Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford

Alexander Lindsay, 2nd Earl of Crawford (c. 1387–1438/1439)[1] was a Scottish magnate. He was the son of David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford and Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of King Robert II and Euphemia de Ross. He was knighted at the coronation of King James I on 21 May 1424, and subsequently was one of the hostages for King James given over to the English from 1424 until November 1427.[2]

  1. ^ Lindsay family, earls of Crawford (per. c.1380–1495), nobility by Alison Cathcart and David Ditchburn, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ Paul, The Scots Peerage vol. III, p. 17.