Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone
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Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone (died 9 September 1513) was a Scottish
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Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone, was the son of Sir John Elphinstone of that ilk and of Pittendreich. He was raised to the Peerage of Scotland
as Lord Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in 1510. He married Elizabeth Barlow. Elphinstone was killed at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513, along with many other Scottish noblemen. He was succeeded in the lordship by his son Alexander. Elizabeth, Lady Elphinstone, later married John Forbes, 6th Lord Forbes. Their daughter Euphemia Elphinstone
was a mistress of James V
and the mother of the royal bastard Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney
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Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
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Alexander Elphinstone, 1st Lord Elphinstone, was the son of Sir John Elphinstone of that ilk and of Pittendreich. He was raised to the Peerage of Scotland
Peerage of Scotland
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...
as Lord Elphinstone, of Elphinstone in the County of Stirling, in 1510. He married Elizabeth Barlow. Elphinstone was killed at the Battle of Flodden in September 1513, along with many other Scottish noblemen. He was succeeded in the lordship by his son Alexander. Elizabeth, Lady Elphinstone, later married John Forbes, 6th Lord Forbes. Their daughter Euphemia Elphinstone
Euphemia Elphinstone
Euphemia Elphinstone was a mistress of James V of Scotland and the mother of his son Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney, born in 1532, as well as another royal bastard who died in childhood...
was a mistress of James V
James V of Scotland
James V was King of Scots from 9 September 1513 until his death, which followed the Scottish defeat at the Battle of Solway Moss...
and the mother of the royal bastard Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney
Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney
Robert Stewart, Knt., 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland was a recognized illegitimate son of James V, King of Scotland, and his mistress Eupheme Elphinstone....
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