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  1. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland Birth: 1525 Death: 23 Jun 1567 in Dunrobin

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 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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].*].
  4. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  5. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[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 I p[0-9]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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 VI p[0-9]*].
  9. 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:
abt 1501 [Ref: CP XII/1 p549]
first son [Ref: SP I p443, SP VIII p337],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1941, CP XII/1 p549, SP VIII p337],
father:
[Ref: SP I p443]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XI p248, CP XII/1 p549, SP VIII p338]
1529 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1941],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p549, SP VIII p338]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p549]
Sources with Information about marriage to Janet STEWART
date:
abt 1520 [Ref: SP I p443]
abt 16 Jun 1520 [Ref: Burke Peerage p1941, CP XII/1 p549, SP VIII p338]
first marriage of Janet [Ref: CP XI p248, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p669, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p44, SP IV p261, SP VI p167],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1941, CP XII/1 p550, SP VIII p339]
Research Notes:
Master of Sutherland [Ref: CP XII/1 p549, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p44, SP I p443]

heir apparent of his father [Ref: CP XII/1 p549]



Pedigree of Alexander GORDON, Master Of Sutherland
                                              /-----Alan De WINTOUN
                                     /-----Sir William SETON
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander SETON
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
                                    |        |        |         \-----Christian CHEYNE
                                    |         \-----Margaret SETON
                            /-----Sir Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon
                           |        |                           /-----Sir Patrick FLEMING
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
                           |        |                 |         \-----Joanna FRASER
                           |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
                           |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
                           |         \-----Janet FLEMING
                           |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
                           |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
                           |                          |         /-----Sir David Of Brechin, Lord Of Brechin
                           |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
                           |                                    \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
                   /-----Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Adam GORDON
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Adam GORDON
                  |        |                          |         \-----Amabilia
                  |        |                  /-----Sir John GORDON
                  |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
                  |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                  |         \-----Elizabeth GORDON
                  |                 |                           /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
                  |                 |         /-----Sir John KEITH
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----John FRASER
                  |                 |        |         \-----Margaret FRASER
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth KEITH
                  |                          |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
                  |                          |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                  |                          |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
                  |                           \-----Jean STEWART
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
                  |                                    \-----Elizabeth MURE
                  |                                             \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
          /-----Sir George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley
         |        |                                             /-----Alexander De CRICHTON
         |        |                                    /-----Sir John De CRICHTON
         |        |                           /-----William CRICHTON
         |        |                  /-----Sir John CRICHTON
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----(Unk) PRESON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John PRESTON
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret PRESTON
         |        |         /-----William CRICHTON, Lord Crichton
         |        |        |         \-----Christian
         |         \-----Elizabeth CRICHTON
         |                  \-----Agnes
 /-----Adam GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland
|        |                                                      /-----Nicolas De HAYA
|        |                                             /-----David De HAYA
|        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas HAY, Constable Of Scotland
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John KEITH
|        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) KEITH
|        |                           /-----Sir William HAY, Constable Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth MURE
|        |                          |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|        |                  /-----Gilbert HAY
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John GRAY
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
|        |                 |         \-----Margaret GRAY
|        |                 |                  \-----Margaret
|        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De HAYA
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Lora CUNINGESBURGH
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John GIFFARD
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Joan
|        |        |         \-----Alice HAY
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
|        |        |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
|        |        |                           \-----(Unk)
|         \-----Elizabeth HAY
|                 |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                 |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|                 |                                   |         \-----Constance
|                 |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
|                 |                          |                  \-----Joanna
|                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
|                 |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                 |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                 |                 |                           \-----Eupheme
|                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew De MORAVIA
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Andrew MORAY
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                 |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John MORAY
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Maurice MORAY, Earl Of Strathern
|                 |        |                  \-----Joan MORAY
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                 |        |                           \-----Joan De MONTEITH
|                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|                          |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                          |                          |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|                          |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
|                          |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Malise Earl Of Strathearn
|                          |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes
|                          |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
|                          |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
|                          |        |                           \-----Matilda De BRUS
|                           \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
|                                   |                           /-----Henry HALIBURTON
|                                   |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
|                                   |                 |         \-----Agnes MORDINGTON
|                                   |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
|                                   |        |         \-----Isabella
|                                    \-----Jean HALYBURTON
Alexander GORDON, Master Of Sutherland
|                                                               /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                                                      /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                                             /-----Kenneth SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                                    /-----William SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                                   |        |                  /-----William Earl Of Mar
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth COMYN
|                                   |         \-----Margaret Of Mar
|                                   |                  \-----Helen
|                           /-----Robert SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                          |        |                           /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                          |        |                  /-----Walter STEWART, Earl Of Menteith
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Maurice The Younger Earl Of Menteith
|                          |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Menteith, Countess Of Menteith
|                          |         \-----Joan De MONTEITH
|                  /-----John SUTHERLAND, Earl Of Sutherland
|                 |        |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |        |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                 |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|                 |        |         /-----Alexander STEWART, Earl Of Buchan
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|                 |         \-----Margaret STEWART
|                 |                 |                           /-----Iye Mor MacETH
|                 |                 |                  /-----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
 \-----Elizabeth SUTHERLAND, Countess Of Sutherland



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

2nd generation

2. 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

3rd generation

4. 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

4th generation

5. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m. Agnes ELPHINSTONE
m. Agnes ELPHINSTONE father: Alexander ELPHINSTONE, Lord Elphinstone mother: Jean LIVINGSTON
6. Sir Robert GORDON, Baron Of Gordonstown m. Lucy GORDON
m. Lucy GORDON father: John GORDON, D.D. mother: Genievieve PETAU

5th generation

7. Elizabeth GORDON m. Sir James CRICHTON
m. Sir James CRICHTON father: James CRICHTON mother: Janet GORDON
8. John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland m1. Jean DRUMMOND m2. Anne FRASER
m. Jean DRUMMOND father: James DRUMMOND, Earl of Perth mother: Isabel SETON
m. Anne FRASER father: Hugh FRASER, Baron Lovat mother: Isabel WEMYSS
16. Katherine GORDON m. David Col BARCLAY, Laird of Urie
m. David Col BARCLAY, Laird of Urie father: David BARCLAY, Laird of Mathers mother: Elizabeth LIVINGSTONE