John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl ( – ) was the second
Earl of Atholl. He fought in the
Battle of Flodden
The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton or Brainston Moor was fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland and resulted in an English victory ...
on 9 September 1513.
Biography
He was born after 1475 to
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl and Eleanor Sinclair. He married Lady Janet Campbell, daughter of
Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll, 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
Battle of Flodden
The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton or Brainston Moor was fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland and resulted in an English victory ...
on 9 September 1513. He was living in 1520, and died before 1522. His widow, Janet, died around
Candlemas
Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian holiday, Christian feast day commemorating the presentation of ...
1545–46.
Children:
*
John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl (1507–1542).
*
Lady Janet Stewart married (1st)
Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland; (2nd)
Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains; (3rd)
Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven; and (4th)
Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven.
* Lady Helen Stewart, married (1st)
John Lindsay, 5th Lord Lindsay of the Byres; (2nd) Thomas Moncur.
* Lady Elizabeth Stewart, stated to have married
Kenneth Mackenzie, 10th of Kintail.
* Lady Jean Stewart (died 19 April 1522), married James Arbuthnot, 13th of Arbuthnott.
* Lady Isabel Stewart, married James Herine or Herring of Lethendy.
[ Balfour Paul, James (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.
Footnotes
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802
Year 802 ( DCCCII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 802nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 802nd year of the 1st millennium, the 2nd year of the 9th century, and the 3rd yea ...
John
15th-century births
1520s deaths