .
  • George Way, Romilly Squire et al. (Eds.): Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia . Barnes & Noble Books, New York 1998, ISBN 0-7607-1120-8 .
  • David Harris Willson: King James VI & I . Jonathan Cape, London 1963, ISBN 0-224-60572-0 (first edition: 1956).
  • John Erskine, 1st earl of Mar - Scottish lord [died 1572] . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . ( britannica.com ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Melville, Thomson: Memoirs of his own life. 1827, p. 248 f.
  2. ^ Fawcett, Oram: Dryburgh Abbey 2005, p. 35.
  3. ^ Willson: King James VI & I. 1956, p. 18.
  4. ↑ Stewart: The Cradle King. 2003, p. 33.
  5. ↑ Letter of Mary to Mar, 29 March 1567. “Suffer nor admit no noblemen of our realm or any others, of what condition soever they be of, to enter or come within our said Castle or to the presence of our said dearest son, with any more persons but two or three at the most. " In: Stewart: The Cradle King. 2003, p. 27.
predecessor Office successor
John Erskine Lord Erskine
1555-1572 		John Erskine
Officially recognized title Earl of Mar
1565-1572 		John Erskine
personal data
SURNAME Erskine, John, 18th Earl of Mar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish nobleman, 18th Earl of Mar
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: around 1530
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1572
Place of death Stirling Castle