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Alexander (12th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon

Male 1552 - 1594  (42 years)Deceased


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alexander (12th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon was born in 1552 in Darnaway Castle (Sutherland) Scotland (son of John "the Good Earl"( 11th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, and Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart of Lennox); died on 6 Dec 1594 in Dunrobin, Scotland.

    Alexander married Lady Jean Janet Gordon on 13 Dec 1573 in Huntley Castle, Aberdeen. Lady (daughter of George (4th Earl of Huntley) Gordon and Elizabeth Keith) was born in 1546 in Huntly Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland; died on 14 May 1629 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. James Gordon was born on 1 Nov 1574 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 20 Feb 1615 in Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, Scotland.
    2. Jane Gordon was born on 1 Nov 1574 in Dunrobin Castle, Aberdeen, Scotland; died on 20 February 1615 in Strathpeffer, Highlands, Scotland.
    3. John ( 13th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon was born on 20 July 1576 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 11 Sept 1615 in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland.
    4. *Sir Robert (1st Bart of Gordantoun) Gordan was born on 14 May 1580 in Dunrobin Castle (Suther) Scotland; died in 1654 in Gordonstown (Aberdeen) Scotland.
    5. George Gordon was born in Apr 1583 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in Oct 1610 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
    6. Adam Gordon was born in 1584 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland; died in Scotland.
    7. Sir Alexander Gordon was born on 5 March 1585 in Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1636.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John "the Good Earl"( 11th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, was born in 1525 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland (son of Alexander (10th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, and Lady Janet Stewart, Dowager Countess of Sutherland); died on 23 June 1567 in Sutherland, Scotland.

    John married Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart of Lennox on 06 August 1548 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland. Lady (daughter of John (3rd Earl Lennox) Stewart and Anne Elizabeth Stewart) was born in January 1520 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 23 June 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart of Lennox was born in January 1520 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (daughter of John (3rd Earl Lennox) Stewart and Anne Elizabeth Stewart); died on 23 June 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. John Gordon of Sutherland was born in 1549 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1594 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland.
    2. 1. Alexander (12th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon was born in 1552 in Darnaway Castle (Sutherland) Scotland; died on 6 Dec 1594 in Dunrobin, Scotland.
    3. Margaret Gordon was born in 1554 in Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1579.
    4. William Gordon of Sutherland, Baron Strahnaver
    5. Adam Gordon was born in May 1549 in Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1606 in Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Alexander (10th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, was born in 1501 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland (son of Adam ( Lord Aboyne 9 th Earl of Surtherland) Gordon and Elizabeth Sutherland); died on 15 Jan 1529 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, Scotland.

    Alexander married Lady Janet Stewart, Dowager Countess of Sutherland on 16 Jun 1520 in Dunrobin Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Lady was born about 1505 in Atholl Castle, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 13 May 1566 in Athol, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lady Janet Stewart, Dowager Countess of Sutherland was born about 1505 in Atholl Castle, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 13 May 1566 in Athol, Perthshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. Janet Gordon was born in 1521; died in 1577.
    2. Alexander Gordon was born in 1522; died in 1552.
    3. Beatrice Gordon was born in 1523; died in 1529.
    4. 2. John "the Good Earl"( 11th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, was born in 1525 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 23 June 1567 in Sutherland, Scotland.
    5. William Gordon was born in 1530.

  3. 6.  John (3rd Earl Lennox) Stewart was born on 9 Jan 1495 in Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (son of Matthew (2nd Earl of Lennox) Stewart and Elizabeth Hamilton); died on 04 Sep 1526 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.

    John married Anne Elizabeth Stewart on 19 Jan 1511 in Dispensation, Scotland. Anne (daughter of John ( 1st Earl of Atholl) Stewart of Balveny and Eleanor ( Countess of Atholl) Sinclair) was born in 1494 in Balveny, Fife, Scotland; died on 25 Nov 1564 in Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Anne Elizabeth Stewart was born in 1494 in Balveny, Fife, Scotland (daughter of John ( 1st Earl of Atholl) Stewart of Balveny and Eleanor ( Countess of Atholl) Sinclair); died on 25 Nov 1564 in Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Anne Stuart was born in 1512; died on 25 November 1564.
    2. Mary Stewart was born in 1513 in Warwickshire, England; died in 1540 in Yorkshire, England.
    3. Elizabeth Stewart was born in 1515 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 20 Dec 1567 in Flanders, Morris, New Jersey, United States.
    4. Matthew 4th Earl of Lennox Stuart was born on 21 Sep 1516 in Dunbarton Castle, Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 4 Sep 1571 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    5. Robert Lennox Stuart was born about 1516 in Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 29 Mar 1586 in Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
    6. John Stuart was born in 1519 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 31 May 1567 in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
    7. 3. Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart of Lennox was born in January 1520 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 23 June 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Adam ( Lord Aboyne 9 th Earl of Surtherland) Gordon was born in 1474 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland (son of George Gordon and Annabella Stewart); died in 1538 in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland.

    Adam married Elizabeth Sutherland. Elizabeth was born in 1480 in , Caithness, , Scotland; died in Sep 1535 in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Sutherland was born in 1480 in , Caithness, , Scotland; died in Sep 1535 in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 4. Alexander (10th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, was born in 1501 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 15 Jan 1529 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, Scotland.
    2. John Earl of Aboyne Gordon
    3. Alexander Gordon died on 15 Jan 1529.
    4. George, 14th Baron of Roslin, 4th Earl of Caithness Sinclair was born in 1504 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1582 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    5. Adam GORDON SUTHERLAND was born in 1505 in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland; died in Sep 1547 in Killed battle of Pinkie, Scotland.
    6. Gilbert GORDON SUTHERLAND was born in 1507 in Of, Garty, Cavan, Scotland; died in Sep 1547 in Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, Mussleburgh, Scotland.
    7. Beatrix Gordon Sutherland was born in 1509 in Dunrobin, , , Scotland.
    8. Eleanor Helenor GORDON SUTHERLAND was born in 1511 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, , Scotland.
    9. Daug Gordon Sutherland was born in 1513 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland.

  3. 12.  Matthew (2nd Earl of Lennox) Stewart was born in Jan 1472 in Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (son of John ( Lord Darnley, 1st Earl of Lennox) Stewart); died on 9 Sep 1513 in Branxton, Northumberland, England.

    Matthew married Elizabeth Hamilton in 1494-04-09 in Bothwell,,Lanarkshire,Scotland. Elizabeth was born in 1473 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in Apr 1531 in Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth Hamilton was born in 1473 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in Apr 1531 in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 6. John (3rd Earl Lennox) Stewart was born on 9 Jan 1495 in Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 04 Sep 1526 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.
    2. Janet Stewart was born in 1498 in Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 12 Dec 1523 in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
    3. Mungo STEWART was born in 1499 in Of, Lennox, Scotland; died in 1500.
    4. Lady Margaret Stewart was born in 1502 in Lennox, Scotland; died in 1568/70 in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

  5. 14.  John ( 1st Earl of Atholl) Stewart of Balveny was born in 1440 in Balveny, Fife, Scotland; died on 15 Sep 1512 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

    John married Eleanor ( Countess of Atholl) Sinclair before 19 Apr 1475 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Eleanor was born on 19 Apr 1457 in Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland; died on 21 March 1519 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Eleanor ( Countess of Atholl) Sinclair was born on 19 Apr 1457 in Ravenscraig, Fife, Scotland; died on 21 March 1519 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 7. Anne Elizabeth Stewart was born in 1494 in Balveny, Fife, Scotland; died on 25 Nov 1564 in Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland.