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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. To give the earldom of Ross to Leslie, he ...
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. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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Euphemia was a daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross, and Margaret de Graham, Hugh's second wife and daughter of Sir John de Graham of Abercorn. [1] She first married John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray, but the marriage was childless. Her husband died in 1346, and she remained a widow for nine years. On 2 May 1355, Euphemia married Robert Stewart, sole ...
Of the two, Queen Euphemia lived in the generation prior to Countess Euphemia of the O'Beolan family. The two women were: 1 EUPHEMIA DE ROSS, COUNTESS OF MORAY then QUEEN OF SCOTS (c1329-1386) Euphemia de Ross was a member of the clan Ross; her parents were Aodh or Hugh, Earl of Ross and Margaret Graham, the earl's second wife.
May 30, 2018 · The death of the 47-year-old David II on 22 February 1371 may well have taken the now Robert II and Euphemia by surprise. Euphemia was now queen consort of the Scottish kingdom, and indeed the first queen of a new royal dynasty. Yet even though Euphemia was styled queen from the point of her husband’s ascension, she was not crowned alongside ...
Jul 23, 2021 · John and Euphemia’s marriage took place around 1343, with Euphemia becoming the Countess of Moray, at around 18 years old. Within 3 years, however, John was killed at the battle of Neville’s Cross on 17th October 1346 when David II, responding to a request from France to invade England, was intercepted and defeated by the unexpectedly large northern army of Edward III.
