Her parents were Muriel (born Calder) and Sir John Campbell, 1st of
Cawdor. She had been a companion to
Mary of Guise. Her second husband was
David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford. He had been married before to Janet Gray, daughter of Patrick Gray, Master of Gray, and Annabella Forbes. They married before 12 November 1550. When
Mary, Queen of Scots, was travelling south from Aberdeen in September 1564 she sent a letter asking the Countess of Crawford to make provisions for her. Katherine Campbell died at
Brechin Castle on 17 September 1578. Her will mentions a silver bowl bought for her in Paris when she was a companion of Mary of Guise. She left a bed of green stemming embroidered with black velvet and white silk to Sir David Lindsay of Edzell. She left a bed of cloth of gold with curtains of varying colour taffeta with fringes of crimson and yellow silk to
Lord Ogilvy. To her daughter Margaret, she left a black velvet gown trimmed with ermine, with a purple damask skirt. She left to Helen Ogilvy, Lady
Inverquharity younger, a daughter from her first marriage, 300 merks for her grandchildren. To her daughter Agnes Ogilvy,
Lady Dun younger, a gold chained pledged for the lands of Inverquharity and black damask to make a new gown from fabric she had bought for clothes for herself. Elizabeth Lindsay, Lady Drummond, her daughter, was to have her gold bracelets with white enamel work and a black velvet gown with borders of embroidered satin. Margaret Forbes, if she married, was to have 200 merks, and Katherine Campbell recommended that she be brought up by her sister Janet Campbell,
Lady Lovat. ==Children==