John Campbell, Earl of Atholl (died 1333) was a Scottish nobleman.

Background

John, also known as Iain, was the son of Sir Neil Campbell by his wife

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. His grandparents were Sir

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Campbell, Afraig of Carrick, Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale and Marjorie, Countess of Carrick. In 1316 he inherited from his father the lands confiscated from David Strathbogie, and in about 1320 he was created

Earl of Atholl The Mormaer or Earl of Atholl was the title of the holder of a medieval comital lordship straddling the highland province of Atholl (''Ath Fodhla''), now in northern Perthshire. Atholl is a special Mormaerdom, because a King of Atholl is repor ...

, though Strathbogie's son also claimed the title. He was married to Joan, former wife of Malise IV, Earl of Strathearn and daughter of Sir

John de Menteith Sir John Menteith of Ruskie and Knapdale (c. 1275 – c. 1329) was a Scottish nobleman during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He is known for his capture of Sir William Wallace in 1305 and later joined with King Robert I of Scotland and rec ...

. Her paternal grandparents were

Walter Bailloch Walter Bailloch, also known as Walter Bailloch Stewart (1225/1230 – 1293/1294), was distinguished by the sobriquet ''Bailloch'' or ''Balloch'', a Gaelic nickname roughly translated as "the freckled". He was the Earl of Menteith ''jure uxor ...

and

Mary I, Countess of Menteith Maire inghean Mhuireadhaich or Mary, daughter of Muireadhach II, Mormaer of Menteith, was Countess of Menteith, successor to her sister Isabella (Iosbail). She inherited the title from her father, and married Walter Bailloch, son of Walter Ste ...

. They had no children, so when he was killed at

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on 19 July 1333 (one of five Scottish

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s to die in the battle), his earldom became extinct. His widow later married

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and then

William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland William de Moravia (also known as William Sutherland) (died 1370) was the 5th Earl of Sutherland and chief of the Clan Sutherland, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. William, 5th Earl of Sutherland was a loyal supporter of David II of Sco ...

References

Atholl Atholl or Athole ( gd, Athall; Old Gaelic ''Athfhotla'') is a large historical division in the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in anti-clockwise order, from Northeast) Marr, Badenoch, Lochaber, Breadalbane, Strathearn, Perth, and Gowrie. H ...

Year of birth unknown

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