Archibald (Campbell) Campbell Second Earl of Argyll (abt. 1466 - 1513)

Born about 1466 in Skipness, Argyll, Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1513 at about age 47 in Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England

Biography

Archibald (Campbell) Campbell Second Earl of Argyll is Notable.

Archibald (Campbell) Campbell Second Earl of Argyll was killed in Action during the War of the League of Cambrai at the Battle of Flodden Field.

Archibald (Campbell) Campbell Second Earl of Argyll is a member of Clan Campbell.

Archibald was the son of Colin Campbell second Lord Campbell who in 1457 was created Earl of Argyll.^[1] and Elizxabeth Stewart. was born in 1449. ^[2]

1474 Marriage

About 1474 in Lennox, Dumbarton, Scotland, he married Elizabeth Stuart [Stewart], b. 1453, d. 1521 (Age 68 years)

Archibald was married to Elizabeth Stuart [Stewart], b. 1453, at Lennox, Dumbarton, Scotland, Abt 1474.

He married Dame Elizabeth Stewart^[3] eldest daughter to John, Earl of Lennox about 1485 and they had issue of four sons and nine daughters.

1488 James IV

In 1488 James III's eldest son was proclaimed James IV by a group of nobles consisting of the Humes and Hepburns in the south and the earls of Angus and Argyll in the north. The earls of Huntly, Crawford, Errol, and Buchan in the north with their respective clans remained loyal and the two sides clashed at Sauchieburn near Bannockburn. James III, galloping from the battlefield, was thrown from his horse. While lying semi-conscious, he was quietly knifed by an unknown assassin, and yet again the Campbells had shown their predilection for choosing to ally themselves with the winning faction. Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll, was, along with Hugh Rose of Kilravock, appointed guardian to the infant female heir of the Calder family.

1489 Grant of Lands

On 3 July 1489, Archibald had a grant of the lands of Auchintorlie and others in Dumbartonshire.^[4]

1493 Accession

On the death of his father, he became Second Duke of Argyll in 1493. ^[1]

He acceded to the title in 1493.

1494 Grant of Lands

As Earl of Argyll Lord Campbell of Lorn, on 28 June 1494, Archibald was granted a charter of half of the lands of Inchirnawrisky and others, in the county of Argyll.^[5]

1497 Master of King's Hospital

In 1497 he held the office of Master of the King's Hospital. ^[6]

He received many other charters under the Great Seal in the period 1494 -1512.^[7]

1495 Master of Royal Household

He was made Master of the Royal Household of James IV of Scotland on 24 March 1495. After a crisis of law and order in the west of Scotland, Archibald was made governor of Tarbert Castle and Baillie of Knapdale, and this was followed by an appointment as Royal Lieutenant in the former Lordship of the Isles on 22 April 1500. Archibald eventually rose to the position of Lord High Chancellor of Scotland. His "clan" was rivalled only by Clan Gordon.

1498 Lieutenant of the Isles

2nd Earl, elder son of Colin, in 1498 King James IV. made him Lieutenant of the Isles, with powers to revoke charters and feu lands, a position of strength of which Archibald being also Justice-General made the fullest use excepting only the island of Isla, 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.

1499 Cawdor Campbells

The other main branch of the Campbell's are the Cawdor Campbells, who stem from an act of dynastic piracy on the part of the 2nd Earl of Argyll. In 1499 he kidnapped the infant daughter of the Thane of Cawdor a few weeks after the latter's death, and married her to his third son, Sir John Campbell, making the Campbells Lords of Cawdor.

1504 Sheriff Court at Perth

The Earls of Argyll were hereditary Sheriffs of Lorne and Argyll. However, a draft record of the 1504 Parliament of Scotland records a move to request Archibald to hold his Sherriff Court at Perth, where the King and his council could more easily oversee proceedings, if the Earl was found at fault. The historian Norman Macdougall suggests this clause may have been provoked by Archibald's kinship with Torquil MacLeod and MacLean of Duart. These western chiefs supported the suppressed Lordship of the Isles.

1513 Death at Flodden

Archibald Campbell died in 1513 at the age of 64 years. >

Archibald was killed at the Battle of Flodden in Northumberland, England on 9 September 1513, with the king and many others. He was taken home and buried at Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland.

He was killed 9 September 1513 at the battle of Flodden (Flodden, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England

Archibald (Campbell) Campbell Second Earl of Argyll was killed in Action during the War of the League of Cambrai at the Battle of Flodden Field.

When England invaded France in 1513. King James IV, decided to invade England. Unfortunately although personally highly courageous, James was no sort of a general. Hot-headed and impetuous, he had no grasp of strategy or tactics. Although he had an army of 30,000 men, including Highland clansmen under Argyll and Lennox, they were poorly trained and indifferently armed with pikes and short swords and heavy but inefficient artillery. The English had only 21,000 men but they were well armed with 2.5 meter-long axes with curved heads known as bills. The result was disastrous for the Scots and for Scotland. Not only was James himself killed, but 6-10,000 Scottish fighting men also died on the battlefield, including twelve earls, fourteen lords, one archbishop, three bishops, and sixty-eight knights and gentlemen.

