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Colin Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland 1435–1493 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Sep 1435

Birth Location: Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland

Death Date: 10 May 1493

Death Location: Tullibardine Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Father: Sir Argyll

Mother: Lady Somerville

Spouse(s): Isabel Stewart

Children(s): Sir Campbell, Archibald Campbell, Elizabeth "Oliphant", Archibald Argyll, Mary Campbell, Isabell "Drummond", Colin Campbell, John Campbell, Duncan Campbell, Donald Campbell, Margaret Argyll, Margaret Campbell, Catharine Campbell, Duncan CAMPBELL, Margaret Lady, Elisabeth Campbell, Colin Campbell, Catherine Campbell, Isobel CAMPBELL, Isabel Campbell, Marion Glenorchy, Isabelle Campbell, Thomas Lundie, Helen "Montgomery", Elisabeth Campbell, Isabel Campbell, Agnes Campbell, Helen Eglinton, Agnes Campbell, Helena Campbell, Catherine "Maclean""Macleod"

Colin Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland was born in 1435 in Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Archibald Gillespie Baron Of Campbell Lord Of Lochawe 2Nd Earl Of Argyll And Lady Elizabeth De Somerville. Colin Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland married Isabel Elizabeth Stewart, and had children including Agnes Campbell, Archibald Campbell, Archibald Campbell Ii Earl Of Argyll, Catharine Campbell, Catherine Campbell, Catherine Campbell Of Argyll Maclean Macleod, Colin Campbell, Donald Campbell, Duncan Campbell, Duncan Glenorchy Campbell, Elisabeth Campbell, Elizabeth Campbell Of Argyll Oliphant, Helen Campbell Lady Of Argyll Countess Of Eglinton, Helen Campbell Of Argyll Montgomery, Helena Campbell, Isabel Elizabeth Campbell, Isabell Campbell Of Argyll Drummond, Isabelle Campbell, Isobel Campbell, John Thomas Campbell, Margaret Campbel Lady, Margaret Campbell, Margaret Campbell Of Argyll, Marion Helen Mariota Campbell Stewart Of Glenorchy, Mary Campbell, Sir Duncan Campbell, Thomas Campbell I Of Lundie. Colin Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland passed away in 1493 in Tullibardine Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Colin Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland was born in 1435 in Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Archibald Gillespie Baron Of Campbell Lord Of Lochawe 2Nd Earl Of Argyll And Lady Elizabeth De Somerville.
  • Colin Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland married Isabel Elizabeth Stewart, and had children including Agnes Campbell, Archibald Campbell, Archibald Campbell Ii Earl Of Argyll, Catharine Campbell, Catherine Campbell, Catherine Campbell Of Argyll Maclean Macleod, Colin Campbell, Donald Campbell, Duncan Campbell, Duncan Glenorchy Campbell, Elisabeth Campbell, Elizabeth Campbell Of Argyll Oliphant, Helen Campbell Lady Of Argyll Countess Of Eglinton, Helen Campbell Of Argyll Montgomery, Helena Campbell, Isabel Elizabeth Campbell, Isabell Campbell Of Argyll Drummond, Isabelle Campbell, Isobel Campbell, John Thomas Campbell, Margaret Campbel Lady, Margaret Campbell, Margaret Campbell Of Argyll, Marion Helen Mariota Campbell Stewart Of Glenorchy, Mary Campbell, Sir Duncan Campbell, Thomas Campbell I Of Lundie.
  • Colin Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland passed away in 1493 in Tullibardine Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Argyll
1405–1440
Birth Location: Castle Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland
SA
Lady Somerville
1413–1448
Birth Location: Cowthally Castle, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LS

Spouses(s)

Isabel Stewart
1437–1510
Birth Location: Castle Glenorchy, Lorne, Argyllshire, Scotland
IS

Children(s)

