Everything about Robert Boyd 1st Lord Boyd totally explained
Robert Boyd (d. c
1470) Lord Boyd, was a Scottish statesman.
A son of Sir Thomas Boyd (d. 1439), Robert Boyd belonged to an old and distinguished family, of which one earlier Sir Robert Boyd, had fought with Sir
William Wallace and
Robert The Bruce.
Created Lord Boyd in
1454, he was one of the
Regents during the minority of King
James III, in 1460. He conspired with his brother, Sir Alexander Boyd, and obtained possession of the King's person in
1466 and was made by Act of Parliament sole Governor of the Realm.
He negotiated the marriage between James and
Margaret of Norway in
1469 and secured with it the cession of the
Orkney Islands by
Norway. He was appointed
Great Chamberlain for life, and
Lord Justice General in
1467.
Conflict broke out between the King and the Boyd family. Robert, and his son
Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran (who was married to Princess Mary), were out of the country involved in diplomatic activities when their
regime was overthrown. Robert, 1st Lord Boyd was pronounced guilty of treason and fled firstly to
Alnwick,
Northumberland. His brother and assistant, Sir Alexander Boyd, was captured and beheaded on
November 22,
1469.
Robert 1st Lord Boyd fought in the English service in the French wars, and died in exile.
He married Mariotta, daughter of Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood, and had numerous issue. One of his daughters, Elizabeth, married
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus.
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