Mariota-nic-Walter Leslie of Moray Countess of Isles

• Preferred Name: Mariota-nic-Walter Leslie of Moray Countess of Isles^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Alternate Name: Mariota Leslie
  
• Alternate Name: Mairead
  
• Alternate Name: Mary
  
• Alternate Name: MacDonald
  
• Alternate Name: Margaret
  
• Gender: F
  
• Fact: with note: Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariota,_Countess_of_Ross
  
• Birth: 1363 in Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at LATI: N7.3 LONG: E2.6667
  
• Find+A+Grave: with note: Mariota Leslie BIRTH 1363 Cromarty, Highland, Scotland DEATH 1429 (aged 65–66) Cromarty, Highland, Scotland BURIAL Burial Details Unknown MEMORIAL ID 238910927 · View Source https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238910927/mariota-leslie
  
• Clan: with note: Description: Donald
  
• Burial: 1429 in Fortrose Cathedral, Fortrose, Ross-shire, Scotland at LATI: N7.5808 LONG: E4.1305
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Countess of Ross
  
• Death: 1429 in Tulloch Castle, Dingwall, Ross, Scotland at LATI: N7.6 LONG: E4.45
  
• FSID: LBBH-XMW
  
• Life Sketch: with note: Description: The Life Summary of Mariota When Mariota Leslie Countess of Ross was born about 1370, in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, Walter Leslie Earl of Ross, was 49 and her mother, Euphemia Ross, was 40. She married Donald MacDonald 8th Lord of the Isles about 1391, in Harlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1440, in Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 70. From Wikipedia: Mariota, Countess of Ross Born: Scotland Died: 1440, Scotland Spouse: Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles House: Clan Donald Father: Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross Mother: Euphemia I, Countess of Ross Mariota, Countess of Ross (Mairead, also called Mary and Margaret; died 1440) was the daughter of Euphemia I, Countess of Ross and her husband, the crusading war-hero Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross. Upon the death of her brother, Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross, she became the heir-presumptive of her niece Euphemia II, Countess of Ross although her husband Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles pressed Mariota's superior claim to the earldom. Domhnall attempted to gain control of the earldom, and sometime after 1405 but before 1411, Domhnall gained control of Dingwall Castle. In the year after the death of the nominal king Robert III of Scotland (1406), in August 1407, Domhnall sent emissaries to England to the heir of the throne, the captive James Stewart. King Henry IV of England sent his own emissaries the following year to negotiate an alliance against Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, the Guardian of Scotland who was controlling Euphemia and the earldom. With control over the principal seat of the earldom of Ross and support of the exiled heir to the Scottish throne, in 1411 Domhnall felt strong enough to march against Albany's main northern ally, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar. At the Battle of Harlaw Domhnall failed to inflict a decisive victory, and withdrew back to the western highlands. In the aftermath, Albany was able to retake Dingwall and seize control of Easter Ross. In 1415, Euphemia was persuaded by Albany to resign the earldom to his own second son, John Stewart, Earl of Buchan. This action was challenged by Domhnall of Islay, who continued to claim the earldom on behalf of Mariota. After the return of King James the latter destroyed the power of the Albany Stewarts, executing the Albany's son and successor Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany. Domhnall had died in 1423, but Mariota continued to enjoy the support of his successor and her own son, Alexander. Alexander took over her claims, and in 1437 her son was recognized as earl by the king. She died in 1440. She had two known children, Alexander and Mariota. About Mariota Leslie, Countess of Ross Mariota, Countess of Ross (Mairead, also called Mary and Margaret; died 1440) was the daughter of Euphemia I, Countess of Ross and her husband, the crusading war-hero Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross. Upon the death of her brother, Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross, she became the heir-presumptive of her niece Euphemia II, Countess of Ross although her husband Domhnall of Islay, Lord of the Isles pressed Mariota's superior claim to the earldom. http://books.google.com/books?id=7QGnt0PLWo8C&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q=&f=false Page 81 - 85 DONALD, LORD OF THE ISLES; AND MARGARET LESLIE, Tenth Countess of Ross. Lady Margaret Leslie, daughter of Walter Leslie, Earl of Ross, by his wife Euphemia, Countess of Ross, married Donald, Lord of the Isles. When Lady Margaret's niece, Euphemia, Countess of Ross, daughter of her deceased brother, Alexander, Earl of Ross, had declared her intention to take the veil, Donald of the Isles asserted his claim to the earldom of Ross as next heir, in right of his wife, in conformity with the entail made by William, Earl of Ross, her grandfather, in 1370. He disputed the destination made by his wife's niece Euphemia, as being made in prejudice to his wife, who was the lawful heir to the earldom. The Duke of Albany, and his son John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, wishing to keep what they had got, insisted that the resignation of the Countess Euphemia was legal, and they declared that they would maintain it. Whereon Donald resolved to assert his right by force of arms; and he so far took possession that he held the castle of Dingwall, the residence of the Earls of Ross. He raised an army of 10,000 men in the Hebrides and Ross, and marched through Moray into the Garioch, on Mar, intending, it is said, to attack the city of Aberdeen. