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Biography. Euphemia was the elder daughter of Uilleam III, the last O'Beolan Mormaer of Ross. Her first marriage was compelled against the wishes of her father. King David II desired to bestow an earldom on Walter de Leslie, who had distinguished himself in combat in Europe and in Alexandria, Egypt.
Born: About 1326 1. Marriage (1): RANDOLPH, John 3rd Earl of Moray probably circa 1343 1 2. Marriage (2): STEWART, Robert II King of Scots 2 May 1355 (papal dispensation) 3. Died: by 1387 (1388) 1. Another name for Euphemia was ROSS, Euphemia. 1. User ID: K163. General Notes:
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Brief Life History of Euphemia I. When Euphemia I Countess of Ross was born about 1345, in Cromarty, Cromartyshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, William III 5th Earl of Ross, was 37 and her mother, Mary MacDonald, was 28. She married Lord Walter Leslie 7th Earl of Ross about 1363, in Scotland.
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Euphemia (I) Countess of Ross 2. Born: About 1343; Marriage (1): LESLIE, Walter Earl of Ross, jure uxoris in 1365 1; Marriage (2): STEWART, Alexander Lord of Badenoch then Earl of Buchan in 1382 2; Died: After 5 September 1394 3; Buried: Fortrose Cathedral, Scotland 4; User ID: K181. Research Notes: TWO WOMEN NAMED EUPHEMIA
Euphemia I (d. 1394 x 1398), also called Euphemia of Ross and Euphemia Ross, and sometimes incorrectly styled Euphemia Leslie and Euphemia Stewart (Scottish women in this period did not abandon natal names for married names), was a Countess of Ross in her own right. Biography
Countess of Ross. Died after September 5, 1394; interred at Fortrose Cathedral, Ross and Cromarty; daughter of William Ross, 3rd earl of Ross, and Mary Og (daughter of Angus Og, lord of the Isles); married Walter de Lesly, earl of Ross (some sources cite Andrew Leslie), around 1361; married Alexander Stewart (c. 1343–1394), 1st earl of Buchan ...