Sir Campbell
1455–1513
Birth Location: Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Archibald Campbell
1460–1513
Birth Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland
AC
Elizabeth "Oliphant"
1458–1516
Birth Location: Ardkinglass, Lochgoilhead, Argyll, Scotland
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Archibald Argyll
1460–1513
Birth Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland
AA
Mary Campbell
1472–1546
Birth Location: Balveny, Fife, Scotland
MC
Isabell "Drummond"
1470–1493
Birth Location: Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland
I"
Colin Campbell
1457–1509
Birth Location: Lochowe, Argyllshire, Scotland
CC
John Campbell
1462–1510
Birth Location: Lochgoihead, Argyll, Scotland
JC
Duncan Campbell
1455–1513
Birth Location: Ardkenglass, Argyll, Scotland
DC
Donald Campbell
1450–1558
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland
DC
Margaret Argyll
1468–1481
Birth Location: Inveraray, Argyll, and, Bute, Scotland
MA
Margaret Campbell
1456–1494
Birth Location: Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
MC
Catharine Campbell
1460–
Birth Location: –
CC
Duncan CAMPBELL
1455–1513
Birth Location: Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland
DC
Margaret Lady
1456–1530
Birth Location: Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland
ML
Elisabeth Campbell
1462–1520
Birth Location: –
EC
Colin Campbell
1457–1509
Birth Location: Lochowe, Argyllshire, Scotland
CC
Catherine Campbell
1460–1498
Birth Location: Eglinton Castle, North Ayrshire, Scotland
CC
Isobel CAMPBELL
1454–1516
Birth Location: Argyll and, Bute, Scotland
IC
Isabel Campbell
1458–1518
Birth Location: Nisbet, Ayrshire, Scotland
IC
Marion Glenorchy
1456–1537
Birth Location: Lettir, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
MG
Isabelle Campbell
1458–1519
Birth Location: Lochow, Argyl, Scotland
IC
Thomas Lundie
1455–1513
Birth Location: Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland
TL
Helen "Montgomery"
1460–1528
Birth Location: Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
H"
Elisabeth Campbell
1462–1520
Birth Location: New Byth, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
EC
Isabel Campbell
1474–1518
Birth Location: Ardinglass, Lochgoihead, Argylishire, Scotland
IC
Agnes Campbell
1461–1536
Birth Location: Argyll, Scotland
AC
Helen Eglinton
1465–1528
Birth Location: Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
HE
Agnes Campbell
1461–1555
Birth Location: Castle Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland
AC
Helena Campbell
1465–1528
Birth Location: Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
HC
Catherine "Maclean""Macleod"
1451–1516
Birth Location: Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire,Scotland
C"

Colin Scotland's Ancestors

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Colin Scotland
1435–1493
Birth Place: Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Archibald Gillespie, Baron of Campbell, Lord of Lochawe, 2nd Earl of Argyll
1405–1440
Castle Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth de) Somerville
1413–1448
Cowthally Castle, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Duncan Campbell
1373–1453
Castle Lochowe, Argyll, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Marjory Marcelline of Ardgowan (Campbell)) Stewart
1397–1459
Argyll, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Colin Scotland's Descendants

