History of the Stewarts | Family Lines
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JOHN Stewart
4th Earl of Atholl
John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl , called the Fair,
John married
(1) Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Keith, by whom he had
Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of Arran, who married Hugh Fraser, 5th Lord Lovat, and secondly Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of March, and thirdly James Stewart, Earl of Arran.
Barbara Stewart, who married John Law
(2) Margaret Fleming (1529-1586), daughter of Malcolm Fleming, 3rd Lord Fleming and Janet Stewart, widow of Robert Graham, Baron Graham, and of Thomas Erskine, Master of Erskine (brother of John Erskine, 5th Lord Erskine. With Margaret, James had three daughters and one son:
Jean Stewart, who married Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy on 11 July 1574, was the mother of Colin Campbell of Glenorchy and Robert Campbell of Glenorchy, grandfather of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel.
Grizel Stewart, wife of David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford
Mary Stewart, wife of Francis Hay, 9th Earl of Erroll
his son John Stewart was JOHN, 5th Earl of Atholl
JOHN, FOURTH EARL, died 1579,