Biography of Elizabeth Campbell Countess Moray and Sutherland -1547

Elizabeth Campbell Countess Moray and Sutherland was born to Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll and Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll.

In August 1529 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray (age 30) and Elizabeth Campbell Countess Moray and Sutherland were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll (age 43) and Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll. He the illegitmate son of King James IV of Scotland and Janet Kennedy (age 49). They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 9th October 1529 [her father] Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll (age 43) died. His son [her brother] Archibald (age 22) succeeded 4th Earl Argyll.

In 1535 [her brother-in-law] King James V of Scotland (age 22) was appointed 297th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 43).

On 1st January 1537 [her brother-in-law] King James V of Scotland (age 24) and Madeleine Valois (age 16) were married at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of King Francis I of France (age 42) and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France. He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 47). They were third cousin once removed. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 17th July 1537 Janet Douglas Lady Glamis (age 39) was burned at the stake at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for conspiring against the [her brother-in-law] king's (age 25) life. Her son, John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon (age 16), was supposedly a witness to the burning.

In 1538 Adam Gordon Earl Sutherland died. His grandson [her future husband] John (age 13) succeeded 11th Earl Sutherland. Elizabeth Campbell Countess Moray and Sutherland by marriage Countess Sutherland.

On 18th June 1538 [her brother-in-law] King James V of Scotland (age 26) and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland (age 22) were married at St Andrew's Cathedral Priory, St Andrew's. She by marriage Queen Consort Scotland. She the daughter of Claude Lorraine 1st Duke Guise (age 41) and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise (age 45). He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland (age 48). They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1544 [her husband] James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray (age 45) died.

After May 1544 John Gordon 11th Earl Sutherland (age 19) and Elizabeth Campbell Countess Moray and Sutherland were married. She the daughter of Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll and Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 4th May 1546 Elizabeth Sutherland 10th Countess Sutherland died. Her grandson [her husband] John (age 21) succeeded 11th Earl Sutherland. Elizabeth Campbell Countess Moray and Sutherland by marriage Countess Sutherland.

In 1547 Elizabeth Campbell Countess Moray and Sutherland died.

In 1548 [her former husband] John Gordon 11th Earl Sutherland (age 23) and Helen or Eleanor Stewart Countess Erroll and Sutherland were married. She by marriage Countess Sutherland. She the daughter of John Stewart 3rd Earl Lennox and Isabel or Elizabeth Stewart Countess Lennox (age 53). They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

After February 1566 [her former husband] John Gordon 11th Earl Sutherland (age 41) and Marie Seton Countess Menteith and Sutherland were married. She by marriage Countess Sutherland. They were sixth cousins.

On 23rd June 1567 [her former husband] John Gordon 11th Earl Sutherland (age 42) died at Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin. His son Alexander (age 15) succeeded 12th Earl Sutherland. Jean Gordon Countess Bothwell and Sutherland (age 21) by marriage Countess Sutherland.