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Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1390 – 1454 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1390

Birth Location: Lochawe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Death Date: 1454

Death Location: Kirk Kilmun, Loch, Scotland

Father: Sir Cambel,

Mother: Countess Drummond,

Spouse(s): Marjory Stewart, Lady Stewart,

Children(s): Sir Campbell,, Mary Campbell, Annes Campbell, Sir Campbell,, Duncan Campbell,, Neil Campbell

The story of Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I began in 1390 in Lochawe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I married Marjory (Marcelline) Stewart, Lady Margaret Margaretha Stewart,, and had children including Sir Archibald Gillespic Campbell,, Mary Campbell, Annes Campbell, Sir Colin Black Campbell,, Duncan Campbell,, Neil Campbell. Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I passed away in 1454 in Kirk Kilmun, Loch, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I began in 1390 in Lochawe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
  • Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I married Marjory (Marcelline) Stewart, Lady Margaret Margaretha Stewart,, and had children including Sir Archibald Gillespic Campbell,, Mary Campbell, Annes Campbell, Sir Colin Black Campbell,, Duncan Campbell,, Neil Campbell.
  • Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I passed away in 1454 in Kirk Kilmun, Loch, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Cambel,
1344 – 1413
Birth Location: Lochnow, Scotland
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Countess Drummond,
1324 – 1375
Birth Location: Scotland
CD

Spouses(s)

Marjory Stewart
1370 – 1432
Birth Location: Lorn, Argyllshire, Scotland
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Lady Stewart,
1397 – 1460
Birth Location: Inverkip, Renfrewshire, Scotland
LS

Children(s)

Sir Campbell,
1405 – 1440
Birth Location: Scotland
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Mary Campbell
1410 –
Birth Location: Lochow, Argyll, Scotland
MC
Annes Campbell
1421 – 1456
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Lorn, Scotland
AC
Sir Campbell,
1425 – 1475
Birth Location: Kilchurn Castle, Glenorchy, Scotland
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Duncan Campbell,
1431 – 1462
Birth Location: Glossary, Argyll, Scotland
DC
Neil Campbell
1432 – 1470
Birth Location: Argyll, Scotland
NC

Sir Campbell,'s Ancestors

Self
Sir Campbell,
1390 – 1454
Birth Place: Lochawe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Parents
Sir Colin "the Good Knight" "Longantach" Campbell Cambel,
1344 – 1413
Lochnow, Scotland
Countess (Mariota Margaret "Mary") Drummond,
1324 – 1375
Scotland
Grandparents
Archibald (More 'Gillespic') Campbel,
1320 – 1394
Lochow, Argyllshire, Schotland
Isabella (Maria Laigmani Menteth) Lamont
1318 – 1364
Lochow, Argylshire, Scotland
Sir (John III) Drummond,
1318 – 1373
Stobhall, Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Mary Margaret 'the Maid of Montifex' Mariota of) Glenurchy
1328 – 1357
Glen Orchy, Argyll, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cambel,
1283 – 1342
Helena Menteith
Sir Lamont,
1298 – 1353
Sir Drummond,
1304 – 1346
Amanda Graham
1299 – 1358
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cambel,
1258 – 1316
Lady Crawford
1260 – 1320
Malmory Lamont,
1250 – 1294
Sir Drummond,
1285 – 1325
Margaret Graham
1290 –
Patrick Graham
1246 – 1296
Maria Bisset
1248 – 1348

