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Countess of Sutherland was that the Earl of Caithness should recover Dunrobin Castle from the hands of Alexander Sutherland as quickly as possible. The Earl of Caithness was also to support and defend the Earl and Countess of Sutherland in their possession of the earldom. They also bound themselves to maintain and defend Caithness in his earldom. If Dunrobin Castle could not be speedily won then the Earl and Countess of Sutherland were to take refuge in any stronghold Caithness could provide for them in his territory.
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According to Gordon, in 1518, Alexander
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Sutherland. However, William Fraser disputes this version of events as it can be proved that Alexander Sutherland was in prison in the year of 1517 when the battle is supposed to have taken place and he was not released until 1518. According to early 20th-century historian Angus Mackay, the Battle
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which was the seat of the Earl and
Countess of Sutherland. However, according to Fraser, according to a bond of friendship with the Earl of Caithness dated September 1516, Alexander Sutherland at that time was actually in possession of Dunrobin Castle. In the agreement, one of the clauses from the
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of the lands and earldom of
Sutherland, but he was not able to produce this charter and so the jury accordingly proceeded with the service upon which a crown precept followed and Elizabeth Sutherland was given the lands on 30 June 1515, after which she and her husband were immediately known as the
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who died in 1508. He was initially succeeded by his son, John
Sutherland, 9th Earl of Sutherland. However, having inherited his father's mental illness, the 9th Earl declared that his sister Elizabeth and her husband Adam Gordon, and their children were his nearest heirs. The 9th Earl died a month
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to object to the proceedings. Sir Robert Gordon assumed
Alexander Sutherland to be the rightful heir. Among the claims made by Alexander Sutherland's procurator was that Alexander Sutherland himself could not safely come to Inverness to oppose the service on account of the tyranny of the Earl of
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Huntly. Both Adam Gordon and the Earl of Huntly then gave assurance that
Alexander Sutherland should have safe conduct to Inverness. However, he still does not appear to have attended. The only claim Mr Robert Munro made was that of the alleged existence of an
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and was buried there. According to Sir Robert Gordon, she had been "a lady of good judgement, and great modestie". Her husband Adam Gordon died on 17 March 1537-8 also in Aboyne and was buried beside his wife.
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The 9th Earl died in July 1514 and it was not until 3 October 1514 that his sister
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