William Earl of Ross I

• Preferred Name: William Earl of Ross I^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}
  
• Alternate Name: William O'Beolan I
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 2nd Earl in of Ross, Scotland at LATI: N7.8389 LONG: E4.9054 with note: Update
  
• Death: 5 MAY 1274 in Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland at LATI: N7.771 LONG: E3.954
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: conquered Hebrides with note: Update
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: 2nd Earl of Ross
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Earl of Ross with note: Earl of Ross is a Title. 2nd is a historical view.
  
• Occupation: Justiciar of Scotland in Scotland with note: Update
  
• Birth: 1203 in Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland at LATI: N7.771 LONG: E3.954
  
• Occupation: 2nd Mormaer of Ross, 2nd Mormaer Of Ross(Earl); conquered Hebrides
  
• Burial: 1274 in Alba at LATI: N6.1559 LONG: E3.5556
  
• FSID: G9T3-4M3
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 1st Earl in of Ross, Scotland at LATI: N7.8389 LONG: E4.9054 with note: Update
  
• Christening: in Earl William de Ross at LATI: N9.0532 LONG: E105.7001
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  William, Earl of Ross (Gaelic: Uilleam; d. 1274) was ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland.
  
  William appears as early as 1232, witnessing a charter as the son of Ferquhard, Earl of Ross. He succeeded his father as Earl around 1251. He played a pioneering role in the Scottish reconquest of the Hebrides, which had been under Norwegian control. Indeed, in many ways, he may be regarded as the instigator of Scottish aggression. Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar tells us that in Norway:
  
  "In the previous summer [i.e. that of 1262], letters came east from the Hebrides ... and they brought forward much about the dispeace that the Earl of Ross ... and other Scots, had made in the Hebrides, when they went out to Skye, and burned towns and churches, and slew very many men and women ... They said that the Scottish king intended to lay under himself all the Hebrides."
  
  Uilleam's attacks on Norwegian possessions earned him the ire of King Haakon, who planned an expedition against him. However, William escaped this expedition. He was probably rewarded with Skye and Lewis after the Scottish reconquest of the Hebrides, a reward secured when the conquests were ratified by the Treaty of Perth in 1266.
  
  William married Jean Comyn, daughter of William, Earl of Buchan. So far as is known he had only one son, also named William, who succeeded him as Earl. William died in May 1274 at "Earles Allane", likely the site of modern Allanfearn or Allangrange.
  
  === Rose/De Ros name?! ===
  We have never been Ross’s. My family are Roses, and De Ros clans. You people need to clean this mess up! Or I will.
  
  === 2nd Earl of Ross ===
  2nd Earl of Ross
  
  === William DeRoss Sr-4417 is the 22nd great ===
  William DeRoss Sr-4417 is the 22nd great grandfather of Richard Arthur (Dick) Jalbert-1.
  
  William DeRoss Sr-4417 is the 25th great grandfather of Margaret Amarulis (Peggy) Bartholomew-2.
  
  === Accomplishments of William I, Earl of Ross ===
  From Greatclanross.com:
  
  William, the third Earl of Ross, became one of the most important Scottish nobles during the reign of King Alexander III. Together with other Scottish nobility, William vowed to maintain and defend Princess Margaret's title to the Crown of Scotland if Alexander III should die without a son. He commanded one wing of the Scottish army during the defeat of the Viking fleet under the command of King Haakon of Norway in 1263, for which he was given the title "Lord of Skye and Lewis". Earl William of the O'Beolan line died at Erles-Allane in 1274.
  
  === WILLIAM (DE ROSS), EARL OF ROSS [SCT], s ===
  WILLIAM (DE ROSS), EARL OF ROSS [SCT], son and heir, was one of the Scottish magnates who, in 1258, made an alliance with Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, against England. In 1262 he led an invasion of the Isles. He is said to have had a grant of Lewis and Skye from Alexander III.
  
