Lord Robert Boyd Of Kilmarrock 
Robert was born about 1415 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland. Robert's father was Lord Thomas Boyd Of Kilmarnock and his mother was Isabel. His paternal grandparents were Lord Thomas Boyd Of Kilmarnock and Joan Montgomerie. He had a sister named Margaret. He was the younger of the two children. He died before October 1482 in In exile at Alnwick,Northumberland,England.1 General Notes
Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd, so created between 1451 and 18 July 1454; knighted c1451; a Regent for the infant James III 1460; took custody of James III 1466 and got an Act of Parliament passed making himself sole Governor of Scotland, also Great Chamberlain 1467; attainted (and his peerage forfeited) 1469 while away from court negotiating the transfer of Orkney to Scotland as a dowry for the King of Norway's daughter, whose marriage with James III he had arranged. [Burke's Peerage]
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Granted the title Lord Boyd prior to 13 July 1459 by James II, and was one of the commissioners sent to prolong the truce with England, which continued for nine years. In 1468 he was granted full power to visit the courts of England, Spain, France, Denmark, Burgundy, Savoy, and others to find a wife for King James III. A marriage treaty was concluded with King Christian I of Denmark, who agreed to give his daughter to James III, along with the islands of Orkney and Shetland as dowry.
Boyd was later accused of treason and fled to England under sentence of death.
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Notes from Sally Walmsley [Geniedash@bigpond.com]:
Baron Boyd, Robert Boyd, son and heir of Thomas Boyd of Kilmarnock (who died 9 July 1439). He was knighted, and was created a Peer of Parliament (LORD BOYD [SCT]) by James II at some date between 1451 and 18 July 1454 when he took his seat, as such, in Parliament. In 1460 he was one of the REGENTS [SCT] during the King's minority. In 1464 he was one of the commissioners for a truce with Edward IV. Having obtained possession of the person of the young King (for which, as hereafter mentioned, he was eventually condemned for high treason), he was by Act of of Parliament 25 October 1466, made sole GOVERNOR OF THE REALM [SCT]: GREAT CHAMBERLAIN [SCT] 1467. Early in this year he procured the marriage of his eldest son Thomas, (created Earl of Arran [SCT] for that occasion) with Mary, elder sister of the King, which aroused the jealousy of the other nobles. He obtained the cession of Orkney to Scotland, 8 September 1468, from Christian, King of Norway, for whose daughter Margaret, he negotiated a marriage with the King. While absent for that purpose he and his said son (the Earl of Arran) and his brother (and coadjutor) Sir Alexander Boyd, were attainted for high treason, as stated above, whereby his Peerage became forfeited. He married Mariot (or Janet), daughter of Sir Robert Maxwell, of Calderwood. She died after 2 June 1472, apparently early in 1473. He was living Easter 1480/1, and died before 1482, it is said at Alnwick, where he fled in 1469. (taken from Gen-medieval UTZ@aol.com - 13/Mar/2000)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1323 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1355 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.> 1409 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1375 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.02 Jul 1432 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.1306 in Yester Castle,Gifford,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.~ 1355 in Yester Castle,Gifford,East Lothian,Scotland
- b.1314 in Douglas Castle,Douglas,Lanarkshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1395 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.09 Jul 1439 in Craignaught Hill,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1300 in Eaglesham,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.1388 in Eaglesham,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1341 in Eaglesham,Renfrewshire,Scotland d.<Jul 1401 in Eaglesham,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1363 in Ardrossan,Fifeshire,Scotland d.<22 Nov 1429 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1323 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland d.~ 1374 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1343 in Eglinton Castle,Kilwinning,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1325 in Ayrshire,Scotland d.< 1357
- b.~ 1380 in Ardrossan,Fifeshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1274 in Icolmkill,Iona,Western Isles,Scotland d.1330 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland
- b.1326 in Finlaggan Castle,Island of Islay,Scotland d.1387 in Ardtornish Castle,Lochaline,Argyllshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1280 in Ulster,Ireland
- b.~ 1363 in Isle of Islay,Scotland d.Bef 9 MAR 1413/1414
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Innermeath,Argyllshire,Scotand d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1342 in Dundonald Castle,Irvine,Ayrshire,Scotland d.~ 1410 in Scotland
- b.1320 in Rowallon,Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.< 1355 in Paisley Abbey,Renfrewshire,Scotland
- b.~ 1415 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland d.<Oct 1482 in In exile at Alnwick,Northumberland,England
- b.~ 1395 in Scotland d.~ 1439
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‌Robert and Mariota Janet were married in a religious ceremony about 1440. They had a son named Thomas.
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Children
Earl Thomas Boyd Of Arran
Thomas was born about 1441 in Kilmarnock,Ayrshire,Scotland. He died about 1473 in Antwerp,Holland (dvp).1
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