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Hugh de Ross “Earl” Ross

Birth
Scotland
Death
19 Jul 1333 (aged 57–58)
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
Burial
Hill of Fearn, Highland, Scotland Add to Map
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Killed in the Battle of Halidon~ Hugh de Ross, Earl of Ross ~
Scots Gaelic: Aodh mac Uilleam O'Beolan, Mormaer na Rois, Latin: Hugonis de Ross, comitis de Ross

"Hew Lord of Ros", "Hugh Builton.Hugh MacTaggart (O'Bjolans)", "3rd Earl of Moray", "Aodh", "Fourth Mormaer (Earl) of Ross"
Birth: circa 1276 (
Birthplace: Fearn, Ross, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Death: Died July 19, 1333 in Halidon Hill, Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England
Cause of death: Killed in Battle of Halidon Hill
Place of Burial: Fearn Abbey, Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
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Hugh was a favorite of King Robert I of Scotland, who endowed him with many lands. Aodh even married Robert's sister, Matilda. Aodh's young brother, Iain, was given marriage to the Margaret Comyn, heiress of Buchan (although he died childless).

Hugh was married twice: (1) **Matilda, sister of Robert I "the Bruce", King of Scots, and (2) Margaret de Graham, daughter of Sir David de Graham of Montrose. With Matilda, Hugh had several children, including his son and successor William. By Margaret, Hugh had at least one daughter Euphemia de Ross, who married (1) John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray and (2) by dispensation (due to affinity) Robert Stewart, Earl of Strathearn, subsequently Robert II, King of Scots (1371–1390) as his second wife. Euphemia is sometimes incorrectly assigned as a daughter of Matilda, but this would have involved consanguinity in the 2nd and 3rd degrees which was not stated in the dispensation for her marriage to Robert Stewart [3rd degree of affinity, and 4th degree of consanguinity: Andrew Stuart, Genealogical History of the Stewarts, pp. 420–421]. Hugh and Margaret Graham are usually also assigned a daughter Janet, wife of Sir John de Monymusk [Scots Peerage VII:237, cites Anderson's Dip. Scot., p. lix, and Earldom of Strathern, Nicolas]. This has been found to be erroneous, as Janet was actually Janet de Barclay, daughter of Margaret de Graham by her 2nd husband, John de Barclay of Gartley [see John Ravilious, "The Ancestry of Euphemia, Countess of Ross: Heraldry as Genealogical Evidence", in The Scottish Genealogist Vol. LV, No. 1 (March 2008)]. All received prestigious marriage partners (including to the earls of Buchan and Moray, to Maol Íosa IV, Earl of Strathearn and the future king Robert II.

He was killed along many other Scottish nobles at the Battle of Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333, and was succeeded by his son and successor, Uilleam.
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Parents:

Father:
William II, 3rd Earl of Ross

Mother:
Euphemia de Barclay (de Berkeley)
Husband of Matilda (Maud) Bruce and Margaret Graham, of Old Montrose

Children:
Marjory de Ross; William III, 5th Earl of Ross; John Ross; Hugh Ross, 1st of Balnagowen; Jean de Ross; Euphemia de Ross, Queen Consort

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Killed in the Battle of Halidon~ Hugh de Ross, Earl of Ross ~
Scots Gaelic: Aodh mac Uilleam O'Beolan, Mormaer na Rois, Latin: Hugonis de Ross, comitis de Ross

"Hew Lord of Ros", "Hugh Builton.Hugh MacTaggart (O'Bjolans)", "3rd Earl of Moray", "Aodh", "Fourth Mormaer (Earl) of Ross"
Birth: circa 1276 (
Birthplace: Fearn, Ross, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
Death: Died July 19, 1333 in Halidon Hill, Berwick On Tweed, Northumberland, England
Cause of death: Killed in Battle of Halidon Hill
Place of Burial: Fearn Abbey, Fearn, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
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Hugh was a favorite of King Robert I of Scotland, who endowed him with many lands. Aodh even married Robert's sister, Matilda. Aodh's young brother, Iain, was given marriage to the Margaret Comyn, heiress of Buchan (although he died childless).

Hugh was married twice: (1) **Matilda, sister of Robert I "the Bruce", King of Scots, and (2) Margaret de Graham, daughter of Sir David de Graham of Montrose. With Matilda, Hugh had several children, including his son and successor William. By Margaret, Hugh had at least one daughter Euphemia de Ross, who married (1) John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray and (2) by dispensation (due to affinity) Robert Stewart, Earl of Strathearn, subsequently Robert II, King of Scots (1371–1390) as his second wife. Euphemia is sometimes incorrectly assigned as a daughter of Matilda, but this would have involved consanguinity in the 2nd and 3rd degrees which was not stated in the dispensation for her marriage to Robert Stewart [3rd degree of affinity, and 4th degree of consanguinity: Andrew Stuart, Genealogical History of the Stewarts, pp. 420–421]. Hugh and Margaret Graham are usually also assigned a daughter Janet, wife of Sir John de Monymusk [Scots Peerage VII:237, cites Anderson's Dip. Scot., p. lix, and Earldom of Strathern, Nicolas]. This has been found to be erroneous, as Janet was actually Janet de Barclay, daughter of Margaret de Graham by her 2nd husband, John de Barclay of Gartley [see John Ravilious, "The Ancestry of Euphemia, Countess of Ross: Heraldry as Genealogical Evidence", in The Scottish Genealogist Vol. LV, No. 1 (March 2008)]. All received prestigious marriage partners (including to the earls of Buchan and Moray, to Maol Íosa IV, Earl of Strathearn and the future king Robert II.

He was killed along many other Scottish nobles at the Battle of Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333, and was succeeded by his son and successor, Uilleam.
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Parents:

Father:
William II, 3rd Earl of Ross

Mother:
Euphemia de Barclay (de Berkeley)
Husband of Matilda (Maud) Bruce and Margaret Graham, of Old Montrose

Children:
Marjory de Ross; William III, 5th Earl of Ross; John Ross; Hugh Ross, 1st of Balnagowen; Jean de Ross; Euphemia de Ross, Queen Consort

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