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John "the Good Earl"( 11th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon,[1]

Male 1525 - 1567  (42 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname John "the Good Earl"( 11th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, 
    Birth 1525  Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 23 June 1567  Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 42 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    George Gordon,   b. 1430, Huntly, Aberdeenshire,, Scotland, Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1501, Stirling, Stirlingshire,, Scotland, Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  (Great Grandfather) 
    Lady Janet Stewart, Dowager Countess of Sutherland,   b. Abt 1505, Atholl Castle, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1566, Athol, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years)  (Mother) 
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    Person ID P13805  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors Alexander (10th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon,,   b. 1501, Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1529, Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Lady Janet Stewart, Dowager Countess of Sutherland,   b. Abt 1505, Atholl Castle, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1566, Athol, Perthshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 Jun 1520  Dunrobin Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 19 years and 6 months - She : ~ 15 years and 6 months
    Family ID F3871  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife 1 Ancestors Elizabeth Isabel Campbell,   b. 1509, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 May 1548, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 06 Aug 1546  Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 21 years and 8 months - She : ~ 37 years and 8 months. 
    Family ID F3867  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Wife 2 Ancestors Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart of Lennox,   b. January 1520, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 June 1567, Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Other: Willem (Earl of Errol) Hay  m. 1534 
    Marriage 06 August 1548  Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 23 years and 8 months - She : 28 years and 7 months. 
    Children 
    +1. John Gordon of Sutherland,   b. 1549, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1594, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     [Father: natural]
    +2. Alexander (12th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon,   b. 1552, Darnaway Castle (Sutherland) Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1594, Dunrobin, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
    Lady Jean Janet Gordon  m. 13 Dec 1573
     [Father: natural]
     3. Margaret Gordon,   b. 1554, Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1579 (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]
    Married: 1x4. William Gordon of Sutherland, Baron Strahnaver
    Katharine Morison  m. 06 Oct 1705
     [Father: natural]
     5. Adam Gordon,   b. May 1549, Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1606, Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F3868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=13805