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar and Lord of the Garioch, the king's lieutenant in the North, collected a body of troops in haste, and met the invader at Harlaw, on the river Urie, about eighteen miles north-west of the city of Aberdeen, 24th July 1411. Although Mar's army was inferior in number, the battle was most obstinately contested, with great loss on both sides. It proved indecisive, however. Both parties claimed the victory. On the side of Donald, the chiefs of Macintosh and Maclean fell, with about 900 men ; Mar lost 500 men, besides many persons of rank. Sir Andrew de Leslie, third Baron of Balquhain, who commanded Mar’s horse, lost six sons in the battle. Donald of the Isles was so much weakened by this sanguinary battle, that he was forced to retire, and the Duke of Albany, Regent of the kingdom, shortly afterwards proceeded with a force to the north, and took the castle of Dingwall; and in the following year, 1412, he invaded Donald's territories, and obliged him to abandon his pretensions to the earldom of Ross, and to give hostages for his future observance of peace. John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, was now styled Earl of Ross, and he held the title till his death at the battle of Verneil, in Normandy, 17th August 1424; and his brother, Sir Robert Stewart, being also killed in the same battle, and neither of them leaving any male issue, the earldom of Ross, in virtue of the limitation in the charter granted to them by their father, the Regent, in 1415, devolved on the crown. It would appear that although the Stewarts got forcible possession of the earldom of Ross, yet Lady Margaret Leslie did not forego her just claims, and she retained at least the title of Countess of Ross, as is shown by the following document: — "John Byschop of Ross, Dame Margaret of the Ile, Lady of the Yles and of Ross, Huchen Fraser, Lord of Lovat, John Urchard, Lord of Crommathy, Donald of Kalder, Thayne of that like, with many others, till all and sundry, &c. We mak knowyn, truche thir presents that in August 16 year 1420, in the kyrk yharde of Rosmarkyn, compeart Willyam the Grame, son and heyr umquhile of Henry the Grame, in presence of us before a nobil Lord and a michty Thomas Erie of Murreff, his ovyr Lord of the barony of Kerdale, resyngnan over of his auyn fre will in til handes of the sayde Lord the Erie the sayde all his lands of the barony of Kerdale Scheradom of Inverness, and all other lands, to be gyffyn to the sayde Willyam the Grame and his heyris-male, and faylzand them, to Willyam the Hay. Upon the quhylkes thyngis the sayde Willyam the Grame and Willyam the Hay requirit us in witnesyng by our letters testimonial and our seals. The quhilk we grawntit at the place and day before sayde." Lady Margaret Leslie, Countess of Ross, had by her husband, Donald, Lord of the Isles, issue — I. Alexander, who succeeded as Lord of the Isles, and assumed the title of Earl of Ross; II. Mariot, married to Alexander Sutherland. She and her husband, Alexander Sutherland, in 1429, got a grant of the lands of Duchall from her brother, Alexander, Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross. Donald, Lord of the Isles, died before 1427. Margaret, Countess of Ross, and her son, Alexander, Lord of the Isles, were arrested by King James I. when he held a parliament at Inverness, in 1427. The Lord of the Isles was soon released, but his mother, the Countess of Ross, was detained a prisoner, and died about 1429. ----------------------------------------------- Margaret (Mariota) Leslie • Surname: Leslie • Given Name: Margaret (Mariota) • Sex: F • Birth: ABT 1375 • Death: ABT 1440 in Tulloch Castle, Dingwall, Ross, Scot. • Note: Vol 7, pg. 241 "The Scot's Peerage" by Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5, pg. 42, "The Scots Peerage" by Sir James Balfour Paul pg. 638, "A Genealogical & Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage & Baronetage of the British Empire" by John B. Burke, Eleventh Edition, published 1849 Source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=brucedjohnson1&id=I17642 Father: Walter of Ross Leslie b: ABT 1321 in Leslie, Garioch, Aberdeens, Scot. Mother: Euphemia of Ross b: ABT 1352 in Ross, , Scot. Marriage 1 Donald of the Isles b: ABT 1355 Children 1. Alexander MacDonald of the Isles 2. Mariota of the Isles b: ABT 1410 in The Isles, Inverness, Scot. http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Leslie-101 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariota,_Countess_of_Ross view all Mariota Leslie, Countess of Ross's Timeline 1363 1363 Birth of Mariota Ross, Cromartyshire, Scotland 1380 1380 Age 17 Birth of Gilbert MacAlistair 1398 1398 Age 35 Birth of Alexander MacDonald, 9th Lord of the Isles,... Tulloch Castle,Dingwall,Ross And Cromarty,Scotland 1404 1404 Age 41 Birth of Mariota MacDonald, of the Isles Of The Isles,Scotland 1410 1410 Age 47 Birth of Agnes MacDonald Dingwall, Cromarty, Scotland 1429 1429 Age 66 Death of Mariota at Tulloch Castle Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ???? Birth of A
  
• Alt. Birth: 27 FEB 1382 with note: Description: Perth, Scotland
  
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  === Life Sketch ===
  Mariota Leslie was born in 1363, Ross, Cromartyshire, Scotland. she had one daughter with Donald MacDonald in 1410. She died in 1429 in Tulloch Castle, Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, at the age of 66.
  
