MACDONALD?, Daughter ^{1 2}

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Daughter married John SUTHERLAND 8th Earl of Sutherland, son of John SUTHERLAND 7th Earl of Sutherland and Margaret BAILLIE.¹ (John SUTHERLAND 8th Earl of Sutherland was born about 1440 and died by 24 July 1509 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Robert Gordon says this Earl married a daughter of Alexander Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, though no proof is forthcoming. Sir Robert adds that this lady was nearly drowned wliile crossing the ferry at Unes, and was found in a state of weakness and slain by a robber. She must have been his first wife."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8)




"There is considerable difficulty about the marriage or marriages of this Earl. Sir Robert Gordon says he married a daughter of the Lord of the Isles, Earl of Ross. No evidence has been found of this, but, as already stated, the earl, in 1467, received a grant of the lands of Spinningdale and Pulrossie, which, in 1464, had been granted and confirmed to Celestine of the Isles, a natural brother of the then Earl of Ross. It is not improbable that the lands may have been a marriage portion, and that it was a daughter of Celestine whom the earl married. Sir Hubert states that this lady met her death by drowning, while crossing the ferry at Unes, but he gives no date."

from The Sutherland Book ^{1 2}