Aoife (Macduibhn) Campbell (abt. 1050)

Born about 1050 in Scotland

Ancestors

Descendants

Biography

Aoife, known to the English as Eva, was born in the mid 11th C., the daughter of Paul MacDuibhn and Marion Godfrey. Her father Paul was treasurer to the Kings Duncan Ist and his son, Malcolm of Scotland.

Following her father's death, her uncle Arthur Cruachan became her guardian.

She married her cousin Gillespie, whose father, Malcolm MacDuibhn had married the heiress of Cambus-bellus in Normandy. In memory of their Norman origins, descendants of Eva and Gillespie took the name "Campbell" ^[1]

children of Gillespie and Aoife O’Duibhne - ^{[2] [3]}

1. Duncan Campbell d. in 1097; m. Diorbahil - Dorvail (Dorothy) MacFiachir, dau. of Dugald Cruachan Thane of Over Lochow; issue (surname Campbell): Cailen (bald good) “Maol Math” Chief of Clan MacDuine (–1110 in Dunstaffnage, Oban, Kilmore, Argyll).

Sources

1. ↑ Electric Scotland : The House of Argyle and the Collateral Branches of the Clan Campbell from the year 420 to the present time - pub: John Tweed, Glasgow 1871
2. ↑ not to be confused with Gilleasbaig of Menstrie who first appeared in royal charters dating to the 1260s
3. ↑ Clan Cleary.com has her proper Irish naming of Aoife, but is one of the sources that confuses her husband with the Gillespic Campbell of several generations later who was father of Sir Colin Mohr Campbell of Lochow.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Sheri Sturm for starting this profile.
• WikiTree profile Macduibhn-1 created through the import of YOUNG.ged on Jul 12, 2011 by Zak Young.

Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Sheri and others.