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Duke Alexander Gordon 1549–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1549

Birth Location: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Earl Gordon

Mother: Lady Gordon

Spouse(s): Agnes Beaton

Children(s): Elizabeth Gordon, Rupert Gordon, Duke Gordon

Duke Alexander Gordon was born in 1549 in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Earl George Gordon And Lady Katherine Gordon. Duke Alexander Gordon married Agnes Beaton, and had children including Duke Alexander Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon, Rupert Gordon. Duke Alexander Gordon passed away in 1580 in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Duke Alexander Gordon was born in 1549 in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Earl George Gordon And Lady Katherine Gordon.
  • Duke Alexander Gordon married Agnes Beaton, and had children including Duke Alexander Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon, Rupert Gordon.
  • Duke Alexander Gordon passed away in 1580 in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Earl Gordon
1513–1562
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Lady Gordon
1497–1587
Birth Location: Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Agnes Beaton
1550–1600
Birth Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Gordon
1575–1635
Birth Location: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
EG
Rupert Gordon
1580–
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Duke Gordon
1577–1649
Birth Location: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Duke Gordon's Ancestors

Self
Duke Gordon
1549–1580
Birth Place: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Earl George Gordon
1513–1562
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Katherine) Gordon
1497–1587
Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Gordon
1470–1558
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Stewart
1485–1550
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lord (Robert) Gordon
1475–1525
Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Lady (Marion) Accarson
1478–1538
Glen, Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Gordon
1450–1517
Annabella Boyd
1460–1476
John Accarson
1447–
Isabella Vaus
1451–1510
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Kilmarnock
1425–1481
Mariota Maxwell
1419–1472
John Vaux
1402–1456
Elizabeth Kennedy
1434–1475

Duke Gordon's Descendants

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Duke (Alexander) Gordon (1549–1580) m. Agnes Beaton (Abt. 1550–1600)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Gordon 1575–1635 m. George (Home Earl of) Dunbar 1526–1611
    1. 1. Elizabeth Home 1587–1633
    2. 2. Anna Home 1594–1621 m. Sir (James Keir) Stirling 1594–1660
      1. 1. William Sterling 1612–1639
        1. 1. William Sterling 1637–1719 m. Ann ((Nichols)) Neale 1653–1703 m. Elizabeth Sawtelle 1638–1675 m. Mary Blaisdell 1642–1681
  2. 2. Rupert Gordon 1580–
  3. 3. Duke (Alexander) Gordon 1577–1649

Duke Gordon's Timeline

2 Records

1549
1549
Birth of Duke Alexander Gordon in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1580
1580
Age 31
Death of Duke Alexander Gordon in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1549
    Event Place: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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