Our Maritime Ties
Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl Sutherland
1552 - 1591. Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl Sutherland was born 1552 (son of John Gordon, 11th Earl Sutherland and Helen Stewart); died 6 Dec 159. Notes:
also stated as 11th Earl of Sutherland
Alexander married Jean Gordon 13 Dec 1573. Jean (daughter of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Keith) died 14 May 1629. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Robert Gordon, 1st Bt Gordonstoun was born 14 May 1580; died Mar 1654.
Alexander — Barbara Sinclair. Barbara died 1573. [Group Sheet]
2. John Gordon, 11th Earl Sutherland (son of Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland and Janet Stewart); died 23 Jun 1567, Dunrobin. John — Helen Stewart. Helen (daughter of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox and Anne\Elizabeth Stewart) died Bef 25 Nov 1564. [Group Sheet]
3. Helen Stewart (daughter of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox and Anne\Elizabeth Stewart); died Bef 25 Nov 1564. Children:
- 1. Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl Sutherland was born 1552; died 6 Dec 159.
Generation: 3
4. Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland (son of Adam Gordon, of Aboyne and Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland); died 15 Jan 1529/30. Notes:
Master of Sutherland
Alexander married Janet Stewart Abt 16 Jun 1520. Janet (daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Athol and Mary\Janet Campbell) died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]
5. Janet Stewart (daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Athol and Mary\Janet Campbell); died Yes, date unknown. Children:
- 2. John Gordon, 11th Earl Sutherland died 23 Jun 1567, Dunrobin.
6. John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox (son of Matthew Stuart, 2nd Earl of Lennox and Elizabeth Hamilton); died 4 Sep 1526, (near) Linlithgow, , , Scotland. John — Anne\Elizabeth Stewart. [Group Sheet]
7. Anne\Elizabeth Stewart Children:
- 3. Helen Stewart died Bef 25 Nov 1564.
Generation: 4
8. Adam Gordon, of Aboyne (son of George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Hay); died 17 Mar 1537/8. Adam married Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland 1500. Elizabeth (daughter of John, 8th Earl of Sutherland and Margaret Macdonald) died Sep 1535, Aboyne Castle, , , Scotland. [Group Sheet]
9. Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland (daughter of John, 8th Earl of Sutherland and Margaret Macdonald); died Sep 1535, Aboyne Castle, , , Scotland. Children:
- 4. Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland died 15 Jan 1529/30.
10. John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Athol (son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Athol and Eleanor Sinclair); died 1513, Flodden, , , Scotland. John — Mary\Janet Campbell. [Group Sheet]
11. Mary\Janet Campbell Children:
- John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Athol died 1542.
- 5. Janet Stewart died Yes, date unknown.
12. Matthew Stuart, 2nd Earl of Lennox (son of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox and Margaret Montgomerie); died 9 Sep 1513, Flodden, , , Scotland. Matthew married Elizabeth Hamilton 9 Apr 1494. Elizabeth (daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton and Mary, Princess of Scotland) died Aft Apr 1531. [Group Sheet]
13. Elizabeth Hamilton (daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton and Mary, Princess of Scotland); died Aft Apr 1531. Notes:
niece of James III
Children:
- 6. John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox died 4 Sep 1526, (near) Linlithgow, , , Scotland.
14. John Stewart, 1st Earl of Athol was born Abt 1440 (son of Sir James Stewart and Joan Beaufort); died 19 Sep 1512. Notes:
Sir John Stewart of Balveny, 1st Earl of Atholl
John married Eleanor Sinclair Bef 19 Apr 1475. Eleanor (daughter of William Sinclair, Earl Orkney\Caithness and Marjory Sutherland) died 21 Mar 1518. [Group Sheet]
15. Eleanor Sinclair (daughter of William Sinclair, Earl Orkney\Caithness and Marjory Sutherland); died 21 Mar 1518. Children:
- John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Athol died 1513, Flodden, , , Scotland.
- Marjory Stewart died 26 Jul 1524.
- 7. Anne\Elizabeth Stewart