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Elizabeth Crichton Countess of Huntly
- Preferred Name: Elizabeth Crichton Countess of Huntly[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
- Alternate Name: Gordon
- Alternate Name: Elizabeth Crichton Countess of Huntly
- Alternate Name: Elizabeth Crichton
- Gender: F
- FSID: LZPL-GLL
- Birth: 26 JAN 1410 in Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland at LATI: N5.8474 LONG: E2.981
- Change+of+Surname: 1457 with note: Description: from Seton to Gordon
- Burial: 9 JUN 1479 in Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland at LATI: N5.8833 LONG: E3.4167
- Death: 9 JUN 1479 in Huntly Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.448 LONG: E2.7873
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lady
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Countess of Huntly1471
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Last Edited=8 Jan 2009
Elizabeth Crichton was the daughter of William Crichton of that Ilk, 1st Lord Crichton.1 She married Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, son of Sir Alexander Seton and Elizabeth Gordon, before 18 March 1439/40.1 She died on 9 June 1479 at Strabolgie, Scotland.2
From before 18 March 1439/40, her married name became Seton.1 From circa 1457, her married name became Gordon.1 As a result of her marriage, Elizabeth Crichton was styled as Countess of Huntly in August 1471.
Children of Elizabeth Crichton and Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly
Lady Christian Gordon+
George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly+3 d. 8 Jun 1501
Lady Elizabeth Gordon+4 d. 17 Apr 1500
Adam Gordon+5 d. 1528
Elizabeth Crichton1
F, #25801, d. 9 June 1479
Children of Alexander Gordon and Elizabeth Crichton:
1. Margaret Gordon (1440-)
2. *BARONESS ELIZABETH GORDON (1440-1500)
3. Sir George Gordon (1441-1501)
4. Alexander Gordon (1442-1458)
5. Janet Gordon (1442-1473)
6. Catherine Gordon (1446-1446)
7. Lady Catherine Janet Gordon (1446-1473)
8. Lady Christian Gordon (1451-1500)
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=== !#21-v5-p95,545,-v6-p676,-v7-p121; !1st ===
!#21-v5-p95,545,-v6-p676,-v7-p121; !1st dau; `title> Countess of Huntly;
=== m. Alexander Seton Gordon; mother of Jan ===
m. Alexander Seton Gordon; mother of Janet and Margaret. [Richard HodgsonBURR LINE - 15th ggrandmother Dau. of William Crichton and Agnes; m.Alexander Seton Gordon; mother of Christian, George, Alexander, Adam andJanet. [Diane Evans Dau of William Crichton and Agnes; m. AlexanderGordon; mother of George and Elizabeth. [Gail Martin
=== !#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p70,-v10-p114/ ===
!#21> Complete Peerage-v1-p70,-v10-p114/5fn(j), (FHL 942 D22cok); #189> Scots Peerage-v1-p114, FHL 941 D22p); !TITLE> not a Baroness as husband marr again bef being cr a Baron;
Preferred Parents:
Father: William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton, b. ABT 1383 in Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland d. ABT JUL 1454 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
Mother: Margaret Agnes Maitland, b. 1385 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 1421 in Midmar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Family 1: Alexander Seton Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly Lord of Gordon and Badenoch, b. 1410 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 15 JUL 1470 in Huntly Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- m. BEF 18 MAR 1440 in Scotland
- m. 18 MAR 1440 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Catherine Janet Seton Huntley, b. 1440 in Perth Hir, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 1482 in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England
Sources:
- Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Author: Book Title: Genealogy of the Hannum family : descended from John and Margery Hannum, settlers in Chester County
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/1270270;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Crichton, Countess of Huntly -
Author: The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, Page number: IV:521-524
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741135
- Title: Elizabeth Crichton d. 9 Jul 1479: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy
Author: “Elizabeth Crichton d. 9 Jul 1479: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy.” http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I18662&tree=CC. Accessed 21 Jun. 2019.
Publication: Name: http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I18662&tree=CC;
Note: Source created by RecordSeek.com
Page: Created by http://RecordSeek.com
- Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
Author: London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 17; Page: 1198
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/20049045;
- Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9289&h=32948453&indiv=try;
- Title: History of Scotland
Publication: Name: https://wikivisually.com/wiki/History_of_Scotland;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Crichton -
Author: Cokayne, George E., ed., The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland,Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant,, Page number: Vol. X, p. 671
Note: Cokayne, George E., ed., Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H.White, Duncan Warrand, Lord Howard de Walden, eds. . The CompletePeerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UnitedKingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.. 13 vols. in 14, repr.in 6 vols. volumes. London, repr. Gloucester: George Bell & Sons,repr. Alan Sutton Publishing, 1893-1959, repr. 2000.
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246399080
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Gordon - birth:
Author: The Leiths of Harthill: The Story of Some Turbulent Lairds and a Royal Martyr, Francis Bickley, Alexander Maclehose & Co - London. 1937, Page number: p15
Note: birth:
a widow
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246304873
- Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Author: Book Title: The Roosevelt Genealogy : 1649-1902
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/3131318;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: ELIZABETH Erskine - birth: about 1435;
Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: III:539
Note: birth: about 1435;
Source Media Type: Book
Source Media Type: Book
Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741118
- Title: Elizabeth Crichton Gordon, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-C9MW : 1 April 2023), Countess, ; Burial, Elgin, , Moray, Scotland, Elgin Cathedral Churchyard; citing record ID 54758519, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-C9MW;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Crichton, Countess of Huntly -
Author: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999}, Page number: 1480
Note: Source Media Type: Book
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742367
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Crichton -
Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Crichton01, Seton02
Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246398939
- Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700
Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-AncestralRoots&h=10689&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt;
- Title: Person Page - 2581
Author: “Person Page - 2581.” http://thepeerage.com/p2581.htm#i25801. Accessed 21 Jun. 2019.
Publication: Name: http://thepeerage.com/p2581.htm#i25801;
Note: Source created by RecordSeek.com
Page: Created by http://RecordSeek.com
- Title: Kings Of Scotland
Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm;
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