Sir John de Moravia, 7th Earl of Sutherland

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John de Moravia, 7th Earl of Sutherland

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Birthplace: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
Death: 1460 (65-75)
Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert de Moravia, 6th Earl of Sutherland and Margaret Stewart, of Buchan
Husband of Unknown de Moravia and Margaret Baillie
Father of Thomas Mor Sutherland; Alexander, Master of Sutherland; John, 8th Earl of Sutherland; Nicholas Sutherland; Thomas Beg Sutherland and 2 others
Brother of Alexander Sutherland of Dunbeath and Robert, Master of Sutherland

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About Sir John de Moravia, 7th Earl of Sutherland

http://www.archive.org/stream/heraldryofmurray00john#page/4/mode/2up Page 5 No. 20

(20) John, seventh Earl of Sutherland, B-P died 1460. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir William Baillie of Lamington, and had four sons:

  • 20(a) Alexander, Master of Sutherland, died v.p. and s.p. before 1456.
  • 20(b) John (No. 21 below).
  • 20(c) Nicolas Sutherland.
  • 20(d) Thomas Beg Sutherland.

He had also a natural son:

20(e) Thomas More, who had two sons, killed by the eighth Earl of Sutherland.

Burke's Peerage entry -

JOHN SUTHERLAND, 7th Earl of Sutherland; born c 1390; knighted 1408; married by 1342 Margaret (died 1510), a famous beauty, daughter of Sir William Baillie of Lamington, and had:

  • 1a Alexander, Master of Sutherland; died in the lifetime of the father by 22 Feb 1455/6
  • 2a JOHN, 8th Earl
  • 3a Nicholas, living 1448
  • 4a Thomas Beg (‘The Little'); allegedly ancestor of the SUTHERLANDs OF STRATHALLIE
  • 5a Robert, living 1487
  • 1a Janet; married Alexander Dunbar, 3rd son of Sir Alexander Dunbar of Westfield (see DUNBAR OF MOCHRUM, Bt), and had issue
  • The 7th EARL died c 1460; his eldest surviving son,
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Sir John de Moravia, 7th Earl of Sutherland's Timeline

1390
1390
Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
1433
1433
Dunbeath, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
1452
1452
Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland
1454
1454
Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland
1455
1455
1460
1460
Age 70
Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
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