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Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll 1444–1500 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1444

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 17 Apr 1500

Death Location: Cupar, Fife, Scotland

Father: Sir Cluny

Mother: Lady Huntly

Spouse(s): John Cassilis, Sir Bothwell

Children(s): Lady Rattray, Margaret Kennedy, Sir Field, Janet Scotland, Katherine Kennedy

In 1444, Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll entered the world in Scotland, born to Sir Alexander Seton Gordon 1St Earl Of Huntly Knighted 1439 A Powerful 15Th Century Scottish Magnate Lord Of Badenoch Gordon Strathbogie And Cluny And Lady Elizabeth Crichton Countess Of Huntly. Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll married John Kennedy 2Nd Lord Of Cassilis, Sir Patrick Hepburn Lord High Admiral Of Scotland 3Rd Baron Of Hailes 1St Earl Of Bothwell, and had children including Janet Munro Kennedy Mistress Queen Consort To James Iv Of Scotland, Katherine Kennedy, Lady Elizabeth Kennedy Countess Rattray, Margaret Kennedy, Sir David Kennedy 1St Earl Of Cassilis 3Rd Lord Of Kennedy Battle Of Flodden Field. Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll passed away in 1500 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1444, Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll entered the world in Scotland, born to Sir Alexander Seton Gordon 1St Earl Of Huntly Knighted 1439 A Powerful 15Th Century Scottish Magnate Lord Of Badenoch Gordon Strathbogie And Cluny And Lady Elizabeth Crichton Countess Of Huntly.
  • Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll married John Kennedy 2Nd Lord Of Cassilis, Sir Patrick Hepburn Lord High Admiral Of Scotland 3Rd Baron Of Hailes 1St Earl Of Bothwell, and had children including Janet Munro Kennedy Mistress Queen Consort To James Iv Of Scotland, Katherine Kennedy, Lady Elizabeth Kennedy Countess Rattray, Margaret Kennedy, Sir David Kennedy 1St Earl Of Cassilis 3Rd Lord Of Kennedy Battle Of Flodden Field.
  • Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll passed away in 1500 in Cupar, Fife, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Cluny
1410–1470
Birth Location: Huntly Castle, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SC
Lady Huntly
1410–1479
Birth Location: Crichton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LH

Spouses(s)

John Cassilis
1436–1500
Birth Location: Denure
JC
Sir Bothwell
1451–1508
Birth Location: Hailes Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
SB

Children(s)

Lady Rattray
1470–1573
Birth Location: Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
LR
Margaret Kennedy
1472–1500
Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
MK
Sir Field
1462–1513
Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
SF
Janet Scotland
1476–1543
Birth Location: Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland
JS
Katherine Kennedy
1465–1533
Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
KK

Lady Erroll's Ancestors

Self
Lady Erroll
1444–1500
Birth Place: 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

