Individual Details

[[Category: Scotland, Notables]]
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== Biography ==}Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of HuntlyG.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 156. was the son of Sir Alexander Seton and Elizabeth Gordon.Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2011.
He married, firstly, Egida Hay, daughter of Sir John Hay and Margaret Stewart, c 8 January 1426/7. His marriage to Egida Hay was annulled before 1438.
He married, secondly, Elizabeth Crichton, daughter of William Crichton of that Ilk, 1st Lord Crichton, before 18 March 1439/40.Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 121.
He was given the name of Alexander Seton at birth. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 675.
He was created 1st Earl of Huntly between 30 October 1444 to 3 July 1445., In 1451 he had Crown grants of the territorial Lordship of Badenoch. He inherited from his grandmother, Elizabeth Keith, Aboyne, Cluny and Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire.
Circa 1457 his name was legally changed to Alexander Gordon.
He died on 15 July 1470 at Huntly Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,Tim Boyle, "re: Boyle Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 16 September 2006. and was buried in Elgin Cathedral.[http://www2.thesetonfamily.com:8080/cadets/Gordon_Family.htm The Seton Family]

Child of '''Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly'''

:Catherine Seton
Children of '''Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Crichton'''

:Lady Christian Gordon+
:George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly+Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 3, page 3397. d. 8 Jun 1501

:Lady Elizabeth Gordon+1 d. 17 Apr 1500
:Adam Gordon+Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 2565. d. 1528

Child of '''Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly and Egida Hay'''
:Sir Alexander Gordon of Abergeldie+Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 23. d. b Jan 1504
Children of '''Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly and unknown Cumming'''

:Janet Gordon+

:Margaret Gordon d. 1506

=== Disputed Facts ===
The Seton family claim the son, Alexander, by his first wife kept the name of Seton, and that by his second wife he had four sons and four daughters, no other children are mentioned.
These facts are left in from a merge and need sources before they can be added to the narrative above.
Alexander Gordon married first, c. 8 January 1426 Egidia Hay, daughter and heir of John Hay of Tullibody.[10] Together they had a son:Alexander Seton, ancestor of the Setons of Touch, and Abercorn; succeeded to his mother's lands.[10]He obtained an annulment to this marriage in 1438 in order to marry Elizabeth Crichton, daughter of William Crichton, the Chancellor of Scotland.[a][9] Alexander and Elizabeth had the following children:George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, succeeded to the earldom and his father's lordships[11]
Alexander Gordon of Midmar, later of Abergeldie[11]
Adam Gordon, Dean of Caithness[11]
William Gordon[11]Margaret Gordon, before 9 November 1457 contracted to marry Nicholas Hay, 2nd Earl of Erroll but for some reason did not and married her sister Elizabeth.[11]Elizabeth Gordon (died 17 Apr 1500), married Nicholas Hay, 2nd Earl of Erroll, and then as his second wife John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy, and had issue by both husbands[11]Christian Gordon, married William Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes, on 8 July 1468, and had issue[11]Lady Catherine Gordon, on 30 September 1461 she was contracted to marry Archibald (then aged 12), eldest son of George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus but the marriage did not take place[12]Alexander Gordon had two additional children by a daughter of Cumming of Altyre, identified by her byname [[Cumming-1433|'the Fair Maid of Moray']] but there is no record of a marriage between them.[12] They were:
Janet, married to James Innes of Innes (she died 1470–73)[12]Margaret, married in 1484 to Hew Rose, 6th Lord of Kilravock (she died c. 1506[12]}
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Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Huntly, Lord of Gordon. By 1458 he had changed his family name to Gordon. Succeeded his father before April 1441. Died 1 July 1470. Buried Elgin. Married, first, c.8 January 1426-27, Egidia Hay, dau and heiress of Sir John Hay of Tullibody. Marriage annulled before Nov 1438.Alexander Seton married second by 18 March 1439-40, Elizabeth (died 9 July 1479), eldest daughter of William, Lord Chrichton, Chancellor of Scotland.}
Claimed source of above
kittybrewster.com/ancestry/gordon.htm


=== Death ===

:: Date: 1 Jul 1470}
:: Place: Huntley Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

:: Date: 15 Jul 1470
:: Place: Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland}

:: Date: 15 JUL 1470:: Place: Huntly, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland}
:: Age: 59-60

== Sources ==

*http://www.thepeerage.com/p10957.htm#i109564
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 95-96.
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 592.
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 581.

* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 239-240.

* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 670.

* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 659.
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 95.

* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 238-239

== Acknowledgements ==Click the Changes tab for details of edits to this profile. Thanks to everyone who contributed.
=== Magna Carta Project ===
}:Alexander Gordon appears in ''Magna Carta Ancestry'' in a Richardson-documented trail from [[:Category:Gateway Ancestors|Gateway Ancestors]] [[Barclay-174|Robert Barclay]] and [[Barclay-168|John Barclay]] to [[:Category:Surety Barons|Magna Carta Surety Barons]] } and } (vol. I, pages 94-101 BARCLAY). This trail was developed before 2015 and needs redevelopment. See the [[Barclay-174#Magna Carta Trails|Magna Carta Trails]] on Robert Barclay's profile to view the profiles in that trail.
* '''Needs Development''': This profile was just (19 March 2020) added as a Magna Carta Project profile and needs work (see the project's [[Space:Magna Carta Project Checklist|Checklist]]).
: See [[Space:Magna_Carta_Team_Base_Camp|Base Camp]] for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's [[Space:Magna Carta Project Glossary|glossary]] for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Birth	Abt 1410	Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death	15 Jul 1470	Huntly, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Marriage		Egida Hay
Marriage		Lady Elizabeth "Countess Huntly" Crichton
Reference No		6658174
Reference No		6881477
Reference No		60

Spouse	Jane "Fair Maid of Moray" Cumming (1425 - )
Child	Janet Gordon (1442 - 1473)

Spouse	Lady Elizabeth "Countess Huntly" Crichton (1410 - 1479)
Child	Elizabeth Gordon ( - 1500)
Child	George "George Gordon 2nd Earl of Huntley" Gordon 2nd Earl of Huntly (1441 - 1502)
Child	Christian Gordon (1443 - 1500)
Child	Alexander "of Abergeldie" Gordon (1443 - 1504)
Child	Adam Gordon (1450 - 1528)

Spouse	Egida Hay (1410 - 1470)
Child	Sir Alexander "of Touch" Gordon (1430 - 1490)

Child

Margaret Gordon (1452 - 1506)

Father	Alexander "Lord Gordon" Seton Lord Gordon (1382 - 1441)
Mother	Lady Elizabeth "Seton, Heiress of Gordon" Gordon (1384 - 1439)
Sibling	Janet Seton (1402 - )
Sibling	William "Laird of Meldrum" Seton (1411 - 1452)
Sibling	George Gordon (1411 - 1452)
Sibling	Elizabeth Seton (1416 - 1479)
Sibling	Katherine Seton (1418 - )
Sibling	Henry Gordon (1430 - 1452)