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

Mary Bruce Mary Bruce ( 1282 – 1323) was the younger sister of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots. During the First War of Scottish Independence, she was captured by the English and imprisoned in a cage at Roxburgh Castle for about four years. She was the ...

. His grandparents were Sir Cailean Mór Campbell, Afraig of Carrick,

Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale Robert de Brus (July 1243 – before April 1304Richardson, Douglas, Everingham, Kimball G. "Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families", Genealogical Publishing Com, 2005: p732-3, ,link/ref>), 6th Lord of Annandale, ''jure ...

and

Marjorie, Countess of Carrick :''See also Marjorie Bruce, her granddaughter.'' Marjorie, Marjory or Marsaili of Carrick (also called Margaret; died before 9 November 1292) was Countess of Carrick, Scotland, Carrick, Scotland, from 1256 to 1292, and is notable as the mother of ...

. 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 Malise IV of Strathearn (Gaelic: ''Maol Íosa''; died c. 1329) was a Scottish nobleman, the seventh known ruler of Strathearn. Biography He was an ardent supporter of King Robert the Bruce, in contrast to his father, Malise III, Earl of Strathe ...

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 ...

. Her paternal grandparents were Walter Bailloch 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). Life She inherited the title from her father, and married Walter Bailloch, son of W ...

. They had no children, so when he was killed at Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333 (one of five Scottish

earl Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the Peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ...

s to die in the battle), his earldom became extinct.

David III Strathbogie David III Strathbogie (c. 1309 – 30 November 1335) was a 14th-century Anglo-Scottish noble. He was born the son and heir of Sir David II Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, Constable of Scotland (who had been banished by Robert the Bruce) and Chief W ...

, a disinherited noble, thus claimed the Earldom of Atholl outright. His widow Johanna Menteith, daughter of the infamous

, later married

Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn (1276–1346), also known as Maurice Moray or Murray, was a Scottish nobleman. Moray was the eldest son of Sir John de Moray of Drumsargard and his wife Mary, daughter to Malise, 7th Earl of Strathearn ...

and then William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland.

References

Atholl Atholl or Athole () is a district in the heart of the Scottish Highlands, bordering (in clockwise order, from north-east) Marr, Gowrie, Perth, Strathearn, Breadalbane, Lochaber, and Badenoch. Historically it was a Pictish kingdom, becoming ...

Year of birth unknown

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