William (II) 3rd Earl of Ross ^{1 2}

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William married Daughter GRAHAM, daughter of Sir David GRAHAM and Muriel BISSET co-heiress of Lovat.¹ (Daughter GRAHAM was born about 1265.)

  Marriage Notes:

"(2) a daughter, Christian name unknown, married (as his first wife) to William, Earl of Ross. Hugh, Earl of Ross, killed at Halidon Hill 1333, in a charter to Patrick de Graham of the lands of Scatraig in Strathnairn designs him 'avunculus meus.' "

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹

William next married Euphemia DE BERKELEY, daughter of Hugh DE BERKELEY 6th of Towie, Justiciar of Lothian and Unknown.² (Euphemia DE BERKELEY was born about 1265.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (William, 3rd Earl of Ross) died at Delny 28 January 1322-23, having married a lady named Euphemia (see Note 1 below), who warmly supported the English party. He left issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 7)

Note:

1

Although there is no established documentary proof, a case has been made for William's wife, Euphemia, as having been of the Barclay family, and specifically the daughter of Hugh, Justiciar of Lothian and 6th laird of Towie.

For an outline of the issue please see The Ancestry of Euphemia, Countess of Ross: Heraldry as Genealogical Evidence by John F. Ravilious in The Scottish Genealogist, March 2008.

2

In this connection, referring to Hugh de Berkeley, 6th laird of Towie, A History of the Barclay Family Part II states on page 59:

"In addition to Sir Patrick already mentioned as witnessing with his father at Berwick in 1268, Sir Hugh de Berkeley had a younger son, David, the progenitor of the Berkeleys of the Brechin and Collairnie lines, who will be dealt with later, and a daughter Effie, who married Walter de Somervill."

However, The Scots Peerage, (vol. 8), page 3, makes no mention of a Walter Somerville, nor of any marriage with a daughter named Effie de Berkeley, who could have been expected to have been a son of William de Somerville, (who was actually succeeded by his son Thomas), in the relevant time period.

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