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Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND 1395–1455 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1395

Birth Location: Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland

Death Date: 06 Feb 1455

Death Location: Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland

Father: Sir Sutherland

Mother: Margaret, Stewart

Spouse(s): Marione MacDonald

Children(s): Lady Sutherland

The story of Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND began in 1395 in Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland. Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND married Marione Lady Countess Ross Ile Macdonald, and had children including Lady Marjory Countess Of Caithness And Orkney Sutherland. Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND passed away in 1455 in Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND began in 1395 in Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland.
  • Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND married Marione Lady Countess Ross Ile Macdonald, and had children including Lady Marjory Countess Of Caithness And Orkney Sutherland.
  • Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND passed away in 1455 in Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Sutherland
1348–1427
Birth Location: Southerland,, Scotland
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Margaret, Stewart
1373–1456
Birth Location: Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Marione MacDonald
1410–1504
Birth Location: Isles,, Scotland
MM

Children(s)

Lady Sutherland
1436–1480
Birth Location: Dunbeath Castle, Latheron, Caithness-shire, Scotland
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Sir SUTHERLAND's Ancestors

Self
Sir SUTHERLAND
1395–1455
Birth Place: Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland
Parents
Sir Robert de Moravia Sutherland
1348–1427
Southerland,, Scotland
Margaret, (Lady of Galloway) Stewart
1373–1456
Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir SUTHERLAND's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Alexander, Earl of Ross) SUTHERLAND (1395–06 Feb 1455) m. Marione (Lady Countess Ross Ile) MacDonald (1410–1504)
  1. 1. Lady (Marjory Countess of Caithness and Orkney) Sutherland 1436–1480 m. Sir (William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, 3rd Earl of Orkney, Baron of Roslin, Lord High Admiral of Scotland, Lord High Chancellor of) Sco 1408–1480
    1. 1. Lady (Eleanor, Countess Atholl & Huntly) Sinclair 1465–1519 m. Sir (John of Balveny Stewart Prince of Scotland, 1st Earl of Atholl, Ambassador to) England 1440–1512
      1. 1. Lady (Elspeth "Elizabeth" Stewart, Lady of Balveny, Baroness of Goldingstones, 2nd Countess of) Innermarky 1474–1564 m. Robert, (2nd Earl of Innermarky Haines) (Innes) 1470–1551
        1. 1. Richard Haines 1490–1550 m. Thomasine Foxley 1490–1550

Sir SUTHERLAND's Timeline

3 Records

1395
1395
Birth of Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND in Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland
Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland
1455
06 Feb 1455
Age 60
Death of Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND in Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland
Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland
1488
18 Oct 1488
Age 93
Sir Alexander, Earl of Ross SUTHERLAND was married
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1395
    Event Place: Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1488

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Midlothian: - Protocol Book of James Young, 1485-1489

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Feb 1455
    Event Place: Dunlichtie Dunbeath Castle, Iverness, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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