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Sir Lord John Campbell, 1479 – 1546 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1479

Birth Location: Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1 May 1546

Death Location: Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Father: Archibald Crawford,

Mother: Lady Stewart,

Spouse(s): Lady Cawdor, Lady Calder,

Children(s): John Cawdor,, Sir Campbell,, Margaret Campbell,, Sir Campbell,

Sir Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of Cawdor was born in 1479 in Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland, the child of Archibald Campbell Crawford, and Lady Margaret Elizabeth Stewart,. Sir Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of Cawdor married Lady Muriëlle Calder of Cawdor, Lady Murielle Calder,, and had children including John Campbell of Cawdor,, Sir Archibald Campbell,, Margaret or Elizabeth Campbell,, Sir John of Cawdor Campbell,. Sir Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of Cawdor passed away in 1546 in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of Cawdor was born in 1479 in Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland, the child of Archibald Campbell Crawford, and Lady Margaret Elizabeth Stewart,.
  • Sir Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of Cawdor married Lady Muriëlle Calder of Cawdor, Lady Murielle Calder,, and had children including John Campbell of Cawdor,, Sir Archibald Campbell,, Margaret or Elizabeth Campbell,, Sir John of Cawdor Campbell,.
  • Sir Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of Cawdor passed away in 1546 in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Campbell,'s Ancestors

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Sir Campbell,
1479 – 1546
Birth Place: Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
Parents
Archibald Campbell Crawford,
1460 – 1513
North Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Margaret Elizabeth) Stewart,
1440 – 1510
Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (Colin Coileáin) Campbell,
1433 – 1493
Castle Lochow, Argyll, Scotland
Lady (Isabel Elizabeth) Stewart,
1437 – 1510
Castle Glenorchy, Lorn, Argyll, Scotland
John Stuart,
1428 – 1495
Darnley Castle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Margaret Montgomerie,
1436 – 1493
Eglington Castle, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Sir Campbell,
1405 – 1440
Elisabeth Somerville
1415 –
John Stewart,
1397 – 1463
Agnes Isles
1405 – 1442
Alan Darnley,
1408 – 1439
Catherine Seton,
1410 – 1478
Sir Montgomerie
1404 – 1452
Elizabeth Hepburn
1408 – 1457
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Campbell,
1390 – 1454
Marjory Stewart
1370 – 1432
Robert Stewart,
1382 – 1449
Jean Stewart,
1379 – 1439
John Darnley,
1368 – 1428
Elisabeth Fasselane
1375 – 1429
Sir Seton,
1390 – 1424
Lady Dunbar
1390 – 1429
Alexander Montgomery,
– 1461
Margaret Boyd
Sir Hepburn
1390 – 1446
Janet Borthwick
1388 – 1464

Sir Campbell,'s Descendants

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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)
  1. 1. John (Campbell of) Cawdor, (Abt. 1519 – 1585) m. Isabel Lamont (1535 – 06 Feb 1580) m. Lady (Mary of Marischal) Keith (1544 – 1592)
    1. 1. Alexander (Campbell Of) Ardchattan, (1535 – 1638) m. Mary (Martha) MacArthur (1531 – 1624)
      1. 1. John MacCarthy, (1560 – 1635) m. Lady (Ellen) O'Callaghan (1538 – 1585)
        1. 1. Sir (David) MacArthur, (1580 – 1635) m. Lady (Mary) MacArthur (1581 – 1624)
    2. 2. John Campbell (1556 – 15 Nov 1625)
    3. 3. Marion Campbell, (1558 – 12 May 1604)
    4. 4. Colin Campbell (1565 – 16 Jan 1610)
    5. 5. Margaret Campbell (1575 – )
  2. 2. Sir (Archibald) Campbell, (1510 – Dec 1551)
  3. 3. Margaret (or Elizabeth) Campbell, (26 May 1512 – Jan 1556) m. Sir (William "The Notorious") Cunningham, (24 Mar 1493 – 3 Mar 1548)
    1. 1. Alexander (Vincent "The Good Earl") Cunningham, (10 Jul 1510 – 23 Nov 1574) m. Mary Robinson (1503 – 30 May 1579) m. Janet ("Jean") Hamilton, (Jan 1517 – 23 Nov 1574)
      1. 1. John (Percy) Cunninghame (1520 – 1584)
      2. 2. Helen Cunninghame (1523 – 17 Nov 1596) m. James ('the Bastard of Arran' Hamilton of) Finnart, (1 Jan 1515 – 7 Apr 1571)
        1. 1. James Hamilton (1553 – 1605)
        2. 2. Jane (Jean) Hamilton (1560 – 1660) m. James Leslie, (11 Jan 1538 – Feb 1607)
      3. 3. Sir (William Cunningham) Cunyngham, (1532 – 18 Oct 1580) m. Lady (Janet Jeanette) Gordon (1528 – 13 Feb 1576)
        1. 1. Sir (James Cunyngham) Cunningham, (1550 – 4 Nov 1630) m. Lady (Margaret) Campbell, (11 Dec 1550 – 1 June 1610) m. Agnes (Hay or) Preston (1582 – Mar 1630)
        2. 2. Jean (Katherine) Cunynghame, (1567 – 1596) m. Robert Fergusson, (1566 – 9 Nov 1611)
        3. 3. Alexander (Cunningham,) Kt. (1558 – 1646)
      4. 4. Archibald Cunningham, (1535 – 11 Jun 1574)
    2. 2. William Cunningham, (1537 – 21 Feb 1561)
  4. 4. Sir (John of Cawdor) Campbell, (1514 – February 1591)

Sir Campbell,'s Timeline

2 Records

1479
1479
Birth of Sir Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of Cawdor in Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
1546
1 May 1546
Age 67
Death of Sir Lord John Campbell, knight, 5th Laird of Thane, Earl of Cawdor in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Argyll and Bute, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1479
    Event Place: Cawder Castle, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 May 1546
    Event Place: Argyll and Bute, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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