GORDON, Jean 3 4
- Born: About 1547
- Marriage (1): HEPBURN, James 4th Earl of Bothwell, Duke of Orkney 9 February 1565(1566)(contract) 17 February 1565(1566)(dispensation) marriage 24 February 1565( 1 2 3
- Marriage (2): GORDON, Alexander 12th Earl of Sutherland on 13 December 1573 in Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 2 3
- Marriage (3): OGILVY, Alexander 4th of Boyne, Sir 10 December 1599(contract) in Elgin, Moray, Scotland 1 2 3
- Died: 14 May 1629, Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland 1 2
- Buried: 1629, Dornoch cathedral, Sutherland, Scotland 2
Another name for Jean was GORDON, Jane.1 2
User ID: B363.
Jean married James HEPBURN 4th Earl of Bothwell, Duke of Orkney, son of Patrick HEPBURN 3rd Earl of Bothwell, 'the fair earl' and Agnes SINCLAIR, 9 February 1565(1566)(contract) 17 February 1565(1566)(dispensation) marriage 24 February 1565(.1 2 3 The marriage ended in annulled 7 may 1567. (James HEPBURN 4th Earl of Bothwell, Duke of Orkney was born about 1535 2 and died on 14 April 1578 in Dragsholm Castle, Zealand, Denmark 2.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (James Hepburn) married, contract dated 9 February 1565-66, the Lady Jane Gordon, daughter of the then deceased George, (fourth) Earl of Huntly, and sister of George, (fifth) Earl of Huntly. The latter, with Dame Elizabeth Keith, Countess of Huntly, his mother, was a party to the contract, which was passed with advice and express counsel of Queen Mary. The parties were related to each other within the degrees of consanguinity prohibited by the canon law. Earl James being fourth in descent from George, second Earl of Huntly, through Lady Margaret Gordon, wife of Patrick, first Earl of Bothwell (vide supra), while the bride was fourth in descent from the same Earl George in the male line, and also through her mother. Accordingly a dispensation for the marriage notwithstanding this impediment was granted by John, Archbishop of St. Andrews, dated 17 February 1565-66. The marriage took place on 24 February 1565-66.
On 26 April 1567, a week after the Earl of Bothwell's project of marrying the Queen had been made public, and two days after he carried her off to Dunbar, a suit was begun in the Commissariot Court of Edinburgh, at the instance of Lady Jane Gordon, his spouse, for the dissolution of their marriage, on the ground of his adultery with one of her maidservants ; and proof having been led, the Court pronounced sentence of divorce on 3 May. On 27 April a suit was instituted on the part of the Earl before the Court of the Archbishop of St. Andrews for a declaration of nullity of marriage ; the dispensation which legalised the union was withheld ; and on 7 May sentence was given that the marriage was and had been null from the beginning in respect of the contiugence in blood of the parties, 'which liiudered their lawful marriage without a dispensation obtained of befoir.' "
from Scots Peerage (vol 2)
"Jean (Gordon), married, first, 24 February 1565-66, to James Hepburn, fourth Earl of Bothwell (see vol. ii. p. 165) ; she and her husband divorced each other in 1567"
from Scots Peerage (vol 4)
"Mary Beton certainly died before 1599, as in that year Alexander Ogilvie married, secondly, Lady Jane Gordon, daughter of George, 4th Earl of Huntly, who had, in 1566, married James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. "
from Paper by Alistair Tayler 1 2 3
Jean next married Alexander GORDON 12th Earl of Sutherland, son of John GORDON 11th Earl of Sutherland,'the Good Earl John' and Helenor STEWART, on 13 December 1573 in Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 2 3 (Alexander GORDON 12th Earl of Sutherland was born about 1551 and died on 6 December 1594 2.)
Marriage Notes:
" Lady Jane Gordon was married Secondly, at Strathbogie, on 13 December 1573, to Alexander, (eleventh) Earl of Sutherland, who died on 6 December 1594."
from Scots Peerage (vol 2)
Note:
Alexander was the 12th Earl of Sutherland.
"Jean, married .... secondly, 13 December 1573, to Alexander, eleventh Earl of Sutherland. He died 6 December 1594"
from Scots Peerage (vol 4)
" Lady Jane Gordon married, secondly, in 1573, Alexander, 12th Earl of Sutherland, by whom he had five sons and two daughters."
from Paper by Alistair Tayler 1 2 3
Jean next married Sir Alexander OGILVY 4th of Boyne, son of Sir Walter OGILVY 3rd of Boyne, Provost of Banff and Christian KEITH, 10 December 1599(contract) in Elgin, Moray, Scotland.1 2 3 (Sir Alexander OGILVY 4th of Boyne was born about 1530 1 and died by 1601 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"The widow (Jane Gordon) was married Thirdly, contract dated at Elgin 10 December 1599, to Alexander Ogilvie of Boyne, who did not survive the marriage many years. She died at Dunrobin 14 May 1629 in her eighty-fourth year, and was buried in the Cathedral Church of Dornoch."
from Scots Peerage (vol 2)
"Jean, married .... thirdly (contract 10 December 1599), to Alexander Ogilvy of Boyne. She died 14 May 1629, in her eighty-fourth year."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4)
"It has been impossible to find the date of Mary Beton's death, but several books are wrong in stating that Alexander Ogilvie and his wife, Mary Beton, were both alive in 1606. Mary Beton certainly died before 1599, as in that year Alexander Ogilvie married, secondly, Lady Jane Gordon, daughter of George, 4th Earl of Huntly, who had, in 1566, married James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell. Lady Jane Gordon married, secondly, in 1573, Alexander, 12th Earl of Sutherland, by whom he had five sons and two daughters. The Earl died in 1594 and Lady Jane married thirdly (contract dated at Elgin 10th December 1599), Alexander Ogilvie of Boyne, who, according to the Scots Peerage, 'did not survive the marriage many years.' "
from Paper by Alistair Tayler 1 2 3
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