clan ross johnstons clan histories

Good Format is approximately 4.75 inches by 7.25 inches. 32, [2] pages. Frontis. O'Beolain, Illustrations (some in color). Footnotes. Map. Clan Ross is a Highland Scottish clan. The original chiefs of the clan were the original Earls of Ross. The first recorded chief of the Clan Ross was "Fearcher Mac an t-Sagirt" which in English meant "son of the priest" alluding to his Ó Beólláin descent from the hereditary Abbots of Applecross. Fearchar helped King Alexander II of Scotland (1214-1249) crush a rebellion by Donald Bane, a rival claimant to the Scottish throne. Fearchar was knighted by the king and by 1234 he was officially recognized with the title of Earl of Ross. The Earl's son, William was abducted in about 1250 in a revolt against the Earl's rule. However, he was rescued with help from the Munros who were rewarded with lands and who became closely connected with their powerful benefactors. During the Wars of Scottish Independence the Clan Ross fought against the English at the Battle of Dunbar where their chief, the Earl of Ross was captured. This meant that for a short time Uilleam II, Earl of Ross sided with the English but he later supported Robert the Bruce of Scotland. The Clan Ross fought alongside King Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Aodh, Earl of Ross (Hugh, 5th Earl), was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. The chiefship of Clan Ross devolved upon Ross of Pitcalnie, heir of David who was the last of the direct line of Balnagowan. Sir John, the 5th baronet, assumed the name "Ross" and then, after Carstairs was sold in 1762, the designation "of Balnagowan." Balnagown Castle, eight miles north-east of Alness was originally built in the fourteenth century but was extended in later years. [2] The castle was first built by the Rosses in 1375. [2] The castle was lost by the Ross chiefs in the eighteenth century due to debt but was bought from them by the Rosses of Hawkhead who were a southern branch of the clan. The property

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