. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ns. On one of the pillars ofSt. Giles church, Edinburgh, are the arms of Isa-bella, duchess of Albany and countess of Lennox,who, in 1460, founded the collegiate church ofDumbarton and largely endowed other religiousfoundations. She died about 1460. See Lennox,family of. \_Douglns Peerage.—Tytlers Lives ofScottish Worthies, Life of James /.] The physical strength and imposing appear-ance of the descendants of Robert the first dukeof Albany have been frequently mentioned b
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. ns. On one of the pillars ofSt. Giles church, Edinburgh, are the arms of Isa-bella, duchess of Albany and countess of Lennox,who, in 1460, founded the collegiate church ofDumbarton and largely endowed other religiousfoundations. She died about 1460. See Lennox,family of. \_Douglns Peerage.—Tytlers Lives ofScottish Worthies, Life of James /.] The physical strength and imposing appear-ance of the descendants of Robert the first dukeof Albany have been frequently mentioned byhistorians. Murdochs half-brother, the earl ofBuchan, constable of France, slain at Verneuil inNormandy, in 1424 (see ante, page 39,) of portrait is extant, seems to have possessed allthe qualities of his race in this respect. Of thisportrait, which was discovered about the middleof the last centurv by Sir George Seton of Garlc-ton, of the noble family of Winton, in the galleryof M. Fiebet, at his seat near Chambord in France,an engraving is given in Pinkertons Portrait Gal-lery. A woodcut of it is ALBANY, Alexander, third duke of, was tncsecond son of King James II. His first titles wereearl of March and lord of Annandale, but he wasabout 1456 created duke of Albany, a title whichhad been forfeited to the crown when DukeMurdoch was beheaded. Having been sent toFrance to complete his education, he was in 14G4,on his voyage homeward from his uncle, the dukeof Gueldrcs, towards Scotland, cajitured by theEnglish, but soon released, a herald having beensent to England to declare war in case of his beingdetained. In February 1478 Ids brother JamesIII., a prince of a weak and irresolute temper, andfond of mean favourites, on the sinister informa-tion of some of these, ordered his arrest, and im-jnisoned him in Edinburgh castle. Soon after, hisyoimger brother, the earl of Mar, was also ar-rested by the kings orders. Both of these princeswere popular with the nubil
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