I EOBEET DE SKENE, of=Marion Mercer, daughter of the Skene. Eobeet Bbuce gave Baron of Aldie and Meiklure, "a charter to him, stillpreserved, Perthshire. dilecto et fidelinostro Roberto Skene," erecting his lands into a Barony, 1317. Tradition asserts he was 10th or 12th Laird of Skene, and that the old Tower of Skene was the firstbuilt stone house inMar.^Douglas' Baronage" describes him as grandson of John de Skene, a man of eminent rank and dis- tinction, who swore allegiance to Edwabd 1., 1296," and who was, says Nisbet, "an arbiter between Bruce and Baliol, 1290." GILIAN DE SKENE, Baron of= Skene. | ADAM DE SKENE, Jiaron of- Skene. | ADAM DE SKENE, Baron of= Skene. . | ADAM DE SKENE, killed at=Janet Keith, daughter of the the battle of Harlaw, 1411. [ Great Marischal of Scotland. JAMES DE SKENE, 1411-1461,=" The Widow of Fraser, of Corn- designated, in1446, as nobilis toun. The Exchequer Rolls virJacobus de Skene de eodem." show that from 1428 to 1435, ¦v He m. 2nd Egidia or Giles de James L of Scotland paid Moravia, of Culbin, in Moray- annually £6 13s. 4d. to James shire, widow of Thomas de Skene of Skene, for his occupa- Kinnaird, of that Ilk,and grand- tionof terce lands of Comtoun, daughter and heiress of Gilbert belonging to Skene's Wife, widow Moray, of Culbin and Skelbo, by of a Fraser of Comtoun. Eustach, daughter of Kenneth, 3rd of Sutherland. 19rwent ALEXANDERDE SKENE, 1461-= Marietta de Kinnaird, daughter of 1470, who continued the contest Thos. de Kinnaird, by Egidia de ( with the Earl Marischal family Moravia. Thos. de Kinnaird begun by hisfather, and succeed- was son and heir of Richard de ed in recovering his lands. He Kinnaird, byElizabeth, daughter married Mariot de Kinnaird (the of J. Dummond, of Stobhall, daughter of his step-mother by and niece of Queen Annabella THE FAMILY OF SKENE. her first husband), in1438. __ Dmmmond, wife of Robert HI. GILBERT DE SKENE, 1470- = 1485. He had a royal charter in 1481 to himself, and Ms then wife, Cristine Mercer. ALEXANDEKDE SKENE, 1485-= Agnes, daughter of James, 2nd 1507. He was infeft as heir Forbes, who was son of in the lands and Barony of Alexander, Ist Lord Forbes, by Skene, March' 19,1485. On his LadyElizabeth Douglas,daughter death, in 1507, Sir Alexander of George, Earl of Angus, and Irvine of Drum, and Duncan grand-daughter of King Forbes (his wife's brother), had EOBBBT HI. the ward of his lands, and marriage of his heir. ALEXANDEEDE SKENE, 1507- =Elizabeth Black, of Aberdeen, who 1517. He died at the age of 24, had in marriage portion a large n one year after his marriage. tract of land. <><./'»_ - / '/- £<-*'. ALEXANDEEDE SKENE, 1517- =Elizabeth Forbes, daughter (or 1604. He was a posthumous" ! grand-daughter, according to child, and was designated " the Lumsden) of Duncan Forbes of Little Laird." In 1568, that ! Corsenday, who was 2nd son of (1) James, ances- Eobert SkeneJ honourable man, Maister Alex- \ James, 2nd Lord Forbes, by tor of Skene Belhelvie. I ander Skeyne," was made Egidia Keith, daughter of of Westercorse ( next brot' procurator to enforce an Act j Wm,, Ist Earl Marischal. and Eamore. Gilbert Skei and Band by the of the I. was Physic Mearns. to the King. II JAMES SKENE OF SKENE, =Lady Joan Douglas, daughter of Gilbert, ancestor of 1604-1605. In his marriage; Sir Archibald Douglas, of Glen- Skene of Dum- contract with Joan Douglas he bervie (by Lady Agnes Keith) breck, and of 4._1~ • T ?v - •_ • is describedJ (his/I " fatherJ-il being1- and2 sister~2~2. of~£ TTT—Wm. Douglas,T\ 1 9thrki.l- Newtyle.VT« David Skene, then alive) as James Skene, ') Earl of Angus (who established Potterton, right apparent of that Ilk." His ILi.hiß tothe Earldom, as heir Patrick, ancestor' of son, but ap marriage took place c.~1568,i,and I |[ male, against his cousin Jambs I. atene bT Byce rently event c.1568 Skene and his wife signed i of Great Britain, the Kingclaim- and Lethentie. male heir. discharge to Sir A. Douglas I ing as heirJieir line through his q^(Vi ' / He m. of f - Claris Set for their marriage portion. His grana-moinergrand-mother Ladyiiaay Margaretjuargarec •yoc //«.«-*.•- v father having lived to a great Douglas, daughter land eventual -? and had a s< -si// *- George Ski age, James Skene was Baron of heiress ofArchibald, 6th Earl, by v_ t. jy~*-< '"i Sir _ R bis w only one year, being the PrincessMa/r wetofEngland, Skene for - v ' w ?te Fmi*/J by his grandson. Queen-Dowager¦» ° "oiScotland.) 7\t ?. \^*^Xi *l] succeeded , I M.P. Jfor Abd deen, o.s. SKENE, eldest =Margaret, daughter of Sir George 1707. J Calder,. daughter of ALEXAHDEE L^lltty son, died in his father's lifeI Johnstone, of Caskieben. n /