Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
NameAlexander Gordon 3rd Earl of Huntly
Death1524
Occupation3rd Earl of Huntly
Spouses
Alias/AKAJanet
MotherLady Margaret Douglas (<1435-1475)
Marriage20 Oct 1474
ChildrenJohn (-1517)
Notes for Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl of Huntly
Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly (died 1524) was a Scottish nobleman. He was a member of Parliament, a member of the Privy Council, a regent and Lieutenant of the kingdom.

Alexander Gordon married by contract on 20 October 1474, Lady Jean Stewart, daughter of
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl and Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas. Alexander and Jean had the following children:

• Hon.
John Gordon, Lord Gordon (died 1517), was the father of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly.
• Hon. Alexander Gordon of Strathavon, married Janet Grant and had issue.
• Hon.
William Gordon, Bishop of Aberdeen
• Lady Jean (or Janet) Gordon, married
Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll and Duncan Stewart, heir apparent to Allan Stewart of Appin
• Lady Christian Gordon, married Sir Robert de
Menzies.
• Lady Marjory Gordon, married Thomas Lumsden, the Younger of Cushnie, who was killed at the
Battle of Flodden.

After the death of his first wife, Alexander Gordon married Elizabeth Gray, daughter of
Andrew Gray, 2nd Lord Gray and Janet Keith, some time after 27 July 1511. She built a house for herself in Perth, which passed into the ownership of the Ruthven family, and was known as Gowrie House. It was demolished in 1807.

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