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For this he was knighted. 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.
John of Islay (or John MacDonald) (1434–1503), Earl of Ross, fourth (and last) Lord of the Isles, and Mac Domhnaill (chief of Clan Donald), was a pivotal figure in late medieval Scotland: specifically in the struggle for power with James Stewart, James III of Scotland, in the remoter formerly Norse-dominated regions of the kingdom.
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]
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 ...
Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross; Euphemia I, Countess of Ross; Fearchar, Earl of Ross; Hugh, Earl of Ross; James Stewart, Duke of Ross; Mariota, Countess of Ross; William I, Earl of Ross; William II, Earl of Ross; William III, Earl of Ross
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.
In 1368, Ross and the others were required to find security to keep the peace. [14] Near the end of his life, William was forced to change the entail on his earldom. His only son, William, was a sickly lad, and the earl was well aware that if the boy died, leaving him without a male heir, the earldom would pass out of the Mactaggart family.
Hugh de Ross of Rarichies, first of Balnagown; declared heir to the earldom of Ross in 1350; was a hostage for the return of David II King of Scotland from the English in 1351. [ 6 ] Euphemia de Ross , married (1) John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray and (2) by dispensation (due to affinity) Robert Stewart , Earl of Strathearn, subsequently Robert ...