John
"the Good Earl"
Gordon Eleventh Earl of Sutherland
formerly Gordon
Born in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Alexander Gordon, Janet (Gordon) Dunbar, Barbara (Kennedy) Bellenden [half], Margaret (Kennedy) Macdowall [half], Margaret (Stewart) Stewart Lady Ochitree [half], Jean (Stewart) Wood [half], Dorothea (Stewart) Stewart Countess of Gowrie [half], Henry (Stewart) Stewart Second Lord Methven [half] and Janet (Stewart) Campbell [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth Campbell
— married
1544 [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Stuart) Gordon
— married
15 Apr 1549 [location unknown]
Husband of
Marion (Seton) Gordon
— married
after 1564 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 42
in Dunrobin, Scotland
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Biography
John (Gordon) Gordon Eleventh Earl of Sutherland is a member of Clan Gordon.
John Gordon (d. 23 June 1567 Durobin), was nicknamed 'the Good Earl John'. He was the 11th Earl of Sutherland.[1][2]
He married firstly, c.1544 Elizabeth Campbell (p. Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll and Jean Gordon). [3]
He married secondly, 15 Apr 1549 Elizabeth Stuart (p. John Stuart, 12th Earl of Lennox and Lady Elizabeth Stewart).[3][2] Issue:
- John, died young[4]
- Alexander, 12th Earl of Sutherland b. c 1552, d. 6 Dec 1594[4]
- Jean, d. c Jan 1584[4]
- Eleanor[4]
He married thirdly, after 1564 Marion Seton (p. George Seton, 4th Lord Seton and Elizabeth Hay).[2]
John died, poisoned with wife 23 Jun 1567 at Dunrobin.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911, Vol. VIII, Archive.org, p. 339
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, London: William Pollard & Co, 1953, Ed. 2 Vol XII Part 1, Archive.org, pp. 550-52
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911, Vol. VIII, Archive.org, p. 342
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Paul, James Balfour. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1911, Vol. VIII, Archive.org, p. 343
See also:
- Matthew H.C.G. (1995). Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Vol. 22:924-926 Borrow on Archive.org)
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