John Campbell, Earl of Atholl b. Abt 1314 d. 19 Jul 1333 Battle of Halidon Hill, age 19: Campbell DNA Project Public

John Campbell, Earl of Atholl

Abt 1314 - 1333 (19 years)

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Name	John Campbell [1]
Suffix	Earl of Atholl
Born	Abt 1314 [1]
Gender	Male
Died	19 Jul 1333	Battle of Halidon Hill, age 19 [2]
Person ID	I0091	Admin Kevin's Chiefly Lines
Last Modified	12 Jun 2022

Father	Sir Neil Cambel, b. Abt 1258, Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland , d. Feb 1315/16 (Age 58 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Lady Mary De Brus, b. Abt 1282, d. 1323 (Age 41 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	Aft 1314 [3]
Family ID	F0027	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Joanna Menteith
Last Modified	12 Jun 2022
Family ID	F0142	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

Earldom granted by his cousin King David II between 1329 and 1333. This was the first peerage title granted to a Campbell.

Noble. The son of Sir Niall Campbell of Lochawe (or Lochow) and Lady Mary Bruce, the sister of Robert the Bruce (1274 - 1329). Campbell built the Black Castle of Moulin as his home in the 1320s and was created Earl of Atholl c.1330 by King David II. Around the same time he married Joan, daughter of Sir John Menteith of Rusky.

He was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill on the 19th July 1333, leaving no heir and his earldom ceased.

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The ancient Earldom of Atholl was part of the Crown lands of Scotland. The male line of the Celtic Earls of that title came to an end in the 13th century, but the Earldom was carried on in the female line for some generations longer.
David de Strabogie, the nth Earl, having withdrawn his allegiance from King Robert Bruce, was outlawed in 1327, and his estates forfeited. After this the title was first granted to Sir John Campbell of Moulin, who was killed at Hallidon Hill, 1333, and next to William Douglas, Lord of Liddisdale, who having also no male issue, gave a charter, dated 16th February 1341, of his title of the Earldom of Atholl to Robert, High Steward of Scotland, afterwards King Robert H. Robert, Steward of Scotland, granted a charter of the Thanage of Glen Tilt, a translation of which is here given :

Sources
[S03265] History of Clan Campbell, Volume 1, p. 68.

[S03270] Heraldry of the Campbells by G. Harvey Johnston, 3.

[S03265] History of Clan Campbell, Volume 1, p68.

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