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. 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. 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. 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. 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