FORBES, William Alexander ²

William married in 1382.¹

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, was the fourth son of Robert II. The title came to him as the result of his marriage, in 1382, witli Euphemia, Countess of Ross, who was Baroness of the barony of Kingedward, originally comprehending the greater part of the lands in Aberdeenshire belonging to the ancient earldom of Buchan. These she resigned into the hand of the King, 22 July 1382, who granted them to her and her husband, and the longer liver, their heirs, and failing them the heirs of Euphemia. Probably at this time he was created Earl of Buchan, for though in this charter he is styled Lord of Badenoch, he is called Earl of Buchan in another granted to him three days after."

from Scots Peerage (vol 2) ¹