Isabella of Ross (abt. 1294)

Born about 1294 in Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in Scotland [uncertain]

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Scotland Project WikiTree [send private message]

Isabella of Ross was descended from a signer of the Declaration of Arbroath. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland

Biography

Isabella of Ross is a member of Clan Barclay.

Isabella was the daughter of William, III Earl of Ross and Euphemia de Berkeley (Barclay), Countess of Ross.^[1] In addition to Isabella, William and Euphemia had the following issue: ^[1][2][3]

• Hugh, heir.
• Sir John, who married Margaret Comyn, heiress of the Earldom of Buchan.
• Sir Walter, who fell at Bannockburn on 23 June 1314.
• Dorothea, said to have married Torquil McLeod, second of Lewis.

On 1 June 1317, Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick, was granted dispensation by the Pope to marry Isabella, due to their third and fourth degrees of consanguinity. It is doubtful, however, that the marriage ever took place, as Bruce died at the battle of Dundalk on 5 October 1318.^[4][1] Assuming that Isabella may have been approximately 21 years of age at the date of the 1317 dispensation, her birthdate has been roughly estimated as occuring circa 1294.

Isabella's date and location of death are unknown. No sources were located that allow even a rough estimation of her year of death.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Balfour Paul, James. (1911). The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom (Vol. VII, p. 235). Edinburgh: D. Douglas. Retrieved from Internet Archive (Available online); accessed 4 February 2022.
2. ↑ Cawley, C. (20 May 2021). Scotland, Earls Created 1162-1398. (Earls of Ross (Ferquhard MacTaggart, William de Ross, 1a). Retrieved from Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (Available online); accessed 4 February 2022.
3. ↑ Read, Harmon Pumelly. (1908). Rossiana: Papers and Documents Relating to the History and Genealogy of the Ancient and Noble House of Ross, of Ross-shire, Scotland ... and the New England and Mayflower Families of Allerton, Bradford, Cook, Cushman, Freeman, Marshall, Warren (pp. 3, 4). Albany, N.Y.: The Argus Co. Retrieved from Genealogy Gophers (Available online); accessed 1 February 2022.
4. ↑ Balfour Paul, James. (1911). The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom (Vol. II, p. 436). Edinburgh: D. Douglas. Retrieved from Internet Archive (Available online); accessed 4 February 2022.

Acknowledgement

WikiTree profile Ross-1880 created through the import of O'Bryan Family tree.ged on Sep 6, 2011 by Tim Tropeck.