Aodh, 4th Earl of Ross

Aodh, 4th Earl of Ross ( Anglicized Hugh Ross, 4th Earl of Ross ) (* before 1290, † July 19, 1333 near Berwick ) was a Scottish nobleman .

Origin and youth

Aodh came from the Scottish Ross family . He was the eldest son of Uilleam, 3rd Earl of Ross and his wife Euphemia . He is first mentioned when he was assured safe conduct on August 28, 1297 to visit his father, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London . His father remained in English captivity until 1303. For the next few years they were on the English side, as he and his father refused to raise Robert Bruce to king. The English King Edward I therefore granted him the possession of lands whose owners Robert I supported. However, Robert I was able to successfully assert himself against the English and their allies in Scotland. In 1308 he also subjugated the Earldom Ross, whereupon Aodh's father Robert I submitted. Aodh and his father took part in the first parliament in 1309 , which Robert I held as King of Scotland. In the next few years, the young Aodh was very popular with the king, who probably allowed him to marry his sister Maud around 1315 . In addition, he received various fiefs and offices from the king, including the office of sheriff of the Isle of Skye , the administration of the Burghs of Cromarty and Nairn and possessions in southern Ross and Black Isle . In addition he received the rule Glendowachy in Fife .

Loyal supporter of the Kings of Scotland

After his father's death in early 1323, Aodh inherited his possessions and the title of Earl of Ross . He became one of the richest Scottish magnates thanks to the gifts he had received and continued to receive from the king. On March 17, 1328 he was a member of the Scottish Parliament that approved peace with England, and in the same year, as the king's representative, he swore to keep the terms of the marriage contract of the heir to the throne David and the English king's daughter Johanna . After the death of Robert I in 1329, Ross loyally supported his underage son David II. When an English army invaded Scotland during the Second Scottish War of Independence to bring Edward Balliol to the Scottish throne, Ross was a member of the Scottish army that was in the Battle of Halidon Hill was decisively fought . He fell in battle after trying with his men to cover the escape of the defeated Scottish army. His body was interred in the Fearn Abbey Family Foundation .

Marriages and offspring

Ross was married twice. With his first wife Maud Bruce he had two sons and a daughter, including:

• Uilleam, 5th Earl of Ross († 1372);
• Marjorie ⚭ Maol Íosa, 8th Earl of Strathearn .

Maud died before 1329, after which a papal Ross on 24 November 1329 dispensation was given to Margaret Graham , a daughter of Sir David Graham from Old Montrose to marry. With her he had a son and three daughters, including:

• Hugh Ross († before 1374), founder of the Ross of Balnagown family line ;
• Euphemia de Ross († 1386),

1. ⚭ John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (1306-1346);
2. ⚭ Robert the Steward (1316–1390), from 1371 as Robert II. King of Scotland.

literature

• John Anderson: The Ancient Earls of Ross . In: James Balfour Paul (Ed.): The Scots Peerage . tape 7 : Panmure – Sinclair . David Douglas, Edinburgh 1910, p. 230–244 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

• Aodh de Ross, 4th Earl of Ross on thepeerage.com , accessed September 10, 2016.
• Earl of Ross (Ferquhard MacTaggart). fmg.ac, accessed September 14, 2014 . 
• RW Munro, Jean Munro: Ross, Hugh, fourth earl of Ross (d. 1333). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

Individual evidence

1. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 447.
2. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 265.
3. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 161.
4. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 384.
5. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 365.
6. ^ Ranald Nicholson: Edward III and the Scots. The formative Years of a Military Career . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1965, p. 136

predecessor	Office	successor
Uilleam	Earl of Ross 1323-1333	Uilleam