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Biography of Catherine Gordon -1537

Paternal Family Tree: Wyntoun aka Seton

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Graham Countess Ross

1497 Perkin Warbreck Rebellion

1497 Perkin Warbreck Plot

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).

Perkin Warbreck Rebellion

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."

Perkin Warbreck Plot

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.

Trial and Execution of Perkin Warbreck and Edward Earl of Warwick

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.

Royal Ancestors of Catherine Gordon -1537

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

Ancestors of Catherine Gordon -1537

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 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 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