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	EARLS AND DUKES OF ATHOLL - LoveToKnow Article on EARLS AND DUKES OF ATHOLL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		he JOHN MURRAY, 2nd earl and 1st marquess of Atholl (163 II 703), fu n of the 1st earl and of Jean, daughter of Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, was born on the 2nd of May 1631.
		In 1670 he became earl of th allibardine by the death of his cousin James, 4th earl, and on hc e 7th of February 1676 he was created marquess of Atholl, ill rl of Tullibardine, viscount of Balquhidder, Lord Murray, di ilvenie and Gask.
		St hat is called Atholl brose is a compound, in equal parts, of r~ tisky and honey (or oatmeal), which was first commonly used Zi the district for hoarseness and sore throat.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AT/ATHOLL_EARLS_AND_DUKES_OF.htm (1760 words)

	John Stuart, 4th Earl of Atholl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On March 24, James took the government into his own hands and dissolved the regency, and Atholl and Argyll, to the exclusion of Morton, were made members of the council, while on the 29th Atholl was appointed lord chancellor.
		Atholl and Argyll, who were now corresponding with Spain in hopes of assistance from that quarter, then advanced to Stirling with a large force, when a compromise was arranged, the three earls being all included in the government.
		While on his way from a banquet held on April 20, 1579 on the occasion of the reconciliation, Atholl was seized with sudden illness, and died on the 25th, not without strong suspicions of poison.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Stuart,_4th_Earl_of_Atholl (622 words)

	Stuart, John, 4th earl of Atholl on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		He became a member of the council of Mary Queen of Scots in 1561 and after her marriage to Lord Darnley was one of her chief counselors.
		He was unsuccessful in preventing the election of James Douglas, 4th earl of Morton, to the regency in 1572.
		With Colin Campbell, 6th earl of Argyll, he succeeded in ousting Morton as regent (1578).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/StuartJ1A1th.asp (234 words)

	Duke of Atholl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These include: Marquess of Atholl (created 1676), Marquess of Tullibardine (1703), Earl of Atholl (1629), Earl of Tullibardine (1606 and 1676), Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle (1703), Viscount of Balquhidder (1676), Lord Murray of Tullibardine (1604), Lord Murray, Balvenie and Gask (1676) and Baron Percy (1722).
		Before 1963, the Duke of Atholl had the dubious honour of being the highest ranking peer without a seat in the House of Lords.
		The dukes of Atholl's traditional residence is Blair Castle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duke_of_Atholl (416 words)

	Donnachaidh Chiefs
		In 1437, Robert of Strouan, Fourth Chief of the Clan Donnachaidh arrested Graham and the Earl of Atholl as the murderers of Kings James I of Scotlan, and as a reward for this act, his lands were made a barony and he was granted an honorable addition to his Coat of Arms.
		Conan of Glenerochee, (which land adjoins the land of Strouan), who is the son of Henry, 3rd, Earl of Atholl granted a charter ca.
		He is described as "de Atholl", in several of this son's charters and was the father of, Duncan de Atholia, 5th, of Glenerochee, the 1st, Chief of the Clan Donnachaidh, which took its name from him.
	jrshelby.com /rfotw/donnacha.htm (2627 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 10914
		Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl was the son of Malcolm, 2nd Earl of Atholl and Hextilda.
		Isabel, Countess of Atholl is the daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Atholl and Margaret.
		Patrick of Galloway, 5th Earl of Atholl was the son of Thomas of Galloway and Isabel, Countess of Atholl.
	www.thepeerage.com /p10914.htm (1063 words)

	Atholl, John Murray, 2nd earl and 1st marquess of, earl of Tullibardin, viscount of Balquhidder, Lord Murray, Balvany, ...
		The son of the 1st earl of Atholl in the Murray line, Atholl was the chief supporter of the earl of Glencairn's rising in 1653 but was obliged to surrender a year later to George Monck, the Commonwealth commander in chief in Scotland.
		Atholl, John Murray, 2nd earl and 1st marquess of, earl of Tullibardin, viscount of Balquhidder, Lord Murray, Balvany, and Gask...
		Atholl, John Murray, 2nd marquess and 1st duke of, marquess of Tullibardin, earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, viscount of Balwhidder, Glenalmond, and Glenlyon, Lord Murray, Balvenie, and Gask
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9010087?tocId=9010087 (928 words)

