Background
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 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. David Lindsay, 3rd Earl of Crawford, who succeeded his father as Earl. Elizabeth, who was dispensed to marry William Douglas of Lochleven (d 1420/1).
This marriage evidently never took place.