  Mariota, Countess of Ross
  Scottish noble (Wikipedia )
  Mariota, Countess of Ross
  Born: Scotland
  Died: 1440, Scotland
  Spouse: Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles
  House: Clan Donald
  Father: Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross
  Mother: Euphemia I, Countess of Ross
  
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  Mariota, Countess of Ross
  See-Mariota, Countess of Ross (Mairead, also called Mary and Margaret; died 1440) was the daughter of Euphemia I, Countess of Ross and her husband, the crusading war-hero Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross.
  
  My Maternal 18th. Great Grandfather, Donald MacDonald of Harlaw, 8th. Lord of the Isles, 9th. Earl of Ross
  Name: Donald MacDonald of Harlaw, 8th. Lord of the Isles of Islay, 9th. Earl of Ross
  Born: 1360 in Isle of Ross, Western Isles, Scotland
  Married: 8 Oct. 1395 in Tulloch Castle, Dingwall, Ross, Scotlan
  
  My Maternal 18th. Great Scottish Grandmother, Mariota Leslie (MacDonald), Countess of Ross
  Name: Mariota Leslie, 9th. Countess of Ross
  Born: 1363 in Leslie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Died: 1429 in Tulloch Castle, Dingwall, Cromarty-Ross, Scotland (age of 70).
  Buried: 1429 in Scotland
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  === MARY (LESLIE), de jure COUNTESS OF ROSS ===
  MARY (LESLIE), de jure COUNTESS OF ROSS [SCT], aunt and heir of line, being only daughter of Eupheme, COUNTESS OF ROSS (VIII) by her 1st husband, Sir Walter LESLIE, married Donald, LORD OF THE ISLES, who succeeded his father in 1387. As Lord of the Isles he dealt as a sovereign power with England, and was reckoned an ally by both England and France. In right of his wife he claimed the Earldom of Ross. The details of his claim are not known; nor is it known whether, in his expedition in 1411, he was invading Scotland as a foreign enemy, or as claimant to the Earldom. When he set out from Inverness in that year, his force was composed of men of the Isles and of Ross (the latter returned to his obedience); and he was undoubtedly in possession of Dingwall Castle, the chief seat of the Earldom. He was defeated at Harlaw in the Garioch, 24 July 1411, in one of Scotland's bloodiest battles. Donald fled; the Regent took possession of Dingwall, and in the following year exacted hostages at Polgylbe (Lochgilp) for the keeping of the peace. Donald was living in 1421. He died at Ardtornish in Morven, [?] 1423. In 1420 the Countess used a style corresponding with that of her husband, DAME MARY OF THE ILE, LADY OF THE YLIS AND OF ROSSE. Though no record of the fact has been found, it is evident that, after his return, James I allowed the claim of Donald's widow to be Countess of Ross. She was summoned, with her son, to Inverness, 1427; and, after her son's rebellion, 1429, was sent to confinement in Inchcolm for 14 months. She died probably about 1435. [Complete Peerage XI:149-50]
  
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  Margaret or Mary Lesley, on the death of her brother Alexander, Earl of Ross, became heir-presumptive to her niece Euphemia in the earldom. She is frequently called Margaret, but her true name was Mary, as appears from Celtic records. She had married Donald, Lord of the Isles, and he, in his wife's name, claimed the earldom, and procceeded to seize it by force, as already stated, but in consequence of the battle of Harlaw the Lord of the Isles, though unconquered, abandoned his enterprise, if he did not abandon his pretensions, and the earldom of Ross, as stated, remained in the Governors hands. Donald died at Isla about 1423. His wife died in 1440. [The Scots Peerage VII:243]
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === b. before 1352, #170136 ===
  b. before 1352, #170136

• m. ABT 1396 in Scotland

1. Marjory Marione MacDonald of the Isles, b. ABT 1398 in Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland     d. 20 JUL 1448 in Cromarty, Cromartyshire, Scotland

1. Title: Mariota Leslie, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FK3-1LVV : 15 June 2022), Mariota Leslie, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 238910927, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FK3-1LVV;
   
2. Title: Mariota, Countess of Ross - Wikipedia
   Author: “Mariota, Countess of Ross - Wikipedia.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariota,_Countess_of_Ross. Accessed 28 Sep. 2019.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariota,_Countess_of_Ross;
   Page: Lady Margaret Leslie, wife of Donald McDonald, Lord of the Isles, pp. 51-52
   
3. Title: I Love Scotland: McUisdean, 2nd ed, 2016
   Author: Book - printed in Delaware, available at amazon.com
   Publication: Name: http://www.ilovescotland.net;
   Note: Extensive history and genealogy of the family that originates with Uisdean (Hugh) McDonald, Chief of Sleat, Isle of Skye, Scotland, who died in 1498.
   Page: Margaret Leslie, wife of Good King Donald, p. 51