	Execution of William Robertson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In 1514, when the Queen married the Earl of Angus, she was forced to give up the Regency to her dead husband's brother, the Duke of Albany.
		William, the young 6th chief, was a nephew of John Stewart, the 2nd Earl of Atholl.
		Tulliemet, the moot-hill or "Hill of Judgement", was the original seat of the Regality Court for the Earls of Atholl.
	www.robertson.org /execution.html (687 words)

	Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg93.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Duncan married Ethelreda (Octreda) of Dunbar daughter of Gospatrick I, Earl of Dunbar & March, Earl of Northumbria, Lord of Bamburgh and Æthelreda (Ethelreda) in 1090/1094 in Scotland.
		Hextilda married (2) Malcolm, Earl of Atholl son of Madach (Maddad) (Matad), Earl of Atholl and Margaret Hakonsdottir.
		Madach married Margaret Hakonsdottir daughter of Hakon (Akaris) Paulsson, Earl of Ornkey and Helga Moddansdottir of Caithness.
	www.bradleyfoundation.org /Maite/marcus/tobg93.htm (237 words)

	Blazon in Early Days ~ I
		The graphic here on the right is from the Gelre Armorial (mid-14th century) where it is attributed to the Earl of Atholl and was perhaps considered by Gelre Herald to be vertically striped in gold and fl.
		On the right are the arms as quartered by, for example, John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, showing the tinctures reversed as Paly of six Sable and Or.
		They are ascribed to the Earl of Atholl in Jenyn's Collection at the College of Arms as Paly Gules, Sable and Or (not as Paly of six Gules, Sable and Or).
	www.baronage.co.uk /2001/earlyda1.html (819 words)

	Eilidh Bheag's Highland Homepage: Stories By the Fireside
		Lochiel, Chief of the Camerons, arranged to meet the Earl of Atholl, the Murrays' Chief, on the shore of a small loch.
		Atholl waved his hand in the air and behind him some twenty Atholl clansmen sprang up from the heather, fully armed.
		When at last a settlement was reached, the Earl of Atholl drew his sword, kissing it as he renounced his claim to the disputed land.
	www.webmousepublications.com /eilidh/lochlav.html (704 words)

	Chapter 09 Trains History of Isle of Man, 1844
		The Duke of Atholl, evidently with the intention of putting off the sale to a distant day, conveyed the entrail to trustees by a deed of feoffment executed on the 6th April, 1756, whereby they were empowered to make absolute sale of the Island after his death, with the consent of the lord proprietor-his heir.
		John, third Duke of Atholl, died on the 5th of November, 1774, in the forty-fifth year of his age, and was succeeded in his titles and estates by his son of the same name, born 30th June, 1755.
		The Duke of Atholl wished to have every paragraph examined by their lordships with the minutest attention, being persuaded that the more pains there were taken to develope the real purport of the object of the bill, the more supporters it would have.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/fulltext/tr1844/ch09.htm (3176 words)

	Marcus Antonius to Maite - tobg105.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Margaret married (1) Madach (Maddad) (Matad), Earl of Atholl son of Maelmuir (Melmare), Earl of Atholl.
		Helen married (1) John le Scot, Earl of Chester son of Sir David of Huntingdon, Knt., Earl of Huntingdon, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Doncaster and Maude de Kevelioc in 1220/1222.
		Joane married Humphrey de Bohun son of Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, 1st Earl of Essex, Constable of England and Maud d'Eu.
	www.bradleyfoundation.org /Maite/marcus/tobg105.htm (437 words)

