Dorothea Ross (abt. 1296)

Born about 1296 in Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Torquil Og Macleod — married about 1320 in Dingwall, Ross, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Dorothea Ross is a member of Clan Ross.

Dorothea was the daughter of William, III Earl of Ross and Euphemia de Berkeley (Barclay), Countess of Ross.^[1] Although no sources were located that provided Dorothea's birthdate, it has been estimated based on the following information. On 1 June 1317, Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick, was granted dispensation by the Pope to marry Isabella, due to third and fourth degrees of consanguinity.^[2][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. As Isabella was the fourth child and Dorothea the fifth, Dorothea's date of birth has been estimated to have occurred circa 1296, two years following the birth of her sister.

In addition to Dorothea, William and Euphemia had the following issue: ^[1][3][4]

• Hugh, heir.
• Sir John, who married Margaret Comyn, heiress of the Earldom of Buchan.
• Sir Walter, who fell at Bannockburn on 23 June 1314.
• Isabella, who received a dispensation from Pope John XXII to marry Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick on 1 June 1317. He died the following year at the battle of Dundalk. It is unlikely that this marriage occurred.^[2]

Dorothea married Torquil McLeod, second baron of Lewis.^[5] According to Mackenzie in the History of the Macleods, Dorothea and Torquil had the following issue:^[6]

• Norman, heir and successor.
• Finguala, wife of Kenneth Mackenzie III of Kintail.

Dorothea'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. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 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.
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ Bain, Robert. (1899). History of the Ancient Province of Ross (The County Palatine of Scotland) From the Earliest Times to the Present Time (Vol. I, p. 65). Dingwall: Pefferside Press. Retrieved from Internet Archive (Available online); accessed 4 February 2022.
6. ↑ Mackenzie, Alexander. (1899). History of the Macleods with Genealogies of the Principal Families of the Name (p. 287). Retrieved from Internet Archive (Available online); accessed 4 February 2022.

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of McQuery Family Tree.ged on 20 May 2011.