Dorothea of Ross

married about 1265

Dorothea Ross1

F, #506297 Last Edited=14 Oct 2012

    Dorothea Ross is the daughter of William de Ross, 3rd Earl of Ross and Euphemia de Berkeley.2 She married Torquil MacLeod, 2nd of the Lewes, son of Leod (?) and unknown daughter MacRailt.1

    Her married name became MacLeod.1 Child of Dorothea Ross and Torquil MacLeod, 2nd of the Lewes

Norman MacLeod, 3rd of the Lewes+2 Citations

[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2530. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S37] BP2003. [S37]

notes

1 - Dorothea, who married her cousin, Torquil Macleod II. of Lewis, with issue.
Dorothea, daughter of William, second O'Beolan Earl of Ross by his wife, Joan, daughter of John the first Red Comyn, and sister of John the Black Comyn, Lord of Badenoch and Earl of Buchan. [ http://www.fullbooks.com/History-Of-The-Mackenzies1.html ]

another source shows her as daughter of her brother William the 3rd Earl.

William, 3rd Earl of Ross, married a lady named Euphemia, who was likely the daughter of Sir Hugh de Berkeley, Justiciar of Lothian.[7] They had three sons and two daughters:[3]

• Hugh, Earl of Ross
• Sir John Ross, married Margaret Comyn, daughter of John, Earl of Buchan
• Sir Walter Ross, killed at Bannockburn
• Isabella Ross, married Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick
• Dorothea Ross, married Torquil MacLeod of Lewis

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• Wikipedia
  • 7. John P. Ravilious, The Ancestry of Euphemia, Countess of Ross: Heraldry as Genealogical Evidence, The Scottish Genealogist, Vol. LV, No. 1 (March 2008), pp. 33–38
  • 3. Paul, Sir James (1909). The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: David Douglas. Vol Vll, 1910. "The Ancient Earls of Ross" page 234-235
• http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...