David de Lindsay the elder, also called David Lindsay of the Byres (d. 1279), was a 13th century Scottish knight and crusader. Knight is the English term for a social position originating in the Middle Ages. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents A minor baronial lord of a family of English origin, he was the son of David de Lindsay and held lands in East Lothian. David de Lindsay the elder son of William de Lindsay, was an Anglo-Scottish baron of the early 13th century. East Lothian ( Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 Unitary council areas in Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. He became Justiciar of Lothian under Alexander II of Scotland in 1241. The Justiciar of Lothian (in Norman - Latin, Justiciarus Laudonie) was an important legal office in the High Medieval Kingdom of Alexander II ( Mediaeval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Uilliam; Modern Gaelic Alasdair mac Uilleim) (24 August 1198 &ndash 6 July 1249 King of Scots This position had been held by his father earlier in the century.
According to Hector Boece, an anachronistically named "David Lindsay of Glenesk" was taken to Egypt on crusade (the Seventh Crusade) by Patrick II, Earl of Dunbar. Hector Boece (sometimes spelt Boethius, or Boyce) (1465-1536 was a Scottish Philosopher. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Seventh Crusade was a Crusade led by Louis IX of France from 1248 to 1254. Patrick II (1185&ndash1248 called "5th Earl of Dunbar " lord of Beanley, was a 13th century Anglo - Scottish noble and one of the If this was this David Lindsay, then he was one of many Lothian barons taken by Patrick on this crusade. He rose to further national prominence as a client of the Comyns during the minority of Alexander III of Scotland, becoming a regent in 1255 and royal Chamberlain in 1256. Alexander III ( Medieval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Alaxandair; Modern Gaelic Alasdair mac Alasdair) (4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286 King of Scots A regent, from the Latin regens "who reigns" is a person selected to act as Head of state (ruling or not because the ruler is a minor A chamberlain is an officer in charge of managing a household.
He went on Eighth Crusade/Ninth Crusade with Prince Edward, and died in Egypt, c. The Eighth Crusade was a Crusade launched by Louis IX, King of France, in The Ninth Crusade, which is sometimes grouped with the Eighth Crusade, is commonly considered to be the last major medieval Crusade to the Holy Land Edward I (17 June 1239 – 7 July 1307 popularly known as Longshanks, was a King of England who achieved historical fame by conquering large parts of Wales and almost 1279. He was the father of Alexander Lindsay of Barnweill.
References
- Barrow, G.W.S., "The Justiciar", The Kingdom of the Scots, (Edinburgh, 2003), pp. Geoffrey Wallis Steuart Barrow DLitt FBA FRSE is a British historian and academic born at Headingley in Leeds. 68–111
- Cameron, Sonja, "Lindsay family of Barnweill, Crawford, and Glenesk (per. c. 1250–c. 1400)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 19 May 2007
- Macquarrie, Alan, Scotland and the Crusades, (Edinburgh, 1997)
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