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Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots’ marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell’s first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queen’s court. Daughters of the North reframes this turbulent period in history by focusing on Jean, who became Countess of Sutherland: the most powerful woman in the north.
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Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots’ marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell’s first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queen’s court. Daughters of the North reframes this turbulent period in history by focusing on Jean, who became Countess of Sutherland: the most powerful woman in the north.
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Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots

Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots

by Jennifer Morag Henderson
Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots
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Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots

Daughters of the North: Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots

by Jennifer Morag Henderson

Overview

Mary, Queen of Scots’ marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell’s first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queen’s court. Daughters of the North reframes this turbulent period in history by focusing on Jean, who became Countess of Sutherland: the most powerful woman in the north.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781913207755
Publisher: Sandstone Press
Publication date: 05/31/2022
Pages: 480
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

Jennifer Morag Henderson has had articles, short stories and poems published in magazines and anthologies, including Riptide (Two Ravens Press), Northwords Now, The Dalhousie Review, Gutter, by the BBC and others. As a playwright her work has been performed for the National Theatre of Scotland’s Five Minute Theatre project, and elsewhere. She holds an MA in English Language and Sociology from the University of Glasgow, and a Graduate degree from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

List of Illustrations ix

Introduction Jean Gordon 1

Part 1 The Marian Years 9

Chapter 1 The King of the North's Daughter: 1545-1561 11

Chapter 2 They Would Go to Aberdeen: 1562 29

Chapter 3 The Downfall of the House of Huntly: 1562-1564 48

Chapter 4 The Royal Court: 1565-1566 61

Chapter 5 Jean and Bothwell: 1566 80

Chapter 6 The Death of Darnley: 1566-1567 96

Chapter 7 Divorce: 1567 111

Chapter 8 North: 1567-1572 125

Chapter 9 Further North and Further Back: 1567-1573 145

Chapter 10 The House of Gordon: 1573-1575 163

Interlude: The Living Tomb, Mummification and Transcendental Peace 183

Part 2 The Gordon Years 185

Chapter 11 Death and Land: 1576-1581 187

Chapter 12 Neighbours: Two Companies of Pretty Men: 1582-1585 204

Chapter 13 Creachlarn: The Great Spoil and the Three Weddings: 1585-1590 221

Chapter 14 Jean's Two Nephews: 1589/90-1594 242

Part 1 A Grandson and a Nephew 242

Part 2 Another Nephew and Glenlivet 252

Chapter 15 Salt: 1595-1598 267

Chapter 16 Alex Ogilvie: Family and Clan: 1599-1603 286

Chapter 17 The Regulation of Noble Retinues: 1604/05-1610 303

Chapter 18 Plots and Mercenaries: 1611-1616/17 318

Part 1 The False Coiner 318

Part 2 Kringen: Viking Metal 329

Chapter 19 Donald Duaghal and the Triumph of the House of Sutherland: 1616-1624 345

Chapter 20 The Practical Juliet: 1625-1629 and After 379

Endnotes 403

Selected Bibliography 475

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