Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll

1449 - 1513  (64 years)

• Name	Archibald Campbell  [1]
  Suffix	2nd Earl of Argyll
  Born	1449	Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Sep 1513	Flodden, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I0066	Admin Kevin's Chiefly Lines
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Lord Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll,   b. Abt 1433,   d. 10 May 1493  (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabel Stewart,   d. 26 Oct 1510
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Bef Dec 1462  [5]
  Family ID	F0039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Stewart
  Children	1. Colin Campbell, 3rd Earl of Argyll,   b. 13 Jul 1475, Argyllshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 26 Mar 1529  (Age < 53 years)  [natural]   2. Archibald Campbell, of Skipness,   d. 18 Jul 1537  [natural]   3. Sir John Campbell, 1st of Cawdor,   d. Abt 1585  [natural]   4. Catherine Campbell  [natural]   5. Jean Campbell  [natural]   6. Marion Campbell  [natural]   7. Margaret Campbell  [natural]   8. Isabel Campbell  [natural]   9. Janet Campbell,   d. Abt 1545  [natural]   10. Ellen Campbell  [natural]   11. Donald Campbell, Abbot of Coupar,   b. 1492, Inveraray, Scotland ,   d. Between 16 Dec 1562 and 20 Jan 1562/63  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2022
  Family ID	F0045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Archibald, 2nd Earl, elder son of Colin, in 1498 King James IV. made him Lieutenant of the Isles, with powers to revoke charters and feudal lands, a position of strength of which Archibald being also Justice-General made the fullest use excepting only the island of Islay, and lands of North and South Kintyre. Some months later, he was appointed keeper of the castle of Tarbert, and bailie and governor of the king's lands in Knapdale. From this period the great power formerly enjoyed by the Earls of Ross, Lords of the Isles, was transferred to the Earls of Argyll and Huntly; the former having the chief rule in the south isles and adjacent coasts. At the fatal battle of Flodden, 9th September 1513, he and his brother-in-law, the Earl of Lennox, commanded the right wing of the royal army, and with King James IV, were both killed. By his wife, Lady Elizabeth Stewart, eldest daughter of John, first Earl of Lennox, he had four sons and five daughters. Archibald, his second son, had a charter of the lands of Skipnish, and the keeping of the castle thereof, 13th August 1511. His family ended in an heir-female in the reign of Mary. Sir John Campbell, the third son, at first styled of Lorn, and afterwards of Calder, married Muriel, daughter and heiress of Sir John Calder of Calder, (now Cawdor), near Nairn. Archibald's daughter Elisabeth was married to Lauchlan Cattanach Maclean of Dowart who later left her on Lady's Rock to drown her ca. 1497 but she escaped and Lachlan was later assasinated by Sir John Calder of Calder. ========================================================================== At Electric Scotland they write: ARCHIBALD, the second Earl of Argyll, steadily pursued what may now be termed the family policy. In his father

  
  

• Sources

  [S03265] History of Clan Campbell, Volume 1. [S03265] History of Clan Campbell, Volume 1, p. 148. [S03268] jHistory of Clan Campbell, Volume 2, p. xix. [S03270] Heraldry of the Campbells by G. Harvey Johnston, 10. [S03265] History of Clan Campbell, Volume 1, p. 138.