Sir Campbell,'s Descendants

1.
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Sir (Duncan 'The Fortunate') Campbell, (1390 – 1454) m. Marjory ((Marcelline)) Stewart (11 Jul 1370 – 1 Aug 1432) m. Lady (Margaret Margaretha) Stewart, (7 Apr 1397 – 4 Mar 1460)
  1. 1. Sir (Archibald Gillespic) Campbell, (1405 – Mar 1440) m. Elisabeth Somerville (1415 – )
    1. 1. Archibald (Campbell) Clan (1427 – )
    2. 2. Elizabeth (d'Arnot) Campbell (1430 – 1460)
    3. 3. Sir (Colin Coileáin) Campbell, (19 SEP 1433 – 10 May 1493) m. Lady (Isabel Elizabeth) Stewart, (Jan 1437 – 26 Oct 1510)
      1. 1. Margaretha (Margaret) Campbell (25 Feb 1455 – 1530) m. George Seton, (1449 – 16 Apr 1508)
        1. 1. Sir (George III) Seton, (1481 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Janet Hepburn, (January 1485 – 10 May 1558)
      2. 2. Lady (Elizabeth Isabel Loudon Campbell) Ruthven (17 Apr 1459 – 14 Dec 1518) m. Robert Erskine, (March 1458 – 09 Sep 1513)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Erskine (1485 – 1540)
        2. 2. Robert (de) Erskine (1485 – 10 Sep 1547)
        3. 3. John Erskine, (1487 – Bef. Dec 1555) m. Margaret Campbell (1490 – 11 Jul 1555)
        4. 4. James Erskine, (1500 – 1597)
      3. 3. Lady (Helen) Campbell (1 JUL 1460 – 23 Jan 1528)
      4. 4. Archibald (Campbell) Crawford, (1460 – 9 September 1513) m. Lady (Margaret Elizabeth) Stewart, (1440 – 26 Oct 1510) m. Alicia (1450 – )
        1. 1. Sir (Lord John) Campbell, (1479 – 1 May 1546) m. Lady (Muriëlle Calder of) Cawdor (13 Feb 1539 – 22 May 1575) m. Lady (Murielle) Calder, (13 Feb 1501 – 22 May 1561)
        2. 2. Lady (Janet Mary) Campbell, (1480 – 2 Feb 1546) m. John Stewart, (Feb 1475 – 9 Sep 1513)
        3. 3. Colin (II) Campbell, (1485 – 9 Oct 1529) m. Janet (Gordon of) Huntly (11 August 1479 – 9 May 1530)
        4. 4. John Campbell, (1490 – 1 May 1546)
        5. 5. Margaret Campbell (1490 – 11 Jul 1555) m. John Erskine, (1487 – Bef. Dec 1555)
        6. 6. Reverend (Donald) Campbell (1492 – 20 Dec 1562) m. Lady (Margaret de) Gordon (1450 – 22 Apr 1525)
        7. 7. Archibald Campbell (1511 – 18 July 1537) m. Janet (Douglas, Baroness of) Glamis (1502 – 17 July 1537)
      5. 5. Isabel Campbell, (05 Dec 1470 – 14 Jun 1493) m. William Drummond, (1463 – 1503)
        1. 1. Andrew (of Ballyclone) Drummond, (1482 – 1542)
        2. 2. Sir (John) Drummond (1489 – 20 Jan 1531)
        3. 3. Walter Drummond, (1492 – 1518) m. Lady (Elisabeth) Graham (1497 – 1567)
        4. 4. Henry Drummond, ( – 1535)
      6. 6. Thomas Campbell (1474 – )
      7. 7. Thomas Campbell
  2. 2. Mary Campbell (1410 – ) m. Angus (de) Ross (1408 – 22 Mar 1421)
    1. 1. Marion (FitzAngus de Ros) Plantagenet (1435 – ) m. Alan MacCameron (1425 – )
      1. 1. Eugene (Ewen) Cameron (1460 – 16 Jun 1531) m. Margery Mackintosh (1467 – 1494)
        1. 1. Alan Cameron (1480 – )
        2. 2. Donald Cameron (1492 – 08 Nov 1536)
        3. 3. Lady (Margaret) Cameron (1510 – 1540) m. Duncan Stewart, (1502 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Clan (Chief Alan) Stewart (1495 – 1562)
  3. 3. Annes Campbell (1421 – 1456)
  4. 4. Sir (Colin Black) Campbell, (24 Aug 1425 – 24 Sep 1475) m. Janet Stewart, (1430 – 24 Sep 1489)
    1. 1. Sir (Duncan) Campbell, (1455 – 9 Sep 1513) m. Lady (Margaret Angus) Douglas, (2 Feb 1456 – 14 Nov 1482)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Campbell (1481 – Feb 1567)
      2. 2. Archibald Campbell (1482 – 29 Apr 1552)
