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ALEXANDER (Gordon) Sutherland 12th Earl 1554–1594 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1554

Birth Location: Duffus, Moray, Scotland

Death Date: 06/12/1594

Death Location: Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland

Father: John Hoppringle

Mother: Elizabeth Atholl

Spouse(s): Lady Gordon

Children(s): Alexander Sutherland

ALEXANDER (Gordon) Sutherland 12th Earl was born in 1554 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland, the child of John B Pringle Hoppringle And Elizabeth Lindsay Lady Elisabeth Gordon Countess Of Atholl. ALEXANDER (Gordon) Sutherland 12th Earl married Lady Jean Countess Of Bothwell And Sutherland Gordon, and had children including Alexander Sutherland. ALEXANDER (Gordon) Sutherland 12th Earl passed away in 1594 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland.

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Biography

  • ALEXANDER (Gordon) Sutherland 12th Earl was born in 1554 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland, the child of John B Pringle Hoppringle And Elizabeth Lindsay Lady Elisabeth Gordon Countess Of Atholl.
  • ALEXANDER (Gordon) Sutherland 12th Earl married Lady Jean Countess Of Bothwell And Sutherland Gordon, and had children including Alexander Sutherland.
  • ALEXANDER (Gordon) Sutherland 12th Earl passed away in 1594 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Hoppringle
1530–1614
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JH
Elizabeth Atholl
1475–1601
Birth Location: Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland
EA

Spouses(s)

Lady Gordon
1546–1629
Birth Location: Sutherland, Scotland
LG

Children(s)

Alexander Sutherland
1583–1615
Birth Location: Sutherland, Scotland
AS

ALEXANDER Earl's Ancestors

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ALEXANDER Earl
1554–1594
Birth Place: Duffus, Moray, Scotland
Parents
John B Pringle Hoppringle
1530–1614
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth ((Lindsay) Lady Elisabeth Gordon, *Countess of) Atholl
1475–1601
Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland
Grandparents
George (Pringle, 2nd Laird of Torwoodlee) Hoppringill
1505–1568
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret Creighton\Crichton
1510–1558
Smailholm, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Pringill)
1489–1513
Elizabeth Lawson
1490–
James Crichton
1486–1513
Janet Ogston
1488–1533
2nd-Great-Grandparents

ALEXANDER Earl's Descendants

1.
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ALEXANDER ((Gordon) Sutherland 12th) Earl (1554–06/12/1594) m. Lady (Jean Countess of Bothwell and Sutherland) Gordon (1546–14/05/1629)
  1. 1. Alexander Sutherland 1583–1615 m. Anna (Sutherland) Ross 1579–1617 m. Anna Ross 1587–1617
    1. 1. John (Earl of) Sutherland 1612–1694 m. Ann Fraser 1619–1658
      1. 1. James Sutherland 1643–1722 m. Elspeth Craik 1642–1700
        1. 1. James (Alexander) Sutherland 1665–1743 m. Anne Sinclair 1670–1762

ALEXANDER Earl's Timeline

2 Records

1554
1554
Birth of ALEXANDER (Gordon) Sutherland 12th Earl in Duffus, Moray, Scotland
Duffus, Moray, Scotland
1594
06/12/1594
Age 40
Death of ALEXANDER (Gordon) Sutherland 12th Earl in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1554
    Event Place: Duffus, Moray, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06121594
    Event Place: Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
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