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John Erskine, Earl of Mar (d. 1572)

Index John Erskine, Earl of Mar (d. 1572)

John Erskine, Earl of Mar (died 28 October 1572), regent of Scotland, was a son of John, 5th Lord Erskine, who was guardian of King James V and afterwards of Mary, Queen of Scots. [1]

50 relations: Abbot of Dryburgh, Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, Alexander Erskine of Gogar, Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch, Articles of Leith, Battle of Carberry Hill, Cadzow Castle, Casket letters, Chanonry of Ross, Christopher Goodman, Colin Cam Mackenzie, 11th of Kintail, Craigmillar Castle, Cunningham of Drumquhassle, David Ferguson (reformer), Dryburgh Abbey, Earl of Mar, Edinburgh town walls, George Coulouris, George Seton, 7th Lord Seton, Henry Killigrew (diplomat), Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar, James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, James VI and I, Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming, John Erskine, John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine, John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1558–1634), John Knox, Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant, List of Governors of Edinburgh Castle, List of peers 1550–1559, List of peers 1560–1569, List of peers 1570–1579, List of regents, Lord Erskine, Lords of the Congregation, Mar's Wark, Marian civil war, Mary of Guise, Mary of Scotland (play), Mary, Queen of Scots, Peerage law, Robert Pont, Scottish Reformation, Siege of Leith, South Leith Parish Church, Stirling Castle, William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton, William Kirkcaldy of Grange, 1572.

Abbot of Dryburgh

The Abbot of Dryburgh (later, Commendator of Dryburgh) was the head of the Premonstratensian community of canons regular of Dryburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders.

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Adam Gordon of Auchindoun

Adam Gordon of Auchindoun (1545–1580), Scottish knight, younger brother of the Earl of Huntly and military leader during the Marian civil war on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots in north west Scotland.

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Alexander Erskine of Gogar

Alexander Erskine of Gogar, (d. 1592), Scottish laird and keeper of James VI of Scotland at Stirling Castle.

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Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch

Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (11 February 1651 – 6 February 1732) was a wealthy Scottish peer.

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Articles of Leith

The Articles of Leith were the terms of truce drawn up between the Protestant Lords of the Congregation and Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland and signed on 25 July 1559.

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Battle of Carberry Hill

The Battle of Carberry Hill took place on 15 June 1567, near Musselburgh, East Lothian, a few miles east of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Cadzow Castle

Cadzow Castle, now in ruins, was constructed between 1500 and 1550 on the site of an earlier royal castle, one mile south-east of the centre of Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Casket letters

The Casket letters were eight letters and some sonnets said to have been written by Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Earl of Bothwell, between January and April 1567.

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Chanonry of Ross

Castle Chanonry of Ross, also known as Seaforth Castle, was located in the town of Fortrose, to the north-east of Inverness, Highland, Scotland.

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Christopher Goodman

Christopher Goodman BD (1520–1603) was an English reforming clergyman and writer.

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Colin Cam Mackenzie, 11th of Kintail

Colin Mackenzie of Kintail (died 14 June 1594), nicknamed “Cam” (“crooked”, because one-eyed), was a Highland chief of the Scottish clan Mackenzie who greatly increased his ancestral estates through royal favour and a career of vigorous self-aggrandisement.

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Craigmillar Castle

Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Cunningham of Drumquhassle

The Cunninghams of Drumquhassle were a family of the landed gentry in Scotland from the early 16th century to the mid-17th.

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David Ferguson (reformer)

David Fergusson or Ferguson (died 1598) was a Scottish reformer.

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Dryburgh Abbey

Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November (Martinmas) 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland.

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Earl of Mar

The title Mormaer or Earl of Mar has been created several times, all in the Peerage of Scotland.

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Edinburgh town walls

There have been several town walls around Edinburgh, Scotland, since the 12th century.

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George Coulouris

George Coulouris (1 October 1903 – 25 April 1989) was an English film and stage actor.

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George Seton, 7th Lord Seton

George Seton V, 7th Lord Seton (1531–1586) was a Lord of the Parliament of Scotland, Master of the Household of Mary, Queen of Scots and Provost of Edinburgh.

