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Adam Gordon of Auchindoun (1545–1580) was a Scottish knight, younger brother of the Earl of Huntly and military leader during the Marian civil war on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots in north west Scotland. In Scottish ballad lore, Adam became known as Edom o'Gordon.

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Adam Gordon of Auchindoun

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Adam Gordon of Auchindoun (1545–1580) was a Scottish knight, younger brother of the Earl of Huntly and military leader during the Marian civil war on...

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Adam Gordon

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Adam Gordon may refer to: Adam Gordon of Auchindoun (1545–1580), Scottish soldier Lord Adam Gordon (British Army officer) (1726–1801), Scottish soldier...

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Patrick Gordon of Auchindoun

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Patrick Gordon of Auchindoun (1538–1594) was a Scottish landowner and rebel. He was a son of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Keith, a...

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Clan Gordon

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the Clan Ogilvy but passed to the Gordons in 1535. Adam Gordon of Auchindoun was the leader of a party of Gordons who torched the Forbes's Corgarff Castle...

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Adam Lindsay Gordon

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the son of Captain Adam Durnford Gordon and Harriet Gordon, his first cousin, both of whom were descended from Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, of the ballad...

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Marquess of Huntly

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of Scotland from 1498 to 1501. His younger son, the Hon. Adam Gordon, married Elizabeth, suo jure Countess of Sutherland. Their grandson, John Gordon...

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Edom o Gordon

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MacIntosh or The Burning of Auchindoun Clan Forbes Clan Gordon Corgarff Castle Lord Saltoun and Auchanachie or Auchanachie Gordon Poetry of Scotland Towie Castle...

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Clan Forbes

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the site of one of the most infamous events of the bitter feud between the Clan Forbes and Clan Gordon: a force under Adam Gordon of Auchindoun ravaged...

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Corgarff Castle

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and leased to the Forbes of Towie. In 1571 it was burned by their enemy, Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, resulting in the deaths of Margaret Campbell, Lady...

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1580 in Scotland

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Master of Works 27 October – Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, knight (born 1545) Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, chronicler (born c. 1532) Timeline of Scottish...

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Towie Castle

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by Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, resulting in the deaths of Lady Forbes, her children, and numerous others, and giving rise to the ballad Edom o Gordon, although...

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Nicolas Errington

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and execution of soldiers loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots, (at Cramond Bridge), who were going north to join with Adam Gordon of Auchindoun. Mary's supporters...

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Lord Methven

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during the Marian Civil War. She was worried that Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, a supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots, was coming to Arbroath. At this time she...

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Marian civil war

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been personal friends of Moray and John Knox. Meanwhile, in the north of Scotland, Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, brother of the Earl of Huntly, fought for the...

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Battle of Corrichie

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to Aberdeen and executed three days later. A younger brother Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, also captured at Corrichie, was spared. The Earls body was preserved...

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Battle of Craibstone

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men, commanded two bands of musketeers called "hagbutters." Their whole strength was about 800 men. Adam Gordon of Auchindoun and Captain Ker had 900 men...

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Earl of Aboyne

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Earl of Aboyne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, borne in the Gordon family (see the Marquess of Huntly for earlier history of the family). There...

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Glenbervie House

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1496. Further alterations were undertaken in the 15th century. Adam Gordon of Auchindoun laid siege to Glenbervie in 1572 and captured the castle during...

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Viscount Aboyne

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the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 20 April 1632 for George Gordon, Earl of Enzie, eldest son of George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, with...

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Henrietta Stewart

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Marquess of Douglas. George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, and Earl of Enzie. Francis Gordon (d. 1620) Adam Gordon of Aboyne, and later of Auchindoun Laurence...

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