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He was created Earl of Ross in the 1220s, probably in 1226. The line of Ferquhard continued until the death of William, 5th Earl of Ross , in 1372. William had two daughters, the eldest of which, Euphemia , married Sir Walter Leslie , who then became jure uxoris Earl of Ross.
William II, Earl of Ross (Gaelic: Uilleam; died c. 1323) was ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland, and a prominent figure in the Wars of Scottish Independence. William was the only child of William I, Earl of Ross and his wife Jean Comyn, daughter of William, Earl of Buchan. He succeeded to the earldom on the death of his father ...
William I, Earl of Ross (Gaelic: Uilleam; died 1274) was ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland. William appears as early as 1232, witnessing a charter as the son of Ferquhard, Earl of Ross .
Fearchar of Ross or Ferchar mac in tSagairt (Fearchar mac an t-sagairt, often anglicized as Farquhar MacTaggart), was the first of the Scottish Ó Beólláin (O’Beolan, Beolan) family who received by Royal Grant the lands and Title of Mormaer or Earl of Ross (1223–1251) we know of from the thirteenth century, whose career brought Ross into the fold of the Scottish kings for the first time ...
The chiefship of the Clan Ross passed to Earl William's brother Hugh Ross of Rariches (1st of Balnagown), who was granted a charter, in 1374, for the lands of Balnagowan. [6] The earldom of Ross passed through a female line, and that later led to dispute between two rival claimants—the Lord of the Isles and the Duke of Albany. [6]
When the earl himself died in 1435, James' settlement in the north collapsed. James was in Mar by June 1436, where he was taking control of the earldom. At least by this time, and possibly early in 1436, James finally acknowledged Alexander as earl of Ross, the only magnate who could now offer security in the north-eastern Highlands.
Hugh de Ross was the eldest son and heir of William II, Earl of Ross by his wife Euphemia de Berkeley, or Barclay. Hugh was a favorite of King Robert I of Scotland , who endowed him with many lands. Hugh even married Robert's sister, Matilda/Maud Bruce (c. 1287 - aft.
William (or Uilleam) III, 5th Earl of Ross (d. 1372) was a fourteenth-century Scottish nobleman. He was the fifth O’Beolan earl of Ross, descending from the founder of the line, Fearchar of Ross (or Fearchar MacTaggart ).