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 1501 [her future husband] James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray [aged 2] was created 1st Earl Moray by his father King James IV of Scotland [aged 27].

In August 1529 [her father] Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll [aged 43] succeeded 3rd Earl Argyll.

In August 1529 James Stewart 1st Earl of Moray [aged 30] and Elizabeth Campbell Countess Moray and Sutherland were married. She by marriage Countess Moray. She the daughter of Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll [aged 43] and Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll. He the illegitmate son of King James IV of Scotland and Janet Kennedy [aged 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 [aged 43] died. His son [her brother] Archibald [aged 22] succeeded 4th Earl Argyll.

On 1st January 1537 [her brother-in-law] King James V of Scotland [aged 24] and Madeleine Valois [aged 16] were married at Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral [Map]. She the daughter of King Francis I of France [aged 42] and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France. He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 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 [aged 39] was burned at the stake at Edinburgh Castle [Map] for conspiring against the [her brother-in-law] king's [aged 25] life. Her son, John 7th Lord Glamis Lyon [aged 16], was supposedly a witness to the burning.

In 1538 Adam Gordon Earl Sutherland died. His grandson [her future husband] John [aged 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 [aged 26] and Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [aged 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 [aged 41] and Antoinette Bourbon Duchess of Guise [aged 45]. He the son of King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor Queen Scotland [aged 48]. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 21st April 1541 [her brother] Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll [aged 34] and [her sister-in-law] Margaret Graham Countess Argyll were married. She by marriage Countess Argyll. She the daughter of William Graham 3rd Earl Menteith [aged 41]. He the son of [her father] Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll and [her mother] Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

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

After May 1544 John Gordon 11th Earl Sutherland [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 42] died at Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin. His son Alexander [aged 15] succeeded 12th Earl Sutherland. Jean Gordon Countess Bothwell and Sutherland [aged 21] by marriage Countess Sutherland.