      3. 3. Sir (Colin 'Cailen Malloch') Campbell, (13 July 1486 – 9 October 1529) m. Marjory Stewart (1479 – 26 July 1524) m. Lady (Jean Clan) Gordon, (11 August 1479 – 9 May 1530)
        1. 1. Sir (Colin “The Grey Laird”) Campbell, (1499 – 11 Apr 1583) m. Katherine Ruthven (27 Jan 1526 – 2 Jun 1579) m. Margaret (Catherine) Stewart (Aug 1520 – Dec 1543)
        2. 2. Sir (Archibald "Gillespie Roy") Campbell, (1 Aug 1508 – 18 July 1558) m. Lady (Helen) Hamilton, (27 August 1529 – 19 Mar 1590) m. Lady (Margaret) Graham, (1522 – 1558) m. Elizabeth Grant
        3. 3. John Campbell (1512 – 5 Jul 1550)
        4. 4. Duncan Campbell (1513 – 1549)
      4. 4. Lady (Catherine) Campbell, (1510 – 14 Dec 1577) m. William (VII Murray) Moray, (1510 – 30 January 1562)
        1. 1. William (Willem Murray Liard of) Tullibardine (1530 – 16 Mar 1582)
        2. 2. Lady (Annabella Anabel Murray Of) Tullibardine, (13 Apr 1540 – 3 Feb 1603) m. John (II) Erskine, (1511 – 28 Oct 1572)
        3. 3. Johanna Murray (1545 – 4 May 1614)
      5. 5. Sir (James) Campbell (1500 – 12 Feb 1562)
    2. 2. Patrick Campbell (1456 – 24 Sep 1489)
    3. 3. John Campbell ( – 15 Jul 1510)
  5. 5. Duncan Campbell, (7 Jun 1431 – 6 Jul 1462) m. Anna McCowle (1 Jan 1431 – 1462)
    1. 1. Dugald Campbell, (Nov 1457 – 1497) m. Agnes Lamont, (1463 – 1486)
      1. 1. Sir (Archibald) Campbell, (1480 – 1542) m. Margaret Campbell (1476 – 1514)
        1. 1. Dugald Campbell, (1506 – 1594)
        2. 2. Sir (Duncan) Campbell, (1511 – 30 Jul 1597) m. Lady (Janet Ann) Buchanan (1520 – 1537)
        3. 3. Donald Campbell, (1513 – 7 Nov 1593) m. Grizel Stewart
  6. 6. Neil Campbell (1432 – 1470)

Sir Campbell,'s Timeline

5 Records

1370
1370
Birth of Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I in Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Argyllshire, Scotland
Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Argyllshire, Scotland
1390
1390
Birth of Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I in Lochawe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Lochawe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
1453
1453
Age 63
Death of Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I in Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
1454
1454
Age 64
Death of Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I in Kirk Kilmun, Loch, Scotland
Kirk Kilmun, Loch, Scotland
1713
1713
Age 323
Sir Duncan 'The Fortunate' Campbell, 1st Lord of Campbell & Lochlow, Na Adh, Justiciar of Argyll, head of the Clan Campbell; hostage for captive King James I was married
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1370
    Event Place: Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Argyllshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1390
    Event Place: Lochawe, Argyll and Bute, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1713

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ellister

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1453
    Event Place: Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [3] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: The heraldry of the Campbells : with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees
    [4] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1454
    Event Place: Kirk Kilmun, Loch, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kilmun, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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