• 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...
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    who succeeded his father Domhnall of Islay as Lord of the Isles (1423–1449), later rising to the rank of Earl of Ross (1437–49). His lively career, especially...
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  • 1415) John Stewart, (died 1424) Mariota (died c. 1429) (sister of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross) m. Donald, Lord of the Isles Alexander of Islay (died...
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  • Domhnall Dubh (category Year of birth unknown)
    of Clan Donald), and the grandson of John of Islay, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles. In 1476 John of Islay was stripped by the Scottish crown of many...
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    to subjugate John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Campbell was given a commission of lieutenancy to execute the forfeiture of the Earl of Ross' lands. In 1479...
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  • of Love Angus Og (comic strip) Aonghus Óg of Islay (died 1314×1318/c.1330), Scottish magnate Aonghas Óg (d. 1490), bastard son of John of Islay, Earl...
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    grandson, Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles married Mariota, Countess of Ross (Margaret Lesley) who was the heiress of the Leslie Earls of Ross and he later...
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  • charter from John of Islay, Earl of Ross, confirming him in his lands of Kintail, with a further grant of the "5 merk lands of Killin, the lands of Garve, and...
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    Scottish John of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles. The agreement proposed that if Scotland was conquered by England, the lands north of the Scottish...
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  • Hector Odhar Maclean (category Year of birth missing)
    family of the Isles. These chiefs were easily drawn off, because John of Islay, Earl of Ross, in 1476, gave up the earldom of Ross and the lands of Kintyre...
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  • for Queensland John MacDonald II or John of Islay, Earl of Ross (1434–1503), last Lord of the Isles, Scotland John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh (1836–1919)...
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    supported John of Islay, Earl of Ross, chief of Clan Donald against his bastard son Angus Og Macdonald. William Dubh MacLeod, chief of Clan MacLeod was...
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    1488, burgess of Dingwall in 1456, Treasurer to John of Islay, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles in 1462 and Chamberlain to the Earl in 1463. In 1451...
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  • Patriarch of Constantinople John II, King of Denmark (1455–1513), King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (John II of Sweden) John of Islay, Earl of Ross (1435–1503)...
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    Islay (/ˈaɪlə/ EYE-lə; Scottish Gaelic: Ìle, Scots: Ila) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Known as "The Queen of the Hebrides"...
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  • Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray, Alexander Lindsay, 4th Earl of Crawford and John of Islay, Earl of Ross had formed a pact...
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  • Scottish nobleman, son of John of Islay, Earl of Ross Aonghus Fionn Ó Dálaigh (fl. 1520–1570), Irish poet Aonghus Óg of Islay (died 1314×1318/c.1330)...
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    son, despite the superior claim of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles. [citation needed]Stewart appeared as Earl of Ross for a short time. But his title...
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  • considered to a derivation of the Greek and Latin name Eugenes, meaning "noble born". Eoin an Ile or John of Islay, Earl of Ross, in the 15th century Eoin...
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    a charter by John of Islay, Earl of Ross, and Lord of the Isles on 4 November 1471. The earliest known likeness of a Mackenzie is that of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie...
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    Badenoch", the younger son of King Robert II of Scotland. The first castle at Ruthven was demolished in 1451 by John of Islay, Earl of Ross. It was replaced with...
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    tradition of honouring the heir to the throne of Scotland with this title. In 1462 the castle survived a siege by the forces of John of Islay, Earl of Ross and...
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    lands of Skardy and Plaids on November 10, 1450. John of Islay, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles wrote to John MacCulloch who was the bailie of the girth...
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  • MacDonald (surname) (category Surnames of Scottish origin)
    Second Lord of the Isles Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross (died 1449), Third Lord of the Isles John of Islay, Earl of Ross (1434–1503), or "John MacDonald"...
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    7th of Strathnaver having supported Alexander Stewart the Earl of Mar, son of the Wolf, at the Battle of Dingwall in 1411 against Donald of Islay, Lord...
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    Dingwall Castle (category Clan Ross)
    residence at Dingwall Castle. His son, John of Islay, Earl of Ross was not as successful; the Earldom of Ross was confiscated and the castle became a...
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  • Lady Elizabeth Stewart, the daughter of John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl. The Mackenzies were a clan from Ross-shire that had risen to prominence in...
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    Donald, Lord of the Isles (Scottish Gaelic: Dómhnall; died 1423), was the son and successor of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles and chief of Clan Donald...
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    MacDonald (son of Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross), in 1464, it is probable that they were bestowed by him. John Sutherland, 8th Earl of Sutherland held...
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    Laird of Keppoch led the MacDonalds of Keppoch to fight alongside Aonghas Óg MacDonald against his father, John of Islay, Earl of Ross at the Battle of Bloody...
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