Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross

Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross (also Lesley , * before 1366; † May 8, 1402 in Dingwall ) was a Scottish nobleman .

Life

Alexander was the only son of the Scottish knight Walter Leslie and his wife Euphemia Ross . His mother was heir to the North Scottish Ross and other estates, but did not have the title Countess of Ross , which she was actually entitled to. She died before 1399, after which he inherited her property and now also took on the title of Earl of Ross . Leslie renounced the feudal barony of Fythkill on February 20, 1395 in favor of his cousin George Leslie of Rothes . On November 8, 1398, he signed over the Woodfield lands as security for a loan of 200 Merks to settle accrued debts with the Crown.

Alexander Leslie died unexpectedly in Dingwall in 1402. He was buried in Fearn Abbey , the traditional burial place of the Ross family.

Marriage and inheritance

Leslie married Isabel Stewart in 1398, daughter of Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany and his wife Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith . With her he had a daughter:

Euphemia Leslie, 8th Countess of Ross

After his death, the young Euphemia became his heir. The Duke of Albany claimed her guardianship prior to 1405. In 1415 he was able to convince his ward to leave Earldom Ross to his younger son John Stewart . Should John die, Ross would inherit his brothers and eventually Albany himself. This surrender led to a conflict with Donald, Lord of the Isles , who claimed on behalf of his wife Mary Leslie , the sister of Alexander Leslie Ross. The Earldom Ross eventually fell to Alexander , the eldest son of Mary Leslie and Donald, Lord of the Isles.

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

Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross on thepeerage.com , accessed September 10, 2016.
Earl of Ross (Leslie). fmg.ac, accessed on September 23, 2014 .

Individual evidence

^ RW Munro, Jean Munro: Ross family (per. C. 1215 – c. 1415). 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

predecessor	Office	successor
Euphemia	Earl of Ross before 1399-1402	Euphemia Leslie

personal data
SURNAME	Alexander Leslie, 7th Earl of Ross
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alexander Lesley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1366
DATE OF DEATH	May 8, 1402
Place of death	Dingwall

[1] RW Munro, Jean Munro: Ross family (per. C. 1215 – c. 1415). 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