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Children:
  1. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland Death: Sep 1535 in Aboyne
  2. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland Birth: 1 Death: Jul 1514

Marriage: Children:
  1. Alexander SUTHERLAND Birth: 1498 Death: Abt 1519 in Kintradwell, Loth

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. MacEwen, Andrew B W, Family connections of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath, The Genealogist 3,1 (1982) pp131-153. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MacEwen Sutherland of Dunbeath p[0-9]*].
  4. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP IV p[0-9]*].
  5. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VII p[0-9]*].
  6. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VIII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
beginning of 1456 [Ref: MacEwen Sutherland of Dunbeath p138]
minor Feb 1455/6, prob minor in 1464, of age by 1471 [Ref: MacEwen Sutherland of Dunbeath p134]
second son, of age Feb 1456/7 [Ref: CP XII/1 p547],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1940, Burke Peerage p1941, CP XII/1 p547, MacEwen Sutherland of Dunbeath p134, SP VIII p331]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
second son [Ref: SP VIII p331]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p547, SP VIII p334]
abt 1508 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1941]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: CP XII/1 p548],
names:
John SUTHERLAND & unk first wife [Ref: CP XII/1 p548],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1941, CP XII/1 p548, SP IV p530, SP VIII p334]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
John SUTHERLAND & Margaret dau Alexander MACDONALD Lord of the Isles [Ref: Burke Peerage p1941]
Sources with Information about marriage to Fingole CALDER
date:
second marriage of John [Ref: Burke Peerage p1941]
second marriage of both [Ref: CP XII/1 p547, SP VIII p334],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1941, SP VIII p334]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine
date:
third marriage of John [Ref: Burke Peerage p1941, CP XII/1 p547, SP VIII p334]
Research Notes:
8th Earl of Sutherland, of Earldom cr 1235 [Ref: CP XII/1 p547]
8th Earl of Sutherland [Ref: Burke Peerage p1940, Burke Peerage p1941]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XII/1 p547]

said to have married first a daughter of Alexander MacDONALD, Lord of the Isles, though no proof is forthcoming. Sir Robert Gordon adds that this lady was nearly drowned while crossing the ferry at Unes, and was found in a state of weakness and slain by a robber [Ref: SP VIII p334]



Pedigree of John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                                                                /-----William FRESKIN
                                                       /-----Hugh De MORAVIA
                                              /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                                             |        |         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
                                             |         \-----Annabela Of Fife
                                             |                  \-----Ela
                                     /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                            /-----Kenneth SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                   /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
                  |        |                                    /-----Morgrund Mac GYLOCHER, Earl Of Mar
                  |        |                           /-----Duncan Earl Of Mar
                  |        |                          |         \-----Agnes
                  |        |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
                  |        |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
                  |        |        |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
                  |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
                  |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
                  |                  \-----Helen
          /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
         |        |                                             /-----Walter FITZALAN, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                                    /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                                   |         \-----Sechym De MOILE
         |        |                           /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Swan
         |        |                          |         \-----Eva
         |        |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Gilbride Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Dunbar
         |        |                 |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
         |        |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
         |        |        |        |                  /-----(Unk) Of Menteith
         |        |        |        |         /-----Maurice The Younger Earl Of Menteith
         |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
         |         \-----Joan De MONTEITH
 /-----John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|        |                                                      /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                            |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                                   |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|        |                                   |         \-----Joanna
|        |                                   |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Richard De BURGH, Lord of Connaught
|        |                          |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Egidia (Jill) De LACY
|        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
|        |                          |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|        |                          |                           \-----Isabel BIGOD
|        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Baron Of Writtle
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De CLARE
|        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Neil Earl Of Carrick, Regent Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
|        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
|        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|        |                 |                           \-----Helen
|        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Gilchrist MURE
|        |        |        |                           /-----Archibald MURE
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Isabel COMYN
|        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----John MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Harvey De CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Joanna
|        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|         \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |                                    /-----Iye MacETH
|                 |                           /-----Iye Mor MacETH
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Walter De BALTRODI, Bishop Of Caithness
|                 |                          |         \-----(Unk) De BALTRODI
|                 |                  /-----Donald MacETH
|                 |         /-----Iye MacETH
|                 |        |        |         /-----Iye MacNEIL
|                 |        |         \-----(Unk) MacNEIL
|                  \-----Mariot ATHYN
John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                  /-----Sir William BAILLIE
|         /-----Sir William BAILLIE
 \-----Margaret BAILLIE
         |         /-----Sir John SETON
          \-----Marion SETON



Descendants of John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
1. John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland m1. m2. Fingole CALDER m3. Catherine
m. Fingole CALDER father: Sir William CALDER
m. Catherine

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland m. Adam GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
m. Adam GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland father: Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth HAY

3rd generation

5. Alexander GORDON, Master Of Sutherland m. Janet STEWART
m. Janet STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Janet CAMPBELL

4th generation

6. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Elizabeth CAMPBELL m2. Helen STEWART m3. Marion SETON
m. Elizabeth CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Jean GORDON
m. Helen STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Elizabeth STEWART
m. Marion SETON father: George SETON, Lord Seton mother: Elizabeth HAY

5th generation

8. Alexander GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Barbara SINCLAIR m2. Jean GORDON
m. Barbara SINCLAIR father: George SINCLAIR, Earl Of Caithness mother: Elizabeth GRAHAM
m. Jean GORDON father: George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth KEITH