Katherine Campbell, Countess of Crawford born Katherine Campbell ( – 1578) was a

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noblewoman. She married twice and controlled a substantial inheritance.

Life

Her parents were Muriel (born Calder) and Sir John Campbell, 1st of

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. She had been a companion to

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. Her first husband was

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who she married on 1 October 1539. They had five children including James Ogilvy who would become the 5th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie when her husband died at the

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near

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in 1547. During that battle the Scots were defeated by an English army. She had the care of her children and she was able to act to their benefit. Her second husband was

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. He had been married before to Janet Gray, daughter of Patrick Gray, Master of Gray, and Annabella Forbes. They married before 12 November 1550. David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford died at

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in 1558. Thereafter Katherine Campbell lived at Edzell Castle, Brechin Castle, and the Crawford lodging in Dundee. Katherine Campbell died at

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on 17 September 1578. Her will mentions a silver bowl bought for her in Paris when she was a companion of Mary of Guise. She left a bed of green stemming embroidered with black velvet and white silk to Sir David Lindsay of Edzell. She left a bed of cloth of gold with curtains of varying colour taffeta with fringes of crimson and yellow silk to Lord Ogilvy. To her daughter Margaret, she left a black velvet gown trimmed with ermine, with a purple damask skirt. She left to Helen Ogilvy, Lady

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younger, a daughter from her first marriage, 300 merks for her grandchildren. To her daughter Agnes Ogilvy, Lady Dun younger, a gold chained pledged for the lands of Inverquharity and black damask to make a new gown from fabric she had bought for clothes for herself.''Lives of the Lindsays'', vol. 1 (London, 1849), pp. 337-8: National Records of Scotland CC8/8/7 pp. 119-134. Elizabeth Lindsay, Lady Drummond, her daughter, was to have her gold bracelets with white enamel work and a black velvet gown with borders of embroidered satin. Margaret Forbes, if she married, was to have 200 merks, and Katherine Campbell recommended that she be brought up by her sister Janet Campbell, Lady Lovat.National Records of Scotland CC8/8/7 pp. 119-134.

Children

She had three sons and two daughters during her first marriage. The seven children from her second marriage included: *

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. * Sir David Lindsay of Edzell * Walter Lindsay of Balgavie * Elizabeth Lindsay (d. 1585), who married Patrick Drummond, 3rd Lord Drummond. * Margaret Lindsay, who married John Stewart, 6th

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(d. 1603) who was made

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in 1596.

References

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