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Henry Killigrew (diplomat)

Sir Henry Killigrew (c. 1528Bell pp. 189–190 – 1603) was an English diplomat and ambassador in the sixteenth century.

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Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar

Isabel Douglas, Countess of Mar (1360 – 1408) was Countess of Mar.

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James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (c. 1516 – 2 June 1581, aged 65) was the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming

Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming (17 July 1502 – 20 February 1562), called la Belle Écossaise (French for "the Beautiful Scotswoman"), was an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland who served as governess to her half-niece Mary, Queen of Scots.

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John Erskine

John Erskine may refer to.

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John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine

John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine (died 1555) was a Scottish nobleman.

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John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1558–1634)

John Erskine, Earl of Mar (c. 1562 – 14 December 1634)Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online (ODNB), "John Erskine, eighteenth or second earl of Mar," by Julian Goodare.

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John Knox

John Knox (– 24 November 1572) was a Scottish minister, theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation.

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Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant

Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant (1529–1593) was a Scottish nobleman.

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List of Governors of Edinburgh Castle

The Governor of Edinburgh Castle, also sometimes known as the Keeper or Captain, had overall control of the Royal castle of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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List of peers 1550–1559

2|Lord Boyd (1454)||Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd||Aft.

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List of peers 1560–1569

|Duke of Rothesay (1398)||James Stuart, Duke of Rothesay||1566||1567||Acceded to the Throne of Scotland |- |Duke of Albany (1565)||Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany||1565||1567||New creation; died, title succeeded by the Duke of Rothesay, and merged in the Crown in the same year |- |Duke of Orkney (1567)||James Hepburn, 1st Duke of Orkney||1567||1567||New creation; title forfeited |- |Earl of Mar (1114)||John Erskine, Earl of Mar||1565||1572||The Earldom was restored to him, as heir general of the Countess Isabel.

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List of peers 1570–1579

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List of regents

A regent is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.

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Lord Erskine

The Lordship of Parliament of Erskine (Lord Erskine) was created around 1426 for Sir Robert Erskine.

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Lords of the Congregation

The Lords of the Congregation, originally styling themselves "the Faithful Congregation of Christ Jesus in Scotland", were a group of Protestant Scottish nobles who in the mid-16th century favoured a reformation of the church according to Protestant principles and a Scottish-English alliance.

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Mar's Wark

Mar's Wark is a ruined building in Stirling built 1570–1572 by John Erskine, Regent of Scotland and Earl of Mar, and now in the care of Historic Scotland.

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Marian civil war

The Marian civil war in Scotland (1568–1573) was a period of conflict which followed the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her escape from Loch Leven Castle in May 1568.

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Mary of Guise

Mary of Guise (Marie; 22 November 1515 – 11 June 1560), also called Mary of Lorraine, ruled Scotland as regent from 1554 until her death.

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Mary of Scotland (play)

Mary of Scotland was a 1933 Broadway three-act play written in Blank verse by Maxwell Anderson, produced by the Theatre Guild, directed by Theresa Helburn and with scenic and costume design by Robert Edmond Jones.

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Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I, reigned over Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567.

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Peerage law

The British Peerage is governed by a body of law that has developed over several centuries.

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Robert Pont

Robert Pont (or Kylpont) (c.1524–1606), Scottish reformer, was educated at St. Andrews.

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Scottish Reformation

The Scottish Reformation was the process by which Scotland broke with the Papacy and developed a predominantly Calvinist national Kirk (church), which was strongly Presbyterian in outlook.

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Siege of Leith

The Siege of Leith ended a twelve-year encampment of French troops at Leith, the port near Edinburgh, Scotland.

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South Leith Parish Church

South Leith Parish Church, originally the Kirk of Our Lady, is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.

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Stirling Castle

Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally.

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William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton

William Grey, 13th Baron Grey de Wilton, (1508/9–14 December 1562) was an English baron and military commander serving in France in the 1540s and 1550s, and in the Scottish Wars of the 1540s.

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William Kirkcaldy of Grange

Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange (c. 1520 –3 August 1573) was a Scottish politician and soldier who fought for the Scottish Reformation but ended his career holding Edinburgh castle on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots and was hanged at the conclusion of a long siege.

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1572

Year 1572 (MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Erskine,_Earl_of_Mar_(d._1572)

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