CAMPBELL, Margaret 1
- Born: About 1532
- Marriage (1): FORBES, John of Towie 1
- Died: November 1571
Cause of her death was trapped inside the burning Corgarff Castle.
User ID: X757.
General Notes:
Margaret Campbell was murdered 'with her bairns' in the fire at Corgarff Castle. 2
Research Notes:
CORGARFF
"Corgarff Castle, 1537; fire-damaged 1571, 1607, 1689 and 1746. Tall and gaunt on the brae above the (sacrilegious) new Cock Bridge, this began life as a plain three-storey, basement and attic hunting lodge of the Earl of Mar. Acquired by Forbes of Towie, it was burnt, along with 26 of the residents including Mistress Forbes and her children, in 1571, by Captain Ker, on behalf of Adam Gordon of Auchindoun (Moray, qv). This savage deed, but one episode in the abiding enmity between Gordons and Forbeses, is commemorated in the ballad 'Edom o' Gordon'."
from Canmore site 3
Margaret married John FORBES of Towie, son of Alexander FORBES of Towie and Janet GORDON.1 (John FORBES of Towie was born about 1515 and died before 1582 4.)
Marriage Notes:
"Her (Katharine, daughter of Alexander Forbes of Towie) brother, John Forbes of Towie, lost his wife, Margaret Campbell, daughter of Sir John Campbell of Calder, at the burning of Towie Castle in 1571."
from House of Gordon 1
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