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. He married the daughter and heiress of Sir John Calder of Calder, in 1510, whom his father had kidnapped. Campbell made several "bonds of manrent" which formalised and cemented alliances between families. He made bands with Archbibald Campbell of Kilmichael (1516), Gilchrist Macarthur (1517), John McKerris (1517),

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of Doward, Donald Ewynson, Alexander McAllan (1520), John Macallan in Lochaber (1519), the Clan Macindean (1519), the Clan MacDoulane (1518), and others.Cosmo Innes, ''Book of the Thanes of Cawdor'' (Aberdeen, 1859), pp. 126-135: Jenny Wormald, ''Lords and Men in Scotland'' (Edinburgh, 1985), pp. 252–260. He died on 1 May 1546, his wife Muriel surviving him dying in 1575.

Family

By his wife, Muriel, daughter of John Calder of Calder and Isabella Rose, their children were: *Archibald Campbell, died in December 1551. *

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, died in 1585. *Janet Campbell (d. 1592), m. Alexander Fraser (1527-1557), 4th Lord Lovat *Donald Campbell *Margaret Campbell, m. Sir James MacDonald, 9th of Dunnyveg *Duncan Campbell, died in 1572 *William Campbell *Isabell Campbell *Alexander Campbell *Ann Campbell

References

burkes-peerage.net, "The Campbells of Cawdor". Extract from ''The Great Historic Families of Scotland'' (1887)
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* The Book of the Thanes of Cawdor: A Series of Papers selected from the Charter Room at Cawdor 1236-1742 By Spalding Club, Aberdeen 1859

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1490s births 1546 deaths {{Scotland-noble-stub