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Biography of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll 1507-1558

Paternal Family Tree: Campbell

Maternal Family Tree: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness

Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Helen Hamilton Countess Argyll were married. She by marriage Countess Argyll. She the daughter of James Hamilton 1st Earl Arran and Elizabeth Home Countess Arran. He the son of Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll and Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1507 Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll was born to Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll (age 21) and Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll.

On 9th October 1529 [his father] Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll (age 43) died. His son Archibald (age 22) succeeded 4th Earl Argyll.

Around 1534 [his son] Archibald Campbell 5th Earl Argyll was born to Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 27) and Helen Hamilton Countess Argyll.

On 21st April 1541 Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 34) and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll were married. She by marriage Countess Argyll. She the daughter of William Graham 3rd Earl Menteith (age 41). He the son of Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll and Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll. They were fifth cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1544 [his daughter] Margaret Campbell was born to Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 37) and [his wife] Margaret Graham Countess Argyll.

Around 1544 [his son] Colin Campbell 6th Earl Argyll was born to Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 37) and [his wife] Margaret Graham Countess Argyll.

Tudor Tracts Chapter 4. [10th September 1547]. We came on speedily a both sides; neither, as yet, one whit ware [aware] of [the] other's intent" but the Scots indeed at a rounder pace.

Between the two hillocks betwixt us and the Church, they mustered somewhat brim [exposed] in our eyes: at whom, as they stayed there awhile, our galley shot off, and slew the Master of Greym [Graham] with a five and twenty near by him" and therewith so scared the four thousand Irish archers brought by the Earl of Argyle (age 40): that where, as it was said, they should have been a wing to the Foreward, they could never after be made to come forward.

Hereupon, did their army hastily remove; and from thence, declining southward, took their direct way towards Fauxside Bray.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On or after 14th October 1551 [his son] Colin Campbell 6th Earl Argyll (age 7) and [his daughter-in-law] Joan Stewart Countess Argyll were married. He the son of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 44) and [his wife] Margaret Graham Countess Argyll. They were second cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1553 [his son] Archibald Campbell 5th Earl Argyll (age 19) and [his daughter-in-law] Jean Stewart Countess Argyll (age 20) were married. She by marriage Countess Argyll. She the illegitmate daughter of King James V of Scotland and Elizabeth Bethune. He the son of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 46) and Helen Hamilton Countess Argyll. They were third cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 2nd December 1558 Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll (age 51) died. His son [his son] Archibald (age 24) succeeded 5th Earl Argyll.

[his daughter] Janet Campbell was born to Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll and Margaret Graham Countess Argyll.

[his father] Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll and [his mother] Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll were married. She by marriage Countess Argyll. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntley and [his grandmother] Jean Stewart Countess Huntley. He the son of [his grandfather] Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Royal Ancestors of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll 1507-1558

Kings Wessex: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 11 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 12 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 11 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 14 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 19 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll 1507-1558

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll 1507-1558

Great x 3 Grandfather: Duncan Campbell 1st Lord Campbell

Great x 2 Grandfather: Archibald Campbell 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margery Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith

Great x 1 Grandfather: Colin Campbell 1st Earl Argyll 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

GrandFather: Archibald Campbell 2nd Earl Argyll 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Stewart 1st Lord Lorn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Macdougall

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stewart 2nd Lord Lorn 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Stewart 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Graham 3rd Countess Menteith

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabella Stewart Countess Argyll 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Father: Colin Campbell 3rd Earl Argyll 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart of Darnley

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jonetta Keith

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Stewart of Darnley

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Lennox Countess Évreux

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Lennox 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Seton 2nd Lord Seton 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Seton Master of Seton 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Sinclair Lady Seton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Seton 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: George Dunbar 10th Earl March 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Janet Dunbar 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Christina Wyntoun Countess Dunbar 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

GrandMother: Elizabeth Stewart Countess Argyll 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Montgomerie Countess Lennox

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Boyd 5th of Kilmarnock

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Boyd

Archibald Campbell 4th Earl Argyll 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Seton 1st Lord Seton 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Seton 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alexander Gordon 1st Earl Huntley 9 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Gordon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Gordon

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Gordon 2nd Earl Huntley 10 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Crichton of Crichton

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Crichton 1st Lord Crichton

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Crichton Countess Huntley

GrandFather: Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl Huntley 11 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Mother: Jean or Janet Gordon Countess Argyll 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stewart of Innermeath

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stewart of Innermeath 3rd of Lorn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holkettle

Great x 2 Grandfather: James "Black Knight of Lorn" Stewart

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Macdougall

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Jean Stewart Countess Huntley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Sinclair 2nd Earl Orkney

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Sinclair 3rd Earl Orkney 1st Earl Caithness 6 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Nithsdale" Douglas

Great x 3 Grandmother: Egidia "Fair Maid of Nithsdale" Douglas Countess Orkney 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Princess Egidia Stewart 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Sinclair Countess Atholl 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marjory Sutherland Countess Orkney and Caithness