3rd Lord of Forbes William Forbes

1442 - 1483  (41 years)

• Name	William Forbes  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Title	3rd Lord of Forbes
  Birth	1442	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8J52-S9
  Name	Grey Willie  [4]
  Reference Number	15-01797-01
  Reference Number	16-04037-01
  Death	1483	Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [4]
  Person ID	I3290	MontyHistNotes_II
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	2nd Lord of Forbes James Forbes,   b. 1424, Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 30 Sep 1460, Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Gille Egidia Keith,   b. 1424, Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1473, Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1482	Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Dunnottar Castle Dunnottar Castle
  Family ID	F1268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christian Gordon,   b. 1443, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1500, Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	18 Jul 1468	Scotland   [4]
  Children	> 1. 5th Lord of Forbes Arthur Forbes,   b. 1470, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1493, Scotland (Age 23 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. 6th Lord Forbes John Forbes,   b. Bef 1477, Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 10 Sep 1547, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age > 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. 4th Lord of Forbes Alexander Forbes,   b. Bef 1481, Scotland d. 6 May 1491, Scotland (Age > 10 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S169] Vans Family Archive, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vfarch/genealogy-data/. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Barlow Elizabeth #109213 http://thepeerage.com/p10922.htm#i109213. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Lyon Agnes #015398 http://thepeerage.com/p1540.htm#i15398. [S323] thePeerage.com, (Name: thePeerage.com;), Listing of British Peerage. [S370] Bio Info on ForbesAlexander_1stLordForbes, (Name: Wikipedia; ancestry.com; Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes,_1st_Lord_Forbes;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Forbes,_1st_Lord_Forbes Also information posted on ancestry.com.