• 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...
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  • The Earl or Mormaer of Ross was the ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland. In the early Middle Ages, Ross was part of the vast earldom of Moray...
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    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...
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    Ross (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Anndrais [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈan̪ˠt̪ɾɪʃ]) is a Highland Scottish clan. The original chiefs of the clan were the original Earls of...
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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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  • line, Fearchar of Ross (or Fearchar MacTaggart). William was the son of Hugh, Earl of Ross, and his wife Maud aka Matilda Bruce, sister of King Robert the...
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    de Ross (1329–1386), a member of Clan Ross, was Queen of Scots as the second wife of Robert II of Scotland. Euphemia was a daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross...
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    "Hugh Beolan, Earl of Ross" is recorded as one of the slain at the battle of Halidon Hill. The surname remains as the surname of the Earls of Ross from...
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  • Sir William Dishington. Matilda/Maud Bruce (born c. 1287); married Hugh, Earl of Ross, in 1308 Orkney Isles, died after September 1323. He had no children...
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    Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (Irish: Aodh Mór Ó Néill; c. 1550 – 20 July 1616) was an Irish Gaelic lord and key figure of the Irish Nine Years' War. Known...
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  • Sir Niall Campbell Sir Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie. Matilda Bruce, married Hugh, Earl of Ross Elizabeth Bruce, married William Dishington...
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  • The first chiefs of the Scottish Highland, Clan Ross were also the original Earls of Ross. That title later went to other families in the late 14th century...
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    his second wife Euphemia de Ross (died 1387), daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross. They had four children: David Stewart, Earl of Strathearn, born about 1356...
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    g. Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury d. 1098; Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, d. 1101). The spelling Hugh in English is from the Picard...
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  • of the Earl of Menteith, though no evidence has been found of her existence. His second wife was Marjory, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross, whom he probably...
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    Patrick de Graham (category Scottish deaths at the Battle of Dunbar (1296))
    had issue. Margaret de Graham, married firstly Hugh, Earl of Ross, and secondly John de Berkeley of Gartley, had issue. MacAndrew, p.137. Burke 1885...
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  • III, Earl of Ross (William) dated between 1333 and 1350 which recorded that the Earl of Ross's father Hugh, Earl of Ross had granted the lands of Findon...
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  • nephew Earl Thomas Randolph including the burghs of Nairn, Forres and Elgin. This caused confusion in control over Nairn as Hugh, Earl of Ross still retained...
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  • 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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    of Albany. The title merged with the crown in 1625. Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormond (d. 1455) (forfeit 1455) James Stewart, Duke of Ross and Marquess of...
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  • Alexander MacDonald, 10th Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles. He was a member of the Highland and Western Isles Clan Donald. Hugh's clan later became known...
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    Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury 1473-1541 (University of Wales Press, 2009), p. 9. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Salisbury, Earls of" . Encyclopædia Britannica...
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  • Glenquithle (category Baronies in the Baronage of Scotland)
    south west of Pennan in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Hugh, Earl of Ross was granted the barony and thanage of Glendowachy by King Robert I of Scotland, which...
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    begun at Balnagown by Hugh, Mormaer (Earl) of Ross. Hugh was husband of Maud, sister of King Robert the Bruce, although after Hugh's death in 1333, his family...
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    Stewart, Duke of Ross. Undiscovered Scotland website, Margaret of Denmark Stewart Society website, History of the Stewarts: John Stewart Earl of Mar and Garioch...
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    William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame li Mareschal, French: Guillaume...
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  • Uilleam III, Earl of Ross, charters for the lands of Katewell and the Tower of Badgarvie in the parish of Kiltearn. The following year in 1370 Hugh was granted...
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  • Ministry of Economic Warfare. Ronald Cross (3 September 1939 – 15 May 1940) Hugh Dalton (15 May 1940 – 22 February 1942) Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne...
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    Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is held by the Duke of Hamilton...
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  • Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, Hugh Elliot, Alexander Kynymound Elliot, Robert Elliot, and Eleanor Elliot (wife of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland)...
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