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Sir Alexander I Gordon Earl of Sutherland 1501–1530 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1501

Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland

Death Date: 15 Jan 1530

Death Location: Dornoch, Highland, Scotland

Father: Sir Schivas

Mother: Elizabeth Moravia

Spouse(s): Janet Stewart

Children(s): Sir Sutherland

Sir Alexander I Gordon Earl of Sutherland was born in 1501 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Sir Adam Gordon Lord Of Aboyne 1St Earl Of Sutherland Baron Of Obin And Ferrack And Schivas And Elizabeth De Moravia. Sir Alexander I Gordon Earl of Sutherland married Janet Stewart, and had children including Sir John Gordon Earl Of Sutherland. Sir Alexander I Gordon Earl of Sutherland passed away in 1530 in Dornoch, Highland, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Alexander I Gordon Earl of Sutherland was born in 1501 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Sir Adam Gordon Lord Of Aboyne 1St Earl Of Sutherland Baron Of Obin And Ferrack And Schivas And Elizabeth De Moravia.
  • Sir Alexander I Gordon Earl of Sutherland married Janet Stewart, and had children including Sir John Gordon Earl Of Sutherland.
  • Sir Alexander I Gordon Earl of Sutherland passed away in 1530 in Dornoch, Highland, Scotland.

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Sir Sutherland's Ancestors

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Sir Sutherland
1501–1530
Birth Place: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
Parents
Sir Adam Gordon Lord of Aboyne, 1st Earl of Sutherland, Baron of Obin and Ferrack and Schivas
1474–1538
Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (de) Moravia
1474–1535
Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland
Grandparents
George Gordon
1435–1501
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Annabella (Joan Stewart Princess of Scotland, Countess of) Huntley
1436–1509
Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James I
1394–1437
Joan Beaufort
1375–1440
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Scotland
1337–1406
Anabella Drummond
1350–1401

Sir Sutherland's Descendants

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Sir (Alexander I Gordon Earl of) Sutherland (1501–15 Jan 1530) m. Janet Stewart (1505–13 May 1566)
  1. 1. Sir (John Gordon Earl of) Sutherland 1525–1567 m. Marion Seton 1528–1567
    1. 1. Lady (Mary Margaret) Graham 1549–1577 m. George Buchanan 1546–1591
      1. 1. Margaret (Helen) Buchanan 1576–1617 m. Alexander Colquhoun 1573–1617
        1. 1. Grissell Colquhoun 1610–1631 m. James (Stuart) Cunynghame 1610–1680

Sir Sutherland's Timeline

2 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Sir Alexander I Gordon Earl of Sutherland in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
1530
15 Jan 1530
Age 29
Death of Sir Alexander I Gordon Earl of Sutherland in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, Scotland
Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1530
    Event Place: Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dornoch, Highland, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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