  He married Jean, daughter of William COMYN, afterwards justiciary of Scotland (in right of his 2nd wife, EARL OF BUCHAN), by his 1st wife Sarah, younger daughter and coheir of Robert FITZHUGH. He died in May 1274, at Earl's Allan. [Complete Peerage XI:143, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
  
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  William, second Earl of Ross, described as son of Earl Ferquhard, when he witnessed a charter in September 1232. He confirmed his father's donations to the Abbey of Ferne, by Robert Bishop of Ros, who died 1270. He was Justiciary of Scotland north of the Forth, as appears by a percept from him to David Wemys, Sheriff of Fife, 7 October 1239, commanding David Wemys to pay the eight part of the amercements of Fife imposed in the Justice Ceire of Cupar to the Abbot of Dunfermline, according to his rights. In the time of Archibald, Bishop of Moray, who was consecrated 1253, and died 5 December 1298, it seems that William, Earl of Ross, had done some injury to the church of Pettie and to the prebendary of Brachlie, for the repartaion of which he gave the lands of Catboll in Ross and other lands to the Bishop and canons of Moray. On 18 March 1258-59 he and other Scottish nobles entered into an offensive and defensive alliance with the Prince of Wales and other Welsh magnates that, without their consent, 'they would make neither peace nor truce henceforth with the King of England or any magnates of his realm, who were advers and rebels to the WElshmen and the granters, unless they were all similarly bound with themselves.' In 1264 a fine imposed upon him was remitted by the King. He obtained a grant of the Isles of Skye and Lewis from Alexnader III, and he died at Earles Allane May 1274, having married Jean, daughter of William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, by his first wife. [The Scots Peerage VII:233]
  
  === 2nd Earl of ===
  2nd Earl of

• m. ABT 1230 in Scotland

1. William Earl of Ross II, b. 1239 in Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom     d. 28 JAN 1323 in Delny, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

1. Title: Ab Uaine son of William I, Earl of Ross, "Applecross History by Ian MacKenzie."
   Author: Google doc Applecross History, by former Director of the Applecross Historical Society, Ian MacKenzie.
   Publication: Name: http://imram.oac.ie/sites/default/files/APPLECROSS%20HISTORY.doc;
   Note: "In 1215 Ferchair Mac an t Sagairt, son of the lay abbot of the time, took on and defeated descendants of Malcolm Canmore and of the MacEth Earl of Ross. He was knighted by the King. He also subdued Argyll and Galloway and was further rewarded with the Earldom of Ross. He had two sons. William became Earl of Ross and Malcolm was given Applecross. THE HERMIT ABBOT Unlike his predecessors from the time of MacBeolan, Malcolm took Holy Orders and apparently lived the life of a hermit at Cnoc Dubh an t Strath, above Hartfield. He is remembered in the name of the glen there, Srath Maolchaluim, and although the cave above Hartfield is today referred to as Maelrubha's cave, this is part of the general confusion of oral tradition. As Malcolm left no heir, the succession went to the Earls of Ross. Malcolm's nephew, the Ab Uaine or Green Abbot took over and reverted to the role of the Lay Abbot. He married and was succeeded by his son Ruairidh. The Green Abbot's brother, another William Earl of Ross fought at Bannockburn and his force included men from Applecross. THE LAST LAY ABBOT Ruairidh's son was GiUaphadrick, the Sagart Ruadh or Red Priest of Applecross. He appears to have aligned himself with Donald, Lord of the Isles during the latter's claim to the Earldom of Ross and he died at Harlaw in 1411. That indecisive battle was a major turning point for Highland culture leading, as it did, to the reduction and eventual extinction of the Macdonald lordship. With the demise of that Kingship went many aspects of Gaelic culture including a structured bardic tradition. With it also went the Applecross lay abbots. The men carried their commander home to burial close to the grave of Maelrubha.history."
   Page: family
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: William Ferquhard Ross 2nd Earl of Ross -
   Author: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom; GE Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, Page number: XI:143
   Note: Source Media Type: Book
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741118
   
3. Title: O'Beolan Earls of Ross, "GreatClanRoss,com"
   Author: GreatClanRoss.com (of Canada).
   Publication: Name: http://www.greatclanross.org/htext5.html;
   Note: Contains an outlined description of the O'Beolan Earls of Ross. None of the Earls actually used the name Ross, which name Ross was first adopted by Chief Hugh Ross, 1st Laird of Balnagowan, Chief of the Clan Ross.
   Page: o'Beolan earls of ross
   
4. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
   Author: Ancestry Family Tree
   
5. Title: Earls of Ross, "Wikipedia.com"
   Author: Wikipedia, Earl of Ross
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Ross;
   Note: Contains a description of and list of the Earls of Ross. See link.
   Page: family
   
6. Title: William De Ross, wife Jean Comyn, father Farquhar (Fearchar), Earl of Ross, "Wikipedia"
   Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Earl_of_Ross.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Earl_of_Ross;
   Note: William I, Earl of Ross From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William, Earl of Ross (Gaelic: Uilleam; d. 1274) was ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland. William appears as early as 1232, witnessing a charter as the son of Ferquhard, Earl of Ross. He succeeded his father as Earl around 1251. He played a pioneering role in the Scottish reconquest of the Hebrides, which had been under Norwegian control. Indeed, in many ways, he may be regarded as the instigator of Scottish aggression. Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar tells us that in Norway: "In the previous summer [i.e. that of 1262], letters came east from the Hebrides ... and they brought forward much about the dispeace that the Earl of Ross ... and other Scots, had made in the Hebrides, when they went out to Skye, and burned towns and churches, and slew very many men and women ... They said that the Scottish king intended to lay under himself all the Hebrides." 1 Uilleam's attacks on Norwegian possessions earned him the ire of King Haakon, who planned an expedition against him. However, William escaped this expedition. He was probably rewarded with Skye and Lewis after the Scottish reconquest of the Hebrides, a reward secured when the conquests were ratified by the Treaty of Perth in 1266. William married Jean Comyn, daughter of William, Earl of Buchan. So far as is known he had only one son, also named William, who succeeded him as Earl. William died in May 1274 at "Earles Allane", likely the site of modern Allanfearn or Allangrange
   Page: Wikipedia
   
7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Earl William Ferquhard De Ross - Published information: birth-name: William Ferquhard De Ros
   Note: Published information: birth-name: William Ferquhard De Ros Published information: death: 1 February 1257; Tain, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2386360679
   
8. Title: Source confirms William ll fought in battle of Banockburn, "Clan Ross, Wikipedia"
   Author: .
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Ross;
   Note: "The Clan Ross fought alongside King Robert the Bruce when Earl Fearchar's grandson William led the clan against the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314"
   Page: Wikipedia
   
9. Title: Chiefs of Clan Ross, "Wikipedia"
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiefs_of_Clan_Ross;
   Page: William De Ross was also Earl of Ross
   
10. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Earl of Ross William -
    Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Ross01, Comyn01
    Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246398939
    
11. Title: Patrick the Red, Abbot of Applecross from a descendant of Farquhar, Earl of Ross, "Clanmacfarlangenealogy"
    Author: http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I6378&tree=CC See also the following for the original quote: http://www.fullbooks.com/History-Of-The-Mackenzies1.html.
    Publication: Name: http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I6378&tree=CC;
    Note: A quote from the web page: "These lay abbots are also said to have held, under the old Earls of Ross, the Sleat district of the Isle of Skye, which Hugh, first of that family, is alleged to have inherited through his mother, daughter of the Red Priest and a descendant of Farquhar Mac an t'Sagairt, Earl of Ross. It will be observed also that Austin, Uisdean, or Hugh, a common name among the Applecross and old Earl of Ross dynasty, comes into the Macdonald family for the first time at this period, after Earl Alexander of the Macdonald line had formed a union with the daughter of the last lay Abbot of Applecross. Skene distinctly affirms that Hugh Macdonald of Sleat was the son of Earl Alexander by a daughter of this Gille-Padruig. Sir Robert Gordon ('Earldom of Scotland,' p. 36) shows that the Rosses were originally designated O'Beolan and Gillanders indiscriminately, according to the writer's or speaker's fancy. [ http://www.fullbooks.com/History-Of-The-Mackenzies1.html ]"
    Page: Patrick the Red. Abbots were from the Earls of Ross.
    
12. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Earl William Ferquhard De Ross -
    Author: The Scots Peerage; Sir James Balfour Paul {1904-1914, 2000 rev} with Addenda et Corrigenda {2000}, Page number: I;505, VII:233
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736741135