page_title: Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Huntly
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Huntly / Family
caption_attribution_description: later Countess of Sutherland, painted on her marriage to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell.
context_page_description: Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Huntly, was a Scottish noblewoman and the wife of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, Scotland's leading Catholic magnate during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1562, Elizabeth encouraged her husband to raise forces against Queen Mary which led to his being outlawed, and after his death, his titles forfeited to the Crown. Elizabeth's son Sir John Gordon was executed for having taken part in his father's rebellion.
  She succeeded to the title of Countess of Huntly at her marriage on 27 March 1530, but like all Scottish married women in the sixteenth century would never have used her husband's surname. Her daughter, Lady Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell was the first wife of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
context_section_description: Elizabeth was born on an unknown day in 1513, in Dunnottar Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the eldest daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal and Lady Elizabeth Douglas. Her paternal grandparents were William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal and Elizabeth Gordon, and her maternal grandparents were John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton and Janet Crichton. Her brother was William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal (died 7 October 1581).
caption: Portrait of Lady Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell, daughter of Elizabeth Gordon. She was the first wife of James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
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