	Blair Atholl
		The old castle, stronghold of the Earls and Dukes of Atholl, situated in the wide valley of Garry, controls a stracegic point at the main road from Perth to Inverness.
		The last Earl of Atholl of royal celtic origin died before 1211 and the Earldom was succeeded by David of Strathbogie as heir-female who lost his dominions opposing to the Bruce.
		In 1629 the Earldom was succeeded by John Murray, Master of Tullibardine, whose mother, Lady Dorothea Stewart was heiress to the 5th Earl of Atholl.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/leitrim/147/atholl.html (306 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		The last of the Earls of Atholl of the Royal Celtic line had died before 1211, and the earldom had passed through the female line to David of Strathbogie whose line was forfeited for opposing Bruce.
		When the 1st Earl of the new line was ordered to quell the insurrection of John Macdonald of the Isles, he received from James III the injunction Furth Fortune and Fill the Fetters which has since remained the family motto.
		The male line of the 1st Earl came to an end in 1595, and until 1625 the earldom was held by the heirs male of his brother.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/castles/scotland/blair_castle/blhistory.html (888 words)

	Clan RATTRAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Earl laid claim to a portion of the Rattray estates and forcibly took Rattray Castle and carried off Sir John's two grand-daughters whom he adopted as his "wards".
		Patrick evaded the Atholl men until 1533, but was killed as he took refuge in the Kinballoch Chapel.
		The Earl of Atholl's niece, Mary Stewart, wife of Kininmonth of that Ilk fell in love with Sylvester, the third brother and after Kininmonth's death she married Sylvester and persuaded the Earl of Atholl to leave the Rattray stronghold alone.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/ntor/rattray2.html (421 words)

	Sterling Castle
		They are now the only private army in Europe, and as the Atholl Highlanders are recruited mainly from the Atholl estate, they exist today as a private ceremonial bodyguard.
		The book also stated that in 1269, while the Earl of Atholl was away in England for an extended period, a neighbor, John Comyn, started to build a castle on the Earl's land.
		Atholl complained to King Alexander III, got his land back, and incorporated the usurping tower into his own castle.
	www.geocities.com /jeanette_finan/April1997/sterling.html (1007 words)

	David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David Stewart (October 24, 1378 – 1402) was the heir to the throne of Scotland from 1390 and the first Duke of Rothesay from 1398.
		He also held the titles of Earl of Atholl (1398–1402) and of Earl of Carrick (1378–1402).
		David married Marjorie Douglas, daughter of Archibald earl of Douglas, but had no children.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Stuart,_Duke_of_Rothesay (189 words)

	Perthshire Diary - The Earl of Atholl sucks up - April 7th 1528
		Further this Earl gart make such provision for the King, his Mother and the Ambassador that they had all manner of meats, drinks and delicates that were to be gotten at that time in all Scotland.
		Syne there were proper stewards, cunning bakers, excellent cooks and pottingars with confections and drugs for their deserts; and the halls and chambers were prepared with costly bedding, vessels and napery, according for a king, so that he wanted none of his orders more than he had been at home in his own palace.
		The Earl of Atholl was at it again some thirty five years later organising a hunt in Glen Tilt for the entertainment of Mary Queen of Scots.
	www.perthshirediary.com /html/day0407.html (431 words)

	Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Those captured were the Earl of Atholl, Sir Walter Stewert; his grandson, Sir Robert Stewert; and Sir Robert Graham.
		The earl held a mortgage on part of the Struan lands and based on this claim seized half the Clan’s property.
		In 1681 Alexander Robertson, during a dispute with the Marquis of Atholl and the Marquis friend, John Fleming, declared in open court that Fleming was a knave and villain, adding that he would see the Marquis hanged before he would be his vassal.
	home.pcisys.net /~scotsman/history.htm (884 words)

	Murray
		2nd Earl, married Lady Dorothea Stewart, daughter of the 5th Earl of Atholl and heir-of-line of the Stewart Earls of Atholl, the last of which died 1594.
		The earl accordingly surrendered the title of Earl of Tullibardine into the king's hands, 1st April 1626, to be conferred on his brother Sir Patrick Murray as a seperate dignity, but before the patents could be issued, he died the same year.
		Being maternal great-grandson of James, seventh Earl of Derby, upon the death of the tenth earl of that line he claimed and was allowed the English barony of Strange, which had been conferred on Lord Derby by writ of summons in 1628.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/leitrim/147/murray.html (1967 words)