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Colin (Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of) Scotland (10 Sep 1435–10 May 1493) m. Isabel (Elizabeth) Stewart (Jan 1437–26 Oct 1510)
  1. 1. Sir (Duncan) Campbell 1455–1513 m. Lady (Margaret) Moncrieff 1456–1505 m. Elizabeth Stewart 1465–1529
    1. 1. Sir (Lord Coileáin CAMPBELL 1st Earl of Argyll , Lord High Chancellor Of) Scotland 1480–1523
    2. 2. (Sir) (Colin) Campbell 1481–1523 m. Princess (Marjory, Baroness Campbell, Stewart) (Campbell) 1485–1523 m. Lady (Marjory Baroness of Campbell) Stewart 1490–1524 m. Princess (Marjory, Baroness Campbell, Stewart) (Campbell) 1490–1524 m. Princess (Marjory, Baroness Campbell, Stewart) (Campbell) 1490–1524
      1. 1. Sir (Colin "The Grey Laird" 6th Laird) Glenorchy 1512–1583 m. Margaret Stewart 1520–1550 m. (Lady) (Katherine) Ruthven 1520–1580
        1. 1. James Cunningham 1555–1630 m. Margaretha Campbell 1550–1610 m. Agnes Hay 1582–1630 m. Margaret Campbell 1550–1609
        2. 2. Margaretha Campbell 1550–1610 m. James Cunningham 1555–1630 m. John Wallace 1553–1586 m. Sir (George) Campbell 1550–1622 m. James (7th Earl of Glencairn, 7th Lord Kilmaurs) Cuninghame 1550–1630 m. James (Cunningham 7th Earl van) Glencairn 1550–1630 m. Hector Maclean 1550–1614 m. Archibald Cunningham 1550–1580 m. Thomas Boyd 1544–1611
        3. 3. Maria ((Mary)) CAMPBELL 1572–1618
        4. 4. Maria Campbell 1574–1606
        5. 5. Lady (Katherine Mariot) Campbell 1563–1640
        6. 6. Patrick (of Auchinyre) Campbell 1556–1622
        7. 7. Mary Campbell 1572–1618
        8. 8. Beatrix Campbell 1655–1619
        9. 9. George Graham –1576
        10. 10. Archibald Campbell 1559–1630
        11. 11. Anna Campbell 1565–1589
        12. 12. Beatrice Campbell 1557–
        13. 13. Colin Campbell 1557–1631
        14. 14. Janet (MacEvir) Campbell 1563–1633
        15. 15. Eliz. 1565–1579
    3. 3. Catharina (Katherine) Campbell 1510–1577
    4. 4. Catherine Campbell 1488–1577 m. Willem (Murray Liard van) Tullibardine 1495–1562
      1. 1. Annabella Murray 1555–1603
      2. 2. Jean (Jonette) Murray 1541–1614
      3. 3. Sir (William) Murray 1520–1583
      4. 4. James Murray 1534–1592
      5. 5. Eupheme Murray 1547–1596
    5. 5. John Campbell 1506–1589
    6. 6. William (Bruce) Campbell 1487–1584
    7. 7. Isabel Campbell 1489–1529
    8. 8. Auchenbreck Campbell 1480–1552
    9. 9. Dame (Annabella Campbell Lady) Caprington 1512–1575
    10. 10. Archibald Campbell 1483–1552
    11. 11. Sir (James) Campbell 1500–1562
    12. 12. Jean Campbell 1295–1350
    13. 13. Janet (Mary) Campbell 1481–1567
    14. 14. Dougal Campbell 1474–1588
    15. 15. Donald Campbell 1510–1580
    16. 16. Jean (Moir) Campbell 1498–
    17. 17. Archibald (Glenlyon) CAMPBELL 1482–1685
    18. 18. Margaret (Sarah) Campbell 1485–1555
    19. 19. Elizabeth Campbell 1487–1575
    20. 20. Elizabeth Campbell 1481–1567
    21. 21. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth) CAMPBELL 1495–1535
    22. 22. Jeanette Campbell 1480–1546
    23. 23. Elizabeth Campbell 1481–1567
    24. 24. Laird ((Ian) John of Calder) Campbell 1479–1546
    25. 25. Lady (Catherine) Campbell 1498–1577
    26. 26. Annabell (Margaret) Campbell 1493–1550
    27. 27. Colin Campbell 1486–1529
    28. 28. John Campbell 1490–1546
    29. 29. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth) Campbell 1481–1550
    30. 30. Countess (of Montrose Lady Catherine) Campbell 1488–1577
    31. 31. Donald Campbell 1492–1562
    32. 32. Jane Campbell 1498–
    33. 33. Marjory Campbell 1486–1535
    34. 34. Gillespie (Archibald) Campbell 1466–1513
    35. 35. Patrick Campbell 1484–1507
    36. 36. Patrick Campbell 1484–1507
  2. 2. Archibald Campbell 1460–1513
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Campbell of Argyll) "Oliphant" 1458–1516
  4. 4. Archibald (Campbell II Earl of) Argyll 1460–1513
  5. 5. Mary Campbell 1472–1546
  6. 6. Isabell (Campbell of Argyll) "Drummond" 1470–1493
  7. 7. Colin Campbell 1457–1509
  8. 8. John (Thomas) Campbell 1462–1510
  9. 9. Duncan Campbell 1455–1513
  10. 10. Donald Campbell 1450–1558
  11. 11. Margaret (Campbell of) Argyll 1468–1481
  12. 12. Margaret Campbell 1456–1494
  13. 13. Catharine Campbell 1460–
  14. 14. Duncan (Glenorchy) CAMPBELL 1455–1513
  15. 15. Margaret (Campbel) Lady 1456–1530
  16. 16. Elisabeth Campbell 1462–1520
  17. 17. Colin Campbell 1457–1509
  18. 18. Catherine Campbell 1460–1498
  19. 19. Isobel CAMPBELL 1454–1516
  20. 20. Isabel (Elizabeth) Campbell 1458–1518
  21. 21. Marion (Helen Mariota Campbell Stewart of) Glenorchy 1456–1537 m. William (Stewart 2nd Laird of) Baldorran 1455–1513
    1. 1. Lady (Agnes) Stewart 1478–1530
  22. 22. Isabelle Campbell 1458–1519
  23. 23. Thomas (Campbell I of) Lundie 1455–1513
  24. 24. Helen (Campbell of Argyll) "Montgomery" 1460–1528
  25. 25. Elisabeth Campbell 1462–1520
  26. 26. Isabel (Elizabeth) Campbell 1474–1518
  27. 27. Agnes Campbell 1461–1536
  28. 28. Helen (Campbell Lady of Argyll, Countess of) Eglinton 1465–1528
  29. 29. Agnes Campbell 1461–1555
  30. 30. Helena Campbell 1465–1528
  31. 31. Catherine (Campbell of Argyll) "Maclean""Macleod" 1451–1516

Colin Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1435
10 Sep 1435
Birth of Colin Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland in Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland
Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland
1493
10 May 1493
Age 58
Death of Colin Archibald (Coileain) Campbell I Earl of Argyll, Lord High Chancellor of Scotland in Tullibardine Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Tullibardine Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Sep 1435
    Event Place: Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Argyllshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 May 1493
    Event Place: Tullibardine Castle, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
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