Clan Gordon

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Highland clan Scottish clan

Clan Gordon is a powerful and historically influential Scottish Highland clan, prominent in the northeast of Scotland and long involved in national politics, warfare, and noble titles.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Clan Gordon canonical 16
Gordon clan 1
House of Gordon 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Highland clan ⓘ
Scottish clan ⓘ
associatedRiver River Deveron ⓘ
River Spey ⓘ
associatedTown Huntly ⓘ
clanBadge Ivy ⓘ
clanChief Grantham Charles Gordon-Lennox, 12th Duke of Lennox ⓘ
Grantham Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Gordon (chief of the name and arms of Gordon) ⓘ
Grantham Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond ⓘ
clanChiefResidence Goodwood House ⓘ
clanChiefTitle Duke of Gordon ⓘ
Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
surface form: Earl of Huntly

Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
clanMotto Bydand ⓘ
clanMottoLanguage Scots ⓘ
clanMottoMeaning Abiding ⓘ
clanPipeMusic Cock o’ the North ⓘ
The Gordon’s March ⓘ
clanPlantBadge Ivy ⓘ
clanSlogan An Gordonach ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
historicalRole Leading Catholic and later Episcopalian clan ⓘ
Major force in northeast Scottish politics ⓘ
Powerful noble family in medieval and early modern Scotland ⓘ
historicSeat Gordon Castle ⓘ
Huntly Castle ⓘ
notableConflict Anglo-Scottish border conflicts ⓘ
Jacobite risings ⓘ
Scottish Civil War ⓘ
First War of Scottish Independence ⓘ
surface form: Wars of Scottish Independence
notableMember Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly ⓘ
Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon ⓘ
Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
surface form: George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly ⓘ
origin Lowland origins with later Highland power base ⓘ
region Northeast of Scotland ⓘ
religiousAlignment Historically Catholic ⓘ
Later Episcopalian ⓘ
tartan Gordon Ancient ⓘ
Gordon Dress ⓘ
Gordon Modern ⓘ
Gordon Weathered ⓘ
titleHeld Duke of Gordon ⓘ
Earl of Aberdeen ⓘ
Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
surface form: Earl of Huntly

Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
Marquess of Huntly ⓘ
surface form: Viscount of Aboyne
traditionalAlly Clan Hay ⓘ
Clan Seton ⓘ
traditionalRival Clan Forbes ⓘ
Clan Keith ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Marquess of Huntly → associatedWith → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Marquess of Huntly → clanChiefTitleOf → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Marquess of Huntly → clanChiefOf → Clan Gordon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gordon clan
Marquess of Huntly → associatedWith → Clan Gordon ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Gordon
Earl of Aberdeen → associatedWith → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Scottish clans → hasPart → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Clan Forbes → historicalRival → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Forbes family → clanRival → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Gordon family → nobleHouseOf → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Gordon family → hereditaryChiefshipOf → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Arms of Gordon, Marquess of Huntly → associatedWith → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Arms of Gordon, Marquess of Huntly → clanChiefArmsOf → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Arms of Gordon, Marquess of Huntly → clan → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Huntly Castle → associatedWith → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Clan Grant → alliedClan → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Gordon Highlanders → associatedWith → Clan Gordon ⓘ
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen → nobleFamily → Clan Gordon ⓘ
Huntly → historicallyControlledBy → Clan Gordon ⓘ