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John Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl 1478–1521 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1478

Birth Location: Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland/

Death Date: 09 SEPTEMBER 1521

Death Location: Flodden Field, Northumberland, England

Father: John Stewart

Mother: Eleanor Atholl

Spouse(s): Lady Atholl, Janet Campbell

Children(s): Lady Methven

In 1478, John Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl entered the world in Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland, born to John Stewart And Eleanor Sinclair Lady Countess Atholl. John Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl married Janet Campbell, Lady Janet Campbell Countess Of Atholl, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Elspeth Stewart Countess Methven. John Stewart/ Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl passed away in 1521 in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • In 1478, John Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl entered the world in Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland/, born to John Stewart And Eleanor Sinclair Lady Countess Atholl.
  • John Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl married Janet Campbell, Lady Janet Campbell Countess Of Atholl, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Elspeth Stewart Countess Methven.
  • John Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl passed away in 1521 in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Atholl's Ancestors

Self
John Atholl
1478–1521
Birth Place: Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland/
Parents
John Stewart
1440–1512
Glenrothes, Scotland
Eleanor (Sinclair Lady Countess) Atholl
1457–1519
Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Stewart
1383–1451
Innermeath, , Argyllshire, Scotland
Joan (Beaufort Queen Consort of) Scotland
1402–1440
Westminster, London, England
Sir (William Sinclair, Earl of Caithness and Orkney,) KT
1404–1480
Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
Marjory Sutherland
1441–1479
Alban,
Great-Grandparents
John Sir
1316–1421
Isabel Ergadia
1362–1439
John Beaufort
1371–1409
Margaret DeHoland
1371–1439
Henry Sinclair
1389–1422
Egidia Orkney
1391–1438
Alexander Sutherland
1395–1458
Marione Ile
1410–1504
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Stewart
1284–1387
Macdougall
–1325
John MacAlan
1317–1356
Jeanette Isaac
1337–1382
John Lancaster
1340–1398
Katherine Swynford
1350–1403
Thomas DeHoland
1354–1397
Alice Alan
1355–1416
Henry Shetland
1345–1404
Janet Halyburton
1355–1400
Sir Border
1364–1392
Egidia Stewart
1368–1388
Robert Sutherland
1347–1427
Margaret Countess
1373–1439
Donald Ile
1384–1440
Mariota Leslie
1386–1435

John Atholl's Descendants

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John (Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of) Atholl (1478–09 SEPTEMBER 1521) m. Lady (Janet Campbell, Countess of) Atholl (1480–2 Feb 1546) m. Janet Campbell (1495–1544)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Elspeth Stewart Countess) Methven 1505–1579 m. Henry Stewart 1500–1544 m. Hew Kennedy 1500–1565 m. William Sutherland 1501–1543 m. Alexander Gordon 1501–1528 m. Malcolm (Lord) Fleming 1497–1547 m. Hew Kennedy 1500–1565
    1. 1. Dorothea (Stewart Lady Baroness Ruthven Countess) Gowrie 1551–1627 m. William (Ruthven) Gowrie 1541–1584
      1. 1. William Roffin 1584–1674 m. Elizabeth Jewry 1621–1680 m. Elizabeth Prime 1648–
        1. 1. ROBERT (RUFFIN I Sr, justice of the peace, high sheriff, enslaver (8+) (christian &) negro) 1646–1693 m. ELIZABETH (WATKINS PRIME widow Captain George Watkins, enslaver) (1) 1648–1714
      2. 2. Mary Ruthven 1552–1586
      3. 3. Beautrix Ruthven 1573–1618
      4. 4. Lilian Ruthven 1526–1579
      5. 5. Margaret Ruthven 1577–1618
      6. 6. James Ruthven 1575–1588
      7. 7. Sophia Ruthven 1565–1590
      8. 8. Isabel Ruthven 1577–1616
      9. 9. Patrick Ruthven 1578–1652
      10. 10. Barbra Ruthven 1574–1625
      11. 11. Elizabeth Ruthven 1571–1617
      12. 12. Dorthea Ruthven 1570–1612
      13. 13. Alexander Ruthven 1569–1621
      14. 14. John Ruthven 1577–1600
      15. 15. Katherine Ruthven 1564–1580
      16. 16. Patrick Ruthven 1564–1570

John Atholl's Timeline

3 Records

1478
1478
Birth of John Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl in Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland/
Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland/
1513
09 SEPTEMBER 1513
Age 35
Death of John Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England
Flodden Field, Northumberland, England
1521
09 SEPTEMBER 1521
Age 43
Death of John Stewart Sir 2nd Earl of Atholl in Flodden Field, Northumberland, England
Flodden Field, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1478
    Event Place: Balveny Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland/
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Coldingham
    Record Source: Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 SEPTEMBER 1513
    Event Place: Flodden Field, Northumberland, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 09 SEPTEMBER 1521
    Event Place: Flodden Field, Northumberland, England

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