SUTHERLAND, Christian 1 4
- Born: About 1474
- Marriage (1): OLIPHANT, William of Berridale about 1489 1 2
- Marriage (2): LUNDY, Thomas of Pratis, Sir after 1508 1
- Marriage (3): KEITH, William of Hythie, 4th of Inverugie, Sir 3
Another name for Christian was SUTHERLAND, Christina.2
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General Notes:
"Christina, who is in 1494 referred to as daughter of Alexander Sutherland of Strabrock, and has, by Sir
William Fraser and the Peerages been assumed to be the daughter of the first Alexander Sutherland of Duffus. But in later writs she is named as the daughter of Alexander Sutherland of Duffus, and the great-grand-daughter of Sir Alexander Sutherland of Duffus.
She was apparently still a minor in 1484, when curators ad lites were appointed to protect her heritage. She
succeeded to Duffus and to lands in Caithness which had probably also come into the family by the marriage of Nicholas Sutherland with Mary le Cheyne, and she styled herself Lady of Duffus. But objections were made to her heirship by her uncle William on the ground of illegitimacy, and the case was debated in the consistorial courts.
A sentence was pronounced in her favour on 29 April 1494, by the Commissioner for the Bishop of Aberdeen, but an appeal was made to Rome, and matters dragged on apparently until settled by a decree arbitral about 1507, when Duffus went to the opposing claimant, while the Caithness lands were given to Christina.
As a result she on 27 November 1507, in terms of a contract between herself, her spouse, her son and heir and his tutor, on one part, and William, now of Duffus, on the other part, renounced her frank tenement of the lands of Duffus."
from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 2
Christian married William OLIPHANT of Berridale, son of Sir Laurence OLIPHANT Lord Oliphant and Isabel HAY, about 1489.1 2 (William OLIPHANT of Berridale was born about 1468 and died in 1508 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"She married, about 1489, William Oliphant, second son of the first Lord Oliphant, and had issue."
from Scots Peerage (vol 3)
"2. William, who married about 1489 Christian Sutherland, daughter and heir of line of Alexander Sutherland of Duffus. A long lawsuit with the heir-male, who disputed
her legitimacy, ended about 1507 in a compromise, she and her husband obtaining the Caithness lands and those of Strabrock in West Lothian, and relinquishing all claim to the lands in Moray. William was usually styled of Berridale ... "
from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 1 2
Christian next married Sir Thomas LUNDY of Pratis, son of Sir William LUNDY of that Ilk, Sheriff of Fife and Elizabeth HEPBURN, after 1508.1 (Sir Thomas LUNDY of Pratis was born about 1477 and died after 1508(dvp) 4.)
Marriage Notes:
"His (William Sutherland's) wife survived him, and married, secondly, Sir Thomas Lundin of Pratis, grandson and heir-apparent of Sir John Lundin of that Ilk."
from Scots Peerage (vol 6)
"Thomas was married .... secondly to Christian Sutherland, daughter and heiress of Alexander Sutherland of Duffus, and relict of William Oliphant, son of 1st Lord Oliphant. This marriage took place sometime after 1508. Sir Thomas's predeceased his father, and his son by his first marriage, Walter, succeeded to Lundy."
from lundie.org website 1 4
Christian next married Sir William KEITH of Hythie, 4th of Inverugie, son of Sir Gilbert KEITH 3rd of Inverugie, then of Ludquharn and Janet GRAHAM.3 (Sir William KEITH of Hythie, 4th of Inverugie was born about 1456 and died in 1521 1 5.)
Marriage Notes:
"p. 194, 1. 23, after 'Oliphant,' add 'and, thirdly, Sir William Keith of Inverugy (Acta Dom. Concilii, xxviii. f. 71 ; cf. ff. 181, 192)." (page 69 Duffus)
from Scots Peerage (vol 9 Addenda et Corrigenda) 3
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