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DE GORDOUN, Adam 1st of that Ilk, Laird of Gordon, Berwickeshire, Sir 1
- Born: About 1035, France 1
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Died: 1093, Alnwick, Northumberland, England 1
Another name for Adam was DE GORDUN, Adam 1st of that Ilk.
User ID: X54.
General Notes:
The opinion of the Gordon family historians is that the first to come to Scotland, Adam, was of French origin.
He appears to have been one of the French and Norman knights attached to the Court of King Edward the Confessor in England when the Scots prince, Malcolm, nicknamed 'Canmore' ('big head'), later King Malcolm III, fled there for refuge after the throne of Scotland was seized by Maelbeatha or Macbeth in the year 1040.
The English King treated Malcolm as his guest for a number of years, and assisted him with Saxon, French and Norman fighting men to regain the throne in 1057. Adam de Gordun was one of these men, and from him come the Scottish Gordons.
Adam de Gordun, for his services to the Scottish King, was granted lands near the lower part of the River Tweed. These lands were called Gordon after his name. We hear no more of Adam till 1093 when Malcolm Canmore invaded England and was defeated and killed near Alnwick. Among the slain was Adam who left a son , also called Adam. (biographies/gordoun.htm)
"Family tradition tells of a Gordon in the days of Malcolm Canmore, who followed that King when, in 1093, he made his last foray into Northumberland, but surnames were not then known."
from Scots Peerage 2
Adam married.
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