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John 11th, Earl, of, Sutherland Gordon 1525 – 1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1525

Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland

Death Date: 23 June 1567

Death Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland

Father: Alexander Sutherland

Mother: Lady Stewart

Spouse(s): Lady Stuart,, Helen Gordon, Elizabeth Stewart, Marion Montrose

Children(s): Jean Hay, Lady Gordon,, Eleanor Sutherland, Mary Scots), Lady Perthshire, Lady Perthshire, William, Graham, John Montrose, Alexander Sutherland

The birth of John 11th Earl of Sutherland Gordon took place in 1525 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland, to Alexander I Gordon Earl van Sutherland and Lady Janet Dowager Stewart. John 11th Earl of Sutherland Gordon married Lady Helen Elizabeth (Cochrane) Stuart,, Helen Gordon, Elizabeth Isabel Marion Campbell Stewart and Marion Marriott Seton-Graham of Montrose, and together they had Jean Hay, Lady Janet "Jean" Gordon,, Eleanor Sutherland, Mary Livingston (Lady in waiting for Mary Queen of Scots), Lady Mary Margaret Graham - Buchanan of Montrose & Perthshire Graham - Buchanan of Montrose & Perthshire, Lady Margaret Graham - Buchanan of Montrose & Perthshire, William, 3rd Earl of Menteith, Graham, John I Graham, Earl van Montrose, Alexander Gordon and Earl of Sutherland. John 11th Earl of Sutherland Gordon's death occurred in 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland.

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Parents

Alexander Sutherland
1501 – 1529
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspier, Sutherland, Scotland
AS
Lady Stewart
1505 – 1566
Birth Location: Athol, Perthshire, Scotland
LS

Spouses(s)

Lady Stuart,
1520 – 1564
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LS
Helen Gordon
1509 – 1564
Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
HG
Elizabeth Stewart
1507 – 1548
Birth Location: Louden or Lochnell House, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
ES
Marion Montrose
1528 – 1567
Birth Location: Seton, East Lothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
MM

Children(s)

Jean Hay
1539 – 1570
Birth Location: Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JH
Lady Gordon,
1556 – 1584
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland
LG
Eleanor Sutherland
Birth Location: –
ES
Mary Scots)
1545 – 1621
Birth Location: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
MS
Lady Perthshire
1548 – 1574
Birth Location: Mentieth, Perthshire, Scotland
LP
Lady Perthshire
1549 – 1598
Birth Location: Mentieth, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
LP
William, Graham
1550 – 1579
Birth Location: Kilput, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
WG
John Montrose
1550 – 1608
Birth Location: Kilput, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
JM
Alexander Sutherland
1557 – 1594
Birth Location: Darnaway Castle (Sutherland), Scotland
AS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Jan 1525
    Event Place: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Biography & Genealogy Master Index, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 June 1567
    Event Place: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Biography & Genealogy Master Index, Burke’s Family Records, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dornoch, Highland, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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