Gilbert, 8th of Skene (c1450-c1485)

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Gilbert Skene, 8th Laird of Skene was born circa 1450 in Scotland, United Kingdom to Alexander, 7th of Skene (c1430-1470) and Mariot of Kinarde (c1430-) and died circa 1485 of unspecified causes.

Siblings

Offspring of Alexander, 7th of Skene (c1430-1470) and Mariot of Kinarde (c1430-)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Gilbert, 8th of Skene (c1450-c1485)	1450 Scotland, United Kingdom	1485	Christian Mercer of Balleg (c1455-)

Offspring of Gilbert Skene, 8th Laird of Skene and Christian Mercer of Balleg (c1455-)
Name	Birth	Death	Joined with
Alexander or Alasdair, 9th of Skene (1481-1507)	1481 Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom	1507	Agnes Forbes (1473-aft1507)

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He was born towards the end of a period of great litigation concerning the lands of Ester Skene, which had been mortgaged to the Keith family before the Battle of Harlaw (1411). He succeeded in 1470.
http://humphrysfamilytree.com/Skene/index.html
http://archive.org/stream/memorialsoffamil00sken#page/n39/mode/2up and related pages - Memorials of the family of Skene of Skene, by William Forbes Skene, D.C.L., LL.D. (Her Majesty's Historiographer for Scotland), Aberdeen, 1887. Note that some headings indicate not a birth year but the year of accession to a title
http://www.patrickspeople.co.uk/ourfamily/1204.htm (no ancestry)