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Alexander Gordon Bishop of Galloway 1516–1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1516

Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Nov 1575

Death Location: Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire

Father: James Terpersie)

Mother: Princess Stewart

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Keith, Margaret Ogilvie, Barbara Logie

Children(s): John Glenluce, Alexander Gordon, Isabel (Forbes), Jean Forbes, James Gordon, Adam Gordon, Barbara Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, Robert Gordon, Alexander Gordon, George Gordon, Jean Gordon, William Gordon, Thomas Gordon, Robert Gordon, Margaret Gordon, Patrick Gordon, Adam Gordon, John Gordon, Jane Gordon, Janet Cunningham, Alexander Gordon, George Gordon, Lady Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon

In 1516, Alexander Gordon Bishop of Galloway entered the world in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to James Gordon 1St Laird Of Terpersie And Princess Margaretha Margaret Jane Stewart. Alexander Gordon Bishop of Galloway married Barbara Logie, Elizabeth Keith, Margaret Ogilvie, and had children including Adam Gordon, Adam Of Auchindoun Gordon, Alexander Gordon, Barbara Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon, George Gordon, George William Gordon, Henry Gordon, Isabel Gordon Forbes, James Gordon, Jane Gordon, Janet Gordon Gardiner Cunningham, Jean Countess Of Bothwell And Sutherland Gordon, Jean Forbes, John Giordion Of Glenluce, John Gordon, Lady Margaret Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, Margaret Gordon, Patrick Gordon, Robert Gordon, Thomas Gordon, William Gordon. Alexander Gordon Bishop of Galloway passed away in 1575 in Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire.

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  • In 1516, Alexander Gordon Bishop of Galloway entered the world in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to James Gordon 1St Laird Of Terpersie And Princess Margaretha Margaret Jane Stewart.
  • Alexander Gordon Bishop of Galloway married Barbara Logie, Elizabeth Keith, Margaret Ogilvie, and had children including Adam Gordon, Adam Of Auchindoun Gordon, Alexander Gordon, Barbara Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon, George Gordon, George William Gordon, Henry Gordon, Isabel Gordon Forbes, James Gordon, Jane Gordon, Janet Gordon Gardiner Cunningham, Jean Countess Of Bothwell And Sutherland Gordon, Jean Forbes, John Giordion Of Glenluce, John Gordon, Lady Margaret Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, Margaret Gordon, Patrick Gordon, Robert Gordon, Thomas Gordon, William Gordon.
  • Alexander Gordon Bishop of Galloway passed away in 1575 in Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire.

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Alexander Galloway's Ancestors

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Alexander Galloway
1516–1575
Birth Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
James Gordon (1st Laird of Terpersie)
1477–1517
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Princess (Margaretha Margaret Jane) Stewart
1497–1537
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Stewart IV, King of) Scotland
1473–1513
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Margaret (Drummond mistress of James IV, King of) Scotl.
1475–1501
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Stewart
1451–1488
Margaret Denmark
1456–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James II
1430–1460
Maria Egmond-Gelre
1434–1463
Christian Denmark
1426–1481
Dorothea Brandenburg
1430–1495

Alexander Galloway's Descendants

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Alexander (Gordon Bishop of) Galloway (1 Jan 1516–11 Nov 1575) m. Elizabeth Keith (1515–1562) m. Margaret Ogilvie (Abt. 1530–02 Dec 1564) m. Barbara Logie (1520–13 January 1560)
  1. 1. John (Giordion of) Glenluce 1544–1619 m. Geneviève Petaw 1563–1643
    1. 1. Louisa (of Longormes) Gordon 1597–1680 m. Sir (Robert Gordon 1st Baron) Gordontown 1580–1656
      1. 1. Ludovick (Gordon 2nd Baronet of) Gordonstoun 1624–1688 m. Elizabeth Farquhar 1623–1661
        1. 1. Lucy Gorden-Cumming 1642– m. Sir (Robert) Cumming 1628–1660
        2. 2. Robert Gordon 1647–1704
        3. 3. Katherine Gordon 1650–
        4. 4. Ludovick GORDON 1644–1696
        5. 5. Elizabeth GORDON 1652–1705
        6. 6. Benjamin Gordon –1662
        7. 7. Alexander Gordon –1660
        8. 8. Sir (Robert) Gordon 1670–1716
        9. 9. George GORDON –1686
      2. 2. Katherine Gordon 1621–1663
      3. 3. Gordan Sutherland 1622–
      4. 4. Charles Gordon 1631–1674
      5. 5. Lucia Gordon 1632–
      6. 6. Jean Gordon 1633–1676
      7. 7. Robert Gordon 1629–
      8. 8. John (Henny) Gordon 1630–
      9. 9. Daug Gordon-Sutherland 1624–
  2. 2. Alexander Gordon 1531–1911
  3. 3. Isabel (Gordon) (Forbes) 1548–1622
  4. 4. Jean Forbes 1541–1606
  5. 5. James Gordon 1535–1620
  6. 6. Adam (of Auchindoun) Gordon 1545–1580
  7. 7. Barbara Gordon 1544–
  8. 8. Lawrence Gordon 1545–
  9. 9. Robert Gordon 1569–
  10. 10. Alexander Gordon 1552–1594
  11. 11. George Gordon 1531–1576
  12. 12. Jean (Countess of Bothwell and Sutherland) Gordon 1546–1629
  13. 13. William Gordon 1537–1620
  14. 14. Thomas Gordon 1550–1584
  15. 15. Robert Gordon 1539–1572
  16. 16. Margaret Gordon 1541–1606
  17. 17. Patrick Gordon 1538–1594
  18. 18. Adam Gordon 1533–1580
  19. 19. John Gordon 1533–1562
  20. 20. Jane Gordon 1540–1620
  21. 21. Janet (Gordon Gardiner) Cunningham 1528–1577
  22. 22. Alexander Gordon 1531–1552
  23. 23. George (William) Gordon 1532–1920
  24. 24. Lady (Margaret) Gordon 1541–1606
  25. 25. Elizabeth Gordon 1540–1557 m. Sir (John Stewart) Iv –1579
    1. 1. Elizabeth Stewart 1545–1595 m. Hugh (Fraser Lord Fraser of) Lovat 1544–1577
      1. 1. Margaret (Brown) Cuming 1573–1681 m. James (Cuming) ll 1573–1625
        1. 1. Robert Cumming 1596–1655 m. Isabel Innes 1600–1655
        2. 2. Janet Cumming 1595–1915
        3. 3. John Grant 1631–1691
        4. 4. James Cummins 1584–1618
      2. 2. Simon Fraser 1570–1633 m. Jean Stewart 1578–1622
        1. 1. Farquhar (Fraser Minister of) Tiree 1600– m. Jannette MacLean 1600–1651
      3. 3. Mary Fraser 1563–1597
      4. 4. Alexander Fraser 1568–1609
      5. 5. Margaret Fraser 1560–1625
      6. 6. Alexander Lovat 1572–1637
      7. 7. Thomas Fraser 1572–1633

Alexander Galloway's Timeline

2 Records

1516
1 Jan 1516
Birth of Alexander Gordon Bishop of Galloway in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1575
11 Nov 1575
Age 59
Death of Alexander Gordon Bishop of Galloway in Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire
Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jan 1516
    Event Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Nov 1575
    Event Place: Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire

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