He was buried at Kilmun, Argyllshire, Scotland

Children

By his wife, Lady Elizabeth Stewart, eldest daughter of John, first Earl of Lennox, he had four sons and five daughters.

In addition to five daughters, Archibald Campbell, second Earl of Argyll had four sons. ^[8]

Daughters

There is no documented list of the five daughters. The following daughters, well in excess of five, have been named by various sources:

1. Janet Campbell. Janet Campbell, b. 1470, Balveny, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 2 Feb 1546, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)
2. Margaret Campbell, b. Abt 1477, Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland
3. Isabel Campbell, born 1484 or Isabella Campbell, born 1489. Isabel Campbell, d. Aft 1529
4. Catherine Campbell, born 1486 or Catherine Campbell, born 1492. Catherine Campbell, b. Abt 1489, Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland, d. Yes, date unknown
5. Mary Campbell, born 1498. Mary Campbell, d. Dsp - Died Without Children.
6. Helen Campbell, d. 1534
7. Ellen Campbell,
8. Jean Campbell, b. Abt 1498, Lochow, Argyllshire, Scotland,
9. Marion Campbell,

Sons

1. Archibald Campbell, born 1474. Alexander (Archibald) Campbell, of Skipness, b. Abt 1474, d. 18 Jul 1537, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age ~ 63 years) > Archibald Campbell -- the second son of the 2nd Earl of Argyll, held the lands of Skipnish (Skipnich). His second marriage was to Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, widow of John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis. Archibald Campbell and Janet Douglas had no children. ^[9] 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 afterward 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 assassinated by Sir John Calder of Calder.
2. Colin Campbell, born 1487. Colin Campbell, of Carrick, 3rd Earl of Argyll, b. 13 Jul 1475, Argyllshire, Scotland, d. Bef 26 Mar 1529 (Age 53 years) Colin Campbell, who became 3rd Earl of Argyll in 1513, and married Lady Janet Gordon. He died in 1530 and was succeeded by his eldest son, Archibald, who became the 4th Earl of Argyll. ^[8]
3. John Campbell, born 1490. Sir John Campbell, 1st of Cawdor (Calder), b. Abt 1490, d. 1 May 1546, Calder Castle, Nairnshire, Scotland (Age ~ 56 years) . Sir John Campbell -- who became Treasurer of Scotland. He married Muriel, daughter of Sir John Calder, and founded the House of Calder (Casdor). ^[8]
4. Donald Campbell, born 1500. Donald Campbell, Abbot of Cupar, Lord Privy Seal, b. 1492, d. 1562 (Age 70 years). Donald Campbell -- the youngest son of the 2nd Earl of Argyll, became abbot of Cupar Abbey (Coupar Angus); member of the Scottish Parliament; member of the Privy Council; Keeper of the Privy Seal during the reign of Mary, Queen of Scots; a senator of the College of Justice under King James V; and the ancestor of the Campbells of Keithick (Keithok), Denhead, Cronon, Arthurstone and Balgairsho. ^[8]

Research Notes

• Clan MacFarlane: Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll; cites Stirnet and others but no reliable source.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Reg. Mag. Sig., "Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum : The register of the Great seal of Scotland, A.D. 1424-1513 published by the authority of the Lords commissioners of H.M. Treasury.", Edinburgh: General Register House, 1882, Vol. 2. Archive.org, p. 394, no. 1868
2. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, p. 334
3. ↑ RMS Vol. ii 3623 see [1]
4. ↑ RMS Vol.ii 1869 see [2]
5. ↑ RMS Vol. ii 2221 see [3]
6. ↑ RMS Vol.ii 2385 see [4]
7. ↑ RMS Vol.ii index p.858 see [5]
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Dr. Charles G. Kurz, Clan Librarian, The Ancestral History of Margaret Campbell of Keithick (1571-1631), based on the research and papers of former Chieftain, Thomas Garland Magruder, Jr. Yearbook of the American Clan Gregor Society, 62 (1978) 55-65. http://www.nltaylor.net/ancestry/royaldescents/Kurz1.pdf. Accessed August 19, 2016
9. ↑ Bowes-Lyon and Campbell sources, cited by Dr. Charles G. Kurz, Clan Librarian, The Ancestral History of Margaret Campbell of Keithick (1571-1631), based on the research and papers of former Chieftain, Thomas Garland Magruder, Jr. Yearbook of the American Clan Gregor Society, 62 (1978) 55-65. http://www.nltaylor.net/ancestry/royaldescents/Kurz1.pdf. Accessed August 19, 2016

See also:

• Wikipedia: Archibald Campbell, 2nd Earl of Argyll

• Wikidata: Item Q2413185, en:Wikipedia