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Personal data Lady Elizabeth Gordon 

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Household of Lady Elizabeth Gordon

She is married to Alexander Seton of Winton (geboren de Seton), Sr., Lord Gordon.

They got married on July 20, 1408 at Huntly,Aberdeenshire,Scotland, she was 24 years old.

Echtgeno(o)t(e): Elizabeth Gordon

Child(ren):

  1. Katharine or Janet Seton  ± 1399-1445
  2. Janet Seton  1401-1479 
  3. Janet Gordon Seton  1402-1473
  4. Elizabeth Seton  ± 1408-1479
  5. Katherine Seton  ± 1412-????
  6. Henry Seton  ± 1414-1452
  7. Margaret Gordon Seton  ± 1452-± 1506

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  1. WikiTree, via https://www.myheritage.nl/research/colle...
    Lady Elizabeth Seton, Heiress of Gordon Gordon<br>Geslacht: Vrouw<br>Geboorte: 1384 - Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<br>Huwelijk: 1408<br>Overlijden: 16 mrt 1439 - Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<br>Vader: Sir Adam John Lord of Gordon Gordon<br>Moeder: Lady Elizabeth Gordon (geboren Keith Aboyne)<br>Echtgenoot: Sir Alexander Lord Gordon Seton, 1st<br>Kinderen: Elizabeth Seton MacdonaldSir Alexander 1st Earl of Huntly Gordon (geboren Seton)William Laird of Meldrum SetonGeorge GordonHenry GordonJanet Gordon (geboren Seton)Katherine Seton<br>Broer/zuster: Sir John Gordon
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  3. FamilySearch Stamboom, via https://www.myheritage.nl/research/colle...
    Lady Elizabeth de Seton of Huntly (geboren Gordon)<br>Geslacht: Vrouw<br>Geboorte: 1385 - Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<br>Huwelijk: 1408 - Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<br>Overlijden: 16 mrt 1439 - Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<br>Begrafenis: 1439 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<br>Ouders: Sir Adam De Gordon, Elisabeth De Keith of Aboyne<br>Echtgenoot: Sir Alexander de Seton 1st Lord Gordon<br>Kinderen: Katharine or Janet Dunbar (geboren Seton), Elizabeth Seton Countess of Ross, Sir Alexander Gordon Seton 1st Earl of Huntly, Lord of Badenoch, Gordon, Strathbogie and Cluny, Sir Henry Seton, Sir William Seton 1st of Meldrum, dau Campbell (geboren de Seton)<br>Broers/zusters: Thomas Gordon, Sir John Gordon of Strathbogie, 13th of that Ilk, Adam Gordon, Mary Hay (geboren Somerville), Lady Elizabeth Campbell Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancelor of Scotland Baroness Campbell (geboren Somerville,)<br>Deze persoon schijnt dubbele verwanten te hebben. Bekijk het op FamilySearch om alle informatie te bekijken.<br>  Aanvullende informatie: LifeSketch:Find-A-Grave:eath. Burial: Aberdeen, Scotlandxander Gordon (Seton), 1st Earl of Huntly; William Seton, Baron Meldrum; Katherine Janet Dunbar; Henry Seton and 1 otherElizabeth Gordon, who succeeded to her brother, is first named in a writ of 27 March 1407-8. f Dirleton, and these casualties were purchased from the latter by Sir William Seton of that Ilk, whose ward Elizabeth became. s second son, as on 20 July 1408 she and her husband received from the Regent Albany a charter of the lands of Gordon, Fogo, Strathbogie, and others, to be held to the spouses and their lawful heirs.tness in 1437 testified that she was the mother of Alexander Seton, whom it was proposed to marry to his cousin, Elizabeth Erskine, who however, married Duncan Wemyss of Reres in 1398. rriage, Alexander Seton is styled Lord of Gordon, and he took an active part in the public affairs of his day. ...in 1455-56, many years after his death, he is referred to as ‘the late dominus Alexander de Seton de Gordon, miles,’ which was also his designation in 1419 and 1429 ... 31 August 1440 and 3 April 1441, when his son was in possession. They had issue:r of the Setons of Meldrum. He was killed at the battle of Brechin, 18 may 1452. oss, who died in 1449. William Seton of that ilk; up till that time she was probably a negligible quantity, as her brother John was alive and married, and her prospects were not bright. But this changed in or about March 1408 when her brother John died without issue, and Elizabeth became the possessor of the Gordon estates.rd on his eldest son John; but the latter had made other matrimonial arrangements for himself, and declined the offer. Sir William then gave her in marriage to his second son, Alexander, in July 1408, within a few months of her brother’s death.iscovered that there was a still nearer degree of propinquity between them, - the third degree - and a fresh dispensation was obtained on 15th December 1429 from Henry, Bishop of St. Andrews.brother’s death, Elizabeth de Gordon inherited no only the Gordon and Huntly estates in Berwichshire, but also the Comyn lands of Strathbogie which had been granted to her great grandfather, Sir Adam de Gordon, in 1319. ... Upon her marriage, she resigned the whole of her land before the Parliament in Perth, and upon 20th July 1408, she and her husband had a Charter from the Regent Albany granting them: “all and whole the lands and baronies of Gordon and Huntly lying within the Sheriffdom of Berwick; the lands of Fogo and Faunes, with their pertinents; the lands of Strathbogie and Beldygordon with the pertinents in Aberdeenshire; to be held by the said Alexander and Elizabeth and their heirs ...enerations retained the patronymic. It was only later, towards the end of his life, that Alexander Seton, Earl of Huntly, adopted his mother’s name of Gordon for himself and the offspring of his second marriage.eth Keith] inherited from her mother the old Fraser land of Aboyne and Cluny, Glenmuick and Glentanar in Aberdeenshire. When [she] died about 1436, these lands passed to her daughter Elizabeth de Gordon; ... In this manner, these Deeside estates passed from the Frasers, through the Gordon Heiress, to the Setons who became Earls of Huntly.438/9 and was buried in St. Nicholas Church, Aberdeen.work to establish a Clan. He and his successors were regarded as “incomers,” who had dispossessed the rightful owners of their estates; but this ... did not prevent them from rapidly extending their possessions on all sides, and of justifying the title of “Cock of the North.” Macleod, Edinburgh, 1941, pp. 376-8.
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  4. Geni World Family Tree
    Elizabeth Gordon<br>Geslacht: Vrouw<br>Roepnaam: Heiress of Gordon<br>Geboorte: Ongeveer 1384 - Huntley Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<br>Beroep: Baroness Countess Of Huntley, Inherited Strathbogie<br>Huwelijk: Echtgeno(o)t(e): Alexander Seton of Winton - 20 jul 1408 - Huntly,Aberdeenshire,Scotland<br>Overlijden: 16 mrt 1439 - Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland<br>Begrafenis: Na 16 mrt 1439 - St Nicholas's Church, Aberdeen, Scotland<br>Vader: Adam Gordon<br>Moeder: Elizabeth Keith of Aboyne & Cluny<br>Echtgenoot: Alexander Seton of Winton<br>Kinderen: Elizabeth Seton, Alexander Gordon (geboren Seton), 1st Earl of Huntley, William Seton, of Meldrum, Katherine Seton, Henry Seton, George Seton<br>Broer/zuster: John Gordon
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