SUTHERLAND, John 7th Earl of Sutherland 1 2
- Born: About 1390
- Marriage (1): BAILLIE, Margaret or Magdalen 1 2
- Died: About 1460
- Buried: About 1460, Golspie chapel, Sutherland, Scotland 1
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General Notes:
"John, seventh Earl of Sutherland, is first named as taking part, as one of the retinue of his uncle Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, in the latter's campaign in Flanders about 1408."
from Scots Peerage vol 8 1
John married Margaret or Magdalen BAILLIE, daughter of Sir William BAILLIE of Lamington and Catherine HAMILTON.1 2 (Margaret or Magdalen BAILLIE was born about 1418 and died by 29 May 1510 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (John, 7th Earl of Sutherland) married Margaret Baillie, perhaps a daughter or sister of one of the Earl's fellow hostages at Pontefract, Sir William Baillie of Hoprig and Lamington. She is said to have been a woman of great beauty. She survived the Earl, and, contrary to what Sir Robert Gordon asserts, appears to have remained a widow."
from Scots Peerage (vol 8)
"Margaret or Magdalen, who married John Earl of Sutherland, who succeeded
to the Title in 1442. She is said to have been a very beautiful woman, and the Sutherland family is descended from her second son John. She and her son had many disputes, in consequence of one of which the Earl demolished his mother's
jointure-house at Helmsdale. After this the Countess of Sutherland dwelt in the bounds of Easter Garby, till her second marriage, in a solitary and quiet place beside a chapel which she had built....... Certain persons from Lamington of the
name of Baillie went to Sutherlandshire with Margaret Baillie, Countess of Sutherland, who have ever since been officers of the Sutherland family."
from Lives of the Baillies 1 2
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