	Morton, James Douglas, 4th earl of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		He was chief counselor to the regent James Stuart, 1st earl of Murray, and became regent himself on the death of the 1st earl of Mar. His rule was devoted to the pacification of a religiously divided and wartorn Scotland.
		In 1578 he was forced out by a junta of nobles, led by the 6th earl of Argyll and John Stuart, 4th earl of Atholl, who persuaded the boy king, James VI (later James I of England), to assert his power.
		Morton regained control of the king, with the aid of John Erskine, 2d earl of Mar ; but in 1581 a plot against him, engineered by Esmé Stuart, 1st duke of Lennox, and James Stuart, later earl of Arran, resulted in his being tried, convicted, and beheaded for taking part in the murder of Darnley.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Mortn-J1D1.asp (398 words)

	Illustrated Guide to Places to Visit - Blair Castle, Perthshire
		The 1st Earl was given the task of subduing the ever troublesome MacDonalds of the Isles which he accomplished (at least temporarily).
		The Earl remained loyal to the crown during the Civil War in the middle of the 17th century.
		In 1269, when the then Earl of Atholl was away on the Crusades, he returned to find that a neighbour had built a tower on his land.
	www.rampantscotland.com /visit/blvisitblair.htm (1001 words)

	Clan Crest Badges page ten
		The chiefs are Earls of Eglinton and Winton.
		However, considering the Highland clan alone, in the seventeenth century the chief was Earl of Atholl, later to be created Marquis of Atholl in 1676, whose son was created Duke of Atholl and made a Knight of the Thistle by Queen Anne.
		The seat of the chiefs of Clan Murray, Dukes of Atholl is Blair Castle in Perthshire.
	www.scottishcrofters.com /clan_crest_badges_page_ten.htm (461 words)

	Ancient Robertson Families
		He inherited from his father a portion of the estates of the ancient Earls of Atholl, and was the FIRST LORD OF STRUAN (STROWAN, hereinafter spelled thus).
		Upon the execrable murder of King James I, when the nation was like to be involved in Civil War, Robert was the main instrument in crushing the designs of the parrisides in the bud, by attacking them with such vigor and expedition (with his Clan).
		As soon as King James II came to age he offered to reward Robert suitably for the great service he had done, but all he desired or accepted was to have all the lands he was already possessed of confirmed to him and his heirs.
	jrshelby.com /rfotw/clanline.htm (2150 words)

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		Atholl was an earldom held by the Stewart family until it passed to the Murrays through marriage in the early 1600's, and was raised as a Murray earldom in 1629, a marquessate in 1676 and a duchy in 1703.
		Similarly, Atholl is a duke, and apparently played a fairly significant role in Scots history going from a Lord of Parliament in 1600 to a Duke, Earl, and Marquess, and Lord in Scotland in 103 years.
		In fairness, it should be noted that Murray, Earl of Tullibardine, Azure three mullets argent and for augmentation a double tressure flory counterflory, (now Duke of Atholl) was not protected in this LoAR, with the note insufficient evidence given to justify protecting these arms.
	www.sca.org /heraldry/loar/2002/02/02-02.lpd (1262 words)

	Robert II of Scotland
		As age and infirmity were telling upon him, the estates in 1389 appointed his second surviving son Robert, Earl of Fife, afterwards Duke of Albany, guardian of the kingdom.
		The king died at Dundonald in 1390, and was buried at Scone.
		By his second wife, Euphemia, daughter of Hugh, 6th Earl of Ross, and widow of the 3rd Earl of Moray, formerly his colleague as regent, he had two sons and several daughters.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/robert_ii_of_scotland (700 words)

	CastleXplorer - Balvenie Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		This was the excuse James needed to destroy the family, and by 1455 they were defeated and all their titles and estates were forfeited to the Crown.
		The curtain wall that surrounds this courtyard castle was built by the Comyns, but the eastern side of the castle was completely remodelled in the 16th century by John Stewart, 4th earl of Atholl.
		When the fifth earl of Atholl died in 1595 he was survived by four daughters who surrendered their interests in the estates to the Crown.
	www.castlexplorer.co.uk /scotland/balvenie/balvenie_info.php (249 words)

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