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Paternal Family Tree: Wyntoun aka Seton
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Graham Countess Ross
1497 Perkin Warbreck Rebellion
1499 Trial and Execution of Perkin Warbreck and Edward Earl of Warwick
Catherine Gordon was born to George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley and Elizabeth Hay Countess Huntley. Mother not certain but likely.
Before September 1496 Perkin Warbreck (age 22) and Catherine Gordon were married. She the daughter of George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley (age 41) and Elizabeth Hay Countess Huntley (age 46).
Wriothesley's Chronicle. August 1497... and in August [her husband] Perkin Warbeck (age 23) landed in Cornewale,g and by pursuit fledd to Bowdley St. Marie [Map],h but by appoyntment he came to the Kinge, followinge the Courte.i
Note g. In Whitsand Bay; and, having sent his wife, the Lady Catherine Gordon, for safety to Mount St Michael, assumed the title of Richard IV.
Note h. The Sanctuary of Beaulieu [Map] in the New Forest, written in Arnold "Bewdeley sent wary," which has been erroneously transcribed in our MS. "St. Marie."
Note i. In Arnold this passage is, "and so remained following the Court."
Polydore Vergil. 4th October 1497. Learning that [her husband] Peter (age 23) had decamped, Henry sent out horsemen in every direction to follow him and seek his capture, but he, having covered most of the distance, was not seen before he reached the asylum. But not so his captains, who were taken in mid-flight and brought to the king. And the mob, when they could not see Peter nor his captains' standards, having no idea where he was, whether he had been killed by some trick or had fled, were unsure of what counsel to take or what was best to do. In the end, learning of his shameful flight, everybody, immediately unhinged by their common evil, their common fear, their common danger, cast aside their weapons and began to hold up their hands, and out of his kindness the king (age 40) readily forgave them. Being a victor without having had a fight, he went to Exeter, Devon [Map], where he praised the citizenry for having done its duty and extended his thanks, and while there he presided over the execution of some of the Cornishmen responsible for the recent rising. Meanwhile the king's horsemen rode as far as St. Michael's Mount, and there they found Peter's wife Catherine and brought her captive to the king. Henry, marveling at the woman's beauty, thought she was not plunder for soldiers, but worthy of an emperor, and forthwith sent her to the queen (age 31) at London with an escort of honorable matrons, as a sure harbinger of the victory he had won.
Chronicles of London Vitellius A XVI. 21st October 1497 ... and from thens to Shene, where to her Grace was brought, the Saterday before Saynt Symon and Jude, the wif of Perkyn [Catherine Gordon] aforsaid; which said wif was a Scottissh woman and doughter vnto the [her father] Erie of Huntley (age 42) of Scotland.
On 23rd November 1499 [her husband] Perkin Warbreck (age 25) and John Atwater were hanged at Tyburn [Map]. He was buried at Austin Friars.
On 8th June 1501 [her father] George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley (age 46) died. His son [her half-brother] Alexander succeeded 3rd Earl Huntley. Jean Stewart Countess Huntley (age 40) by marriage Countess Huntley.
On 27th June 1509 [her mother] Elizabeth Hay Countess Huntley (age 59) died.
In October 1537 Catherine Gordon died without issue.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 16 Grand Daughter of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Daughter of King John of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 20 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Alan Wyntoun
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Seton 1st Lord Seton 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Seton
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Seton 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Christian Cheney 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Alexander Seton 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandFather: Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Gordon
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Gordon
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon
Father: George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Crichton of Crichton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton
GrandMother: Elizabeth Crichton Countess Huntley
Catherine Gordon 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Hay 6th Baron Erroll
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hay 7th Baron Erroll
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Hay 1st Lord Hay 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Robert II of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stewart 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Hay 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
GrandFather: William Hay 1st Earl Erroll 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Mother: Elizabeth Hay Countess Huntley 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Hardy" Douglas 2nd Lord Douglas
Great x 3 Grandfather: James "Black" Douglas
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stewart Baroness Douglas
Great x 2 Grandfather: Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas
Great x 1 Grandfather: James "Gross" Douglas 7th Earl Douglas 1st Earl Avondale
Great x 3 Grandfather: Maurice de Moravia Strathearn 1st Earl Strathearn
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joanna Strathearn Countess Douglas
GrandMother: Beatrice Douglas Countess Erroll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney
Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrix Sinclair Countess Douglas and Avondale 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Archibald "Grim" Douglas 3rd Earl Douglas
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Nithsdale" Douglas
Great x 2 Grandmother: Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Robert II of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Princess Egidia Stewart 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland