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George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland 1434–1501 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1434

Birth Location: Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Jun 1501

Death Location: Cambuskenneth, Stirling, Scotland

Father: Sir Cluny

Mother: Lady Huntly

Spouse(s): Annabella Huntley, Elizabeth mistress)

Children(s): Alexander Huntly, Lady Marischal, Admiral Gordon, William Gight, Isabel Gordon,, Catherine Gordon

The story of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland began in 1434 in Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland married Annabella Stewart Princess Of Scotland Countess Of Huntley, Elizabeth Dunbar No Issue Divorced Due To Affinity Connection, Elizabeth Hay Initially His Mistress, and had children including Adam Gordon, Admiral James Gordon, Agnes Gordon, Alexander Gordon 3Rd Earl Of Huntly, Catherine Gordon, Isabel Gordon, Lady Eleanor Gordon, Lady Elizabeth Seton Gordon Countess Of Marischal, William Seton Gordon Laird Of Gight. George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland passed away in 1501 in Cambuskenneth, Stirling, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland began in 1434 in Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland married Annabella Stewart Princess Of Scotland Countess Of Huntley, Elizabeth Dunbar No Issue Divorced Due To Affinity Connection, Elizabeth Hay Initially His Mistress, and had children including Adam Gordon, Admiral James Gordon, Agnes Gordon, Alexander Gordon 3Rd Earl Of Huntly, Catherine Gordon, Isabel Gordon, Lady Eleanor Gordon, Lady Elizabeth Seton Gordon Countess Of Marischal, William Seton Gordon Laird Of Gight.
  • George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland passed away in 1501 in Cambuskenneth, Stirling, Scotland.

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George Scotland's Ancestors

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George Scotland
1434–1501
Birth Place: Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Alexander Seton Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, knighted 1439, a powerful 15th-century Scottish magnate, Lord of Badenoch, Gordon, Strathbogie and Cluny
1410–1470
Huntly Castle, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Crichton, Countess of) Huntly
1410–1479
Crichton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Alexander Seton, Knight, 1st Lord Gordon, Earl of Huntley, 1st Earl of) Dunfermline
1382–1441
Huntley Castle, Berwick, (East Lothian) Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Gordon - Seton, Baroness Gordon, Countess Huntley, Heiress of Gordon (progenitress of the Gordon Earls & Marquesses of) Huntly)
1384–1438
Castle Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Sir (George Crichton, 1st and last Caithness; Lord High) Admiral
1382–1454
Cairns, Linlithglow, Edinburgh, West Lothian, Scotland
Janet Borthwick
1388–1464
Lochorwart Castle, Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Otterburn
1343–1424
Janet Seton
1351–1430
Adam Gordon
1361–1402
Elizabeth Keith
1360–1438
Sir knight
1332–1427
Catherine Cairnes
1354–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alan Jerusalem
–1347
Lady Seton
–1347
David Cumbernauld
–1406
Willem Sanquhar
1305–1390
Isabelle Ross
1310–1334

George Scotland's Descendants

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George (Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of) Scotland (Abt. 1434–8 Jun 1501) m. Annabella (Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Countess of) Huntley (1432–27 Jun 1509) m. Elizabeth (Hay (initially his) mistress) (1445–14 Jan 1509)
  1. 1. Alexander (Gordon, 3rd Earl of) Huntly –1524 m. Janet (Jean) Stewart 1468–1510
    1. 1. John (Gordon, Master) Huntly 1496–1517 m. Margaret Stewart, 1497–1531 m. Elizabeth Keith 1513–
      1. 1. George ('Ballad of the Gay Gordons" Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Earl of) Moray 1513–1562 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Keith 1515–1562
        1. 1. George (Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland, involved with the troubles of Mary Queen of) Scots 1535–1576 m. Lady (Anne Hamilton) Chatellerault 1541–1574
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Gordon, Countess of) Atholl 1530–1557 m. John (Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, Chancellor of) Scotland 1527–1579
        3. 3. Alexander Gordon 1531–1553
        4. 4. James Gordon 1535–1620
        5. 5. Adam Gordon 1536–1580
        6. 6. Patrick Gordon 1538–1594
        7. 7. Robert Gordon 1539–1572
    2. 2. Lady (Jean Clan Gordon, Countess of) Argyll 1479–1530 m. Sir (Colin 'Cailen Malloch' Campbell, 3rd Lord of) Glenorchy 1486–1529
      1. 1. Archibald (II Campbell, 4th Earl of) Argyll 1508–1558 m. Margaretha Graham 1522–1558 m. Lady (Helen Hamilton, 1st wife, Countess) Argyll 1529–1590
        1. 1. Lady (Margaret Anne) Campbell 1545–1572 m. James (Stewart, 1st Lord of) Doune 1529–1590
        2. 2. John Campbell 1540–1591
        3. 3. Archibald (Campbell, 5th Earl of) Argyll 1532–1573
        4. 4. Colin (Campbell, 6th Earl of) Argyll 1542–1584 m. Lady (Agnes Anna Keith, Countess of Moray and) Aargyll 1530–1588
        5. 5. Donald Campbell 1542–1605
  2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth Seton Gordon, Countess of) Marischal 1462–1525
  3. 3. Admiral (James) Gordon 1456–1558
  4. 4. William (Seton Gordon, Laird of) Gight 1455–1513
  5. 5. Isabel Gordon, 1460– m. Sir (William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll, Knight of Huntly, 4th Lord Hay of Erroll, member of King James III's Privy Council, 1482 peace treay) commiss 1449–1507
    1. 1. Thomas Hay, 1475–1513
      1. 1. George (Hay, 7th Earl of) Erroll 1508–1573 m. Margaret Robertson 1520–
        1. 1. Andrew (Hay, 8th Earl of) Erroll 1540–1585 m. Jean Hay –1570
      2. 2. William (Hay, 5th Earl of Erroll, Lord High Constable of) Scotland 1495–1522
  6. 6. Catherine Gordon –1537

George Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1434
Abt. 1434
Birth of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland in Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1501
8 Jun 1501
Age 67
Death of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Hunndaidh & Huntly, Chancellor of Scotland in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1434
    Event Place: Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Bart, Ayr, Scotland
    Record Source: UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Jun 1501
    Event Place: Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cambuskenneth, Stirling, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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