Lady Erroll's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of) Erroll (Abt. 1444–17 Apr 1500) m. John (Kennedy, 2nd Lord of) Cassilis (12 Oct 1436–17 Apr 1500) m. Sir (Patrick Hepburn, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, 3rd Baron of Hailes, 1st Earl of) Bothwell (10 July 1451–18 Oct 1508)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Kennedy, Countess) Rattray 1470–1573 m. Lord (Alexander Stewart, 4th Laird of) Garlies 1481–1513
    1. 1. Alexander (Stewart Plantagenet, 4th Lord of Garlies, Battle of Solway Moss 1542 & captured by) English 1507–1581 m. Margaret Dunbar 1507–1552
      1. 1. Sir (Alexander Stewart, 5th Lord) Garlies 1527–1571 m. Catherine Herries 1533–1593
        1. 1. Alexander (Stewart 6th Lord van) Garlies 1551–1598 m. Christine Douglas 1550–1598
      2. 2. Margaret Stewart 1535–1598
      3. 3. John Stewart 1540–1637
    2. 2. Christian Stewart 1508–
    3. 3. Euphemia Stewart 1506–1599
    4. 4. Nicola Stewart 1511–
    5. 5. Agnes Stewart 1513–1575
    6. 6. Henry (Stewart, Baron 1st Lord) Methven 1495–1551
    7. 7. Lord (Andrew 'The Good' Stewart, 2nd Lord of Ochiltree, came to relief of Protestants at Perth May) 1559 1521–1591 m. Margaret Hamilton 1505–1544
      1. 1. Andrew (Stewart, Master of Ochiltree, Lord) Ochiltree 1535–1578 m. Margaretha (Margaret Bellenden de) Methven 1545–1627
        1. 1. Margaret Stewart 1575–1669 m. John (Stewart Liard of) Traquair 1570–1607 m. Peter Rollock 1585–
        2. 2. Janet Stewart 1566–1627 m. Gilbert (Kennedy, the Laird of the Kennedy House of) Bargany 1569–1601
        3. 3. James Stewart 1564–1595
        4. 4. Sir (Hugh Craufurd) Stewart 1565–1632
        5. 5. William Stewart 1565–1618
        6. 6. Lord (Andrew of Ochiltree, 4th Stewart) of 1560–1628
      2. 2. James (Stewart, Earl of) Arran 1540–1595
      3. 3. Andrew Stewart 1521–1601
  2. 2. Margaret Kennedy 1472–1500 m. Andrew (Stewart, 2nd Lord of) Avondale 1470–1513
    1. 1. Henry (Stewart, Lord) Methven 1495–1551
    2. 2. Sir (James Stewart of) Doune 1506–1544 m. Margaret Lindsay 1500–1577
      1. 1. James (Stewart, 1st Lord of) Doune 1529–1590 m. Lady (Margaret Anne) Campbell 1545–1572
        1. 1. Janet Stewart 1565–1622 m. John (Hamilton, This Hamilton line goes to) Maryland 1560–1619
        2. 2. James ("The Bonnie Earl" Stuart, 2nd Earl of Doune &) Moray 1568–1592 m. Elizabeth (Stewart, 2nd Countess of) Moray 1565–1591
        3. 3. Jean Stewart 1578–1622
        4. 4. Henry (Stewart, 1st Lord St.) Colme 1565–1609
  3. 3. Sir (David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis, 3rd Lord of Kennedy, Battle of Flodden) Field 1462–1513 m. Agnes (de) Borthwick 1465–1512 m. Margaret (Marion Boyd,) mistress 1477–1559
    1. 1. Gilbert (Kennedy, 2nd Earl of) Cassillis 1485–1527 m. Isabel (Isabol) Campbell 1490–1529
      1. 1. Gilbert (Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassillis, St. Andrews University (Fife, Scotland) under the renowned Scottish humanist George Buchanan,) Protestant 1515–1558 m. Lady (Margaret Margery Sophia Fleming, Countess of) Athoil 1517–1597
        1. 1. Johanna Kennedy 1540–1598 m. Lord (Robert Stuart, of Zetland, Earl of) Orkney 1533–1592
        2. 2. Lady (Isobel Kennedy, (cousin to President John) Kennedy 1535–1597 m. Patrick Mcilvane 1540–1613
        3. 3. Sir (Thomas Kennedy, Master of Casillis, 1st Lord of Culzean,) Knight 1545–1602 m. Lady (Elizabeth Makgill) McGill 1559–1621
        4. 4. Lady (Catherine) Kennedy 1550–1593
        5. 5. Gilbert (Kennedy, 4th Earl of Cassillis,) Covenanter 1541–1576 m. Margaret (Lyon, Marchiones of Hamilton, Lady of Glamis,) concubine 1547–1626
        6. 6. David Kennedy 1539–1602
    2. 2. Janet Kennedy 1480–1566
  4. 4. Janet (Munro Kennedy, mistress\Queen consort to James IV of) Scotland 1476–1543 m. James (IV Iron stewart) king 1473–1513
  5. 5. Katherine Kennedy 1465–1533

Lady Erroll's Timeline

4 Records

1444
1444
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll in Huntly Castle, Strathbogie Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Huntly Castle, Strathbogie Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1444
Abt. 1444
Birth of Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll in Scotland
Scotland
1500
17 Apr 1500
Age 56
Death of Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll in Cupar, Fife, Scotland
Cupar, Fife, Scotland
1500
17 Apr 1500
Age 56
Death of Lady Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Erroll
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1444
    Event Place: Huntly Castle, Strathbogie Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1444
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire & Kincardineshire - Protocol Book of Sir John Christisone, 1518-1551

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Lanarkshire, Aberdeenshire, Banff, Ayr, & Stirling: - Commissariot Record of Hamilton and Campsie, Register of Testaments, 1564-1800

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1500
    Event Place: Cupar, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Apr 1500
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