John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl was the second

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 ...

. He fought in the

Battle of Flodden The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton, (Brainston Moor) was a battle fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English ...

on 9 September 1513.

Biography

He was born after 1475 to

John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (15 September 1512), also known as Sir John Stewart of Balveny, was a Scottish nobleman and ambassador. Life He was the oldest child of Joan Beaufort, widow of James I of Scotland, and her second husband, Si ...

and Eleanor Sinclair. He married Lady Janet Campbell, daughter of

Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll Gillespie Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll ( – 9 September 1513) was a Scottish nobleman and politician who was killed at the Battle of Flodden. Biography Archibald was the eldest son of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll and Isabel Ste ...

, by Elizabeth Stewart. He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Atholl on 15 September 1512 at the death of his father. He fought in the

on 9 September 1513. He was living in 1520, and died before 1522. His widow, Janet, died about Candlemas 1545–46. Children: *

John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl (1507–1542) was the son of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl and Lady Janet Campbell, a daughter of Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll and Elizabeth Stewart. The Scottish chronicle writer Robert Lindsay of P ...

(1507–1542). *

Lady Janet Stewart Janet Stewart, Lady Fleming (17 July 1502 – 20 February 1562), called ''la Belle Écossaise'' ( French for 'the Beautiful Scotswoman'), was a Scottish courtier. She was an illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland who served as govern ...

married (1st)

Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland (c.1505-1530), Scottish magnate, made Earl of Sutherland in 1527. Early life Alexander Gordon was the son of Adam Gordon of Aboyne (d.1538) and Elizabeth Sutherland, 10th Countess of Sutherland (d.1535), the ...

; (2nd)

Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains Hugh or Huw Kennedy of Girvanmains was a Scottish courtier, soldier, and landowner. He was the son of Alexander Kennedy of Girvanmains in Ayrshire. The family lived at Dalquharran Castle. He was a supporter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angu ...

; (3rd)

Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven (c. 1495 – 1552) was Master of the Scottish Artillery and third, and last husband, of Margaret Tudor, eldest daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. Ancient lineage He was a son of Andrew Stewa ...

; and (4th)

Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven (c. 1520 – 13 June 1566) played an important part in the political intrigues of the 16th century Scotland. He succeeded to the lordship in December 1552. The Ruthven lordship encompassed the offices of Provost ...

. * Lady Helen Stewart, married (1st)

John Lindsay, 5th Lord Lindsay John Lindsay, 5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres (died 1563) was a Scottish judge. John Lindsay was the son of John Lindsay of Pitcruvy, the Master of Lindsay, and grandson of Patrick Lindsay, 4th Lord Lindsay. He became Lord Lindsay of the Byres in ...

of the Byres; (2nd) Thomas Moncur. * Lady Elizabeth Stewart, stated to have married

Kenneth Mackenzie, 10th of Kintail Kenneth Mackenzie (died 6 June 1568), was the 10th laird of Kintail and he was nicknamed ''Coinneach na Cuirc'' in Scottish Gaelic (or “Kenneth of the Whittle”), was a Highland chief, head of the Clan Mackenzie, who flourished in the turbulent ...

. * Lady Jean Stewart (died 19 April 1522), married James Arbuthnot, 13th of Arbuthnott. * Lady Isabel Stewart, married James Herine or Herring of Lethendy.Paul, James Balfour (ed.), The Scots Peerage, Vol. 1. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. * Margaret Stewart, who married Colin Campbell, 3rd of Glenorchy, and her son was "Grey Colin", Laird of Glenorchy.

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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 ...