Gordon family

E124595
Scottish noble family

The Gordon family is a prominent Scottish noble lineage historically headed by the Marquess of Huntly and influential in the politics and society of northeast Scotland.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gordon family canonical 23
Hamilton-Gordon family 1
the Gordon family 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish noble family ⓘ
associatedClanTerritory Aberdeenshire ⓘ
Banffshire ⓘ
Strathbogie ⓘ
associatedWith Clan Gordon tartan ⓘ
Jacobite risings ⓘ
clanChiefTitle Chief of Clan Gordon ⓘ
clanWarCry A Gordon! A Gordon! ⓘ
coatOfArmsFeature three boars’ heads ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Scottish ⓘ
hasTitle Duke of Gordon ⓘ
Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
surface form: Earl of Huntly

Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
headedBy Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
hereditaryChiefshipOf Clan Gordon ⓘ
historicalImportance one of the most powerful families in northeast Scotland ⓘ
historicalPeakInfluenceCentury 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
historicalRole leading Catholic family in Scotland during the Reformation era ⓘ
major landowning family in northeast Scotland ⓘ
influentialIn Scottish politics ⓘ
Scottish society ⓘ
involvedIn Scottish Reformation conflicts ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
landedEstates Gordon Castle ⓘ
surface form: Gordon Castle estate

Huntly Castle ⓘ
surface form: Huntly estates
languageHistorical Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
motto Bydand ⓘ
mottoLanguage Scots ⓘ
mottoMeaning Abiding ⓘ
nobleHouseOf Clan Gordon ⓘ
nobleRankHighest ducal ⓘ
notableBranch Dukes of Gordon ⓘ
Earls of Aberdeen ⓘ
Marquesses of Huntly ⓘ
originCountry Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
politicalInfluenceArea Aberdeenshire politics ⓘ
Banffshire politics ⓘ
region Northeast Scotland ⓘ
religiousAffiliationHistorical Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialStatus peerage of Scotland ⓘ
supportedCause Jacobitism ⓘ
Royalist cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
traditionalSeat Gordon Castle ⓘ
Huntly Castle ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marquess of Huntly → associatedWith → Gordon family ⓘ
Marquess of Huntly → heldByFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
Catherine Gordon → partOf → Gordon family ⓘ
Earl of Aberdeen → nobleFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
Earl of Aberdeen → nobleFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
subject surface form: George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Gordon Square, London → namedAfter → Gordon family ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Gordon family
Lord George Gordon → nobleFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
Arms of Gordon, Marquess of Huntly → family → Gordon family ⓘ
Aboyne Castle → associatedWith → Gordon family ⓘ
Aboyne Castle → ownership → Gordon family ⓘ
Aboyne Castle → builtFor → Gordon family ⓘ
Gordon Institute of Business Science → namedAfter → Gordon family ⓘ
Marquessate of Aberdeen and Temair → associatedFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
Marquessate of Aberdeen and Temair → heldBy → Gordon family ⓘ
Fyvie Castle → ownedBy → Gordon family ⓘ
Lord Haddo → nobleFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
Lord Haddo → nobleFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hamilton-Gordon family
Haddo House → associatedWith → Gordon family ⓘ
Viscount Formartine → associatedWithFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
Gordon Square → namedAfter → Gordon family ⓘ
Lord Gordon of Haddo → nobleFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair → nobleFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure → nobleFamily → Gordon family ⓘ
Huntly → associatedWith → Gordon family ⓘ
Clan Sutherland → associatedFamily → Gordon family ⓘ