Editing Huntly Castle (section)

===John Gordon, Earl of Sutherland===
[[John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland]] and his wife Marion Seton were poisoned at [[Helmsdale|Helmsdale Castle]] in 1567 by Isobel Sinclair, the wife of Gordon of Gartly.<ref>Fraser, William, ed., [https://archive.org/details/sutherlandbook01fras ''Sutherland Book'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1892), pp. 121-4, 127-9]</ref> Isobel Seton's own son also died, but the fifteen-year-old heir of Sutherland, [[Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl of Sutherland|Alexander Gordon]] was unharmed. He was made to marry the Earl of Caithness' daughter Barbara Sinclair. In 1569 he escaped from the Sinclairs to Huntly Castle and remained at Huntly until he came of age in 1573. Barbara Sinclair died, and Alexander Gordon, now [[Earl of Sutherland]], married [[Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell|Jean Gordon]], former wife of the [[James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell|Earl of Bothwell]], who had also found a refuge at Huntly Castle.<ref>Margaret Sanderson, ''Mary Stewart's People'' (Mercat Press: Edinburgh, 1987), pp. 42-3.</ref>