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     Eupheme de Ross suo jure Countess of Ross married Sir Walter Leslie Earl of Ross, son of Sir Andrew Leslie, before 13 September 1365.^4,5,1
Eupheme de Ross suo jure Countess of Ross married Alexander "Wolf of Badenoch" Stewart Earl of Buchan, Lord Badenoch, son of Robert II Stewart King of the Scots and Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan, circa July 1382.^6,4,7,1

Eupheme de Ross suo jure Countess of Ross died circa 20 February 1395 at Scotland.^6,4,1
     Reference: van de Pas cites: The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. XI 147.¹ Eupheme de Ross suo jure Countess of Ross was also known as Euphemia Ross Countess of Ross.^6,1

     Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland was born circa 1362.^2,3 He married Isabel (?) Countess of Lennox, daughter of Duncan (?) 8th Earl of Lennox, circa February 1392
; indenture 17 Feb 1391/2.^1,2,3
Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland died on 25 May 1425; beheaded.^1,2,3
     He was 2nd Duke of Albany.²

; MURDACH, 2nd Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland; b c 1362, Justiciar of Scotland north of Forth, 1389, was taken prisoner by the Percies at Homildon Hill 1402, but released from captivity in England in exchange for the Earl of Northumberland 1415, became Regent, 1420, secured KING JAMES I's release from captivity in England and (as Earl of Fife, and so heir of the Clan MacDuff) enthroned him at Scone 1424, but was thought over-powerful, arrested with his family, tried, and beheaded, 25 May 1425. He m (indenture 17 Feb 1391/2) Isabel, Countess of Lennox in her own right (who d c 1458), dau, and co-heiress of Duncan, 8th Earl of Lennox (beheaded with the Albany family, 1425, aged about 80), and by her had issue (with a dau Isabel, who m Sir Walter Buchanan of that Ilk, which probably accounts for the Buchanan arms) four sons.² He was Earl of Fife.² He was Justiciar of Scotland north of Forth in 1389.² He was Regent of Scotland in 1420.²

     Isabel (?) Countess of Lennox married Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland, son of Robert Stewart 1st Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham Countess of Menteith (suo juris), circa February 1392
; indenture 17 Feb 1391/2.^1,2,3
Isabel (?) Countess of Lennox died in 1458.²

     Duncan (?) 8th Earl of Lennox was born circa 1345.²
Duncan (?) 8th Earl of Lennox died on 25 May 1425; beheaded with the Albany family, aged about 80.^1,2
     He was 8th Earl of Lennox.²

     Sir Walter Stuart Master of Fife, Lennox and Menteith married (?) Campbell, daughter of Sir Duncan Campbell 1st Lord Campbell and Lady Marjory/Marcelline Stewart,
; m unlawfully (presumably uncanonically, for want of a Papal dispensation for consanguinity.)²
Sir Walter Stuart Master of Fife, Lennox and Menteith died on 24 May 1425 at Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland; beheaded.^1,2,3
      ; SIR WALTER, Master of Fife, Lennox and Menteith, was proud and hot-tempered (and is said to have wrung the neck of a hawk which his f refused to give him), was arrested and imprisoned on the Bass Rock, 1424, and beheaded at Stirling, 24 May 1425. He is said to have m unlawfully (presumably uncanonically, for want of a Papal dispensation for consanguinity), a dau of Duncan, 1st Ld Campbell (see ARGYLL, D), and (since the marriage was null) had two natural sons.²

     Sir Alexander Stuart Knt. died on 25 May 1425 at Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland; beheaded with his father at Stirling.^1,3
      ; Sir Alexander, knighted by JAMES I at his Coronation, but beheaded with his f, Albany, and maternal grandfather, Lennox, at Stirling, 25 May 1425.²

     Sir James Stuart 1st of Baldorran died circa 1451 at Ireland; died in exile.^1,2
      ; Sir James, 1st of Baldorran, known as Seumas Mor or "Big James'', was the only s of the Regent Albany to escape in 1425, when he avenged his family by burning Dunbarton at the head of a considerable body of highlanders, slaying the Keeper (KING JAMES I's uncle), and then fled to England. He settled in Ireland, where he d 1451. By a Macdonald lady, he had issue (with a natural dau Maud; m Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath (see EDMONSTONE, Bt)) a natural son.²

     Marjorie Douglas married David Stewart Duke of Rothesay, son of Robert III (John) Stewart King of Scots and Annabella Drummond Queen of Scotland, circa February 1400 at Bothwell Church
; CP vol 4, p 433, footnote e states: of his daughters, Marjory m. 2/1400 at Bothwell Church, David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, Prince of Scotland, who dsp and vp 3/26/1402.^1,2,3 Marjorie Douglas married Sir Walter Halyburton younger of Dirleton, son of Walter Halyburton Lord Haliburton, of Dirleton, in 1403.^2,4

Marjorie Douglas died in 1420; Louda & Macalagan says d. 1421.^2,3

     John Douglas Knt., 2nd Earl of Morton married Janet Chrichton, daughter of Patrick Chrichton of Cranstonriddel.²
John Douglas Knt., 2nd Earl of Morton was born before 1466.²
John Douglas Knt., 2nd Earl of Morton died between 8 November 1511 and 26 November 1513.²
John Douglas Knt., 2nd Earl of Morton died in 1513.¹
     He was 2nd Earl of Morton.²

; JOHN DOUGLAS, 2nd Earl of Morton; b by 1466; ktd by 1474, Envoy to England 1494; m by summer 1493 Janet, dau of Patrick Crichton of Cranstonriddel, and d between 8 Nov 1511 and 26 Nov 1513, having had: JAMES DOUGLAS, 3rd Earl of Morton.

     William Douglas 6th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Duke of Touraine married Janet Lindsay, daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay Knt., 2nd Earl of Crawford, Lord Lindsay and Marjory (?).^2,3
William Douglas 6th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Duke of Touraine was born circa 1424.²
William Douglas 6th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Duke of Touraine died on 24 November 1440; executed by beheading for high treason.²
William Douglas 6th Earl of Douglas, 3rd Duke of Touraine died on 28 November 1440 at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland; "The fifth earl of Douglas, Archibald, was James II's cousin, and he married Euphemia Graham, a great-granddaughter of Robert II. His sons, William and David thus had a strond title to the Scottish throne. When Archibald died in 1439, James was faced with the young upstart William, the sixth earl, a born trouble-maker. Chrichton, acting on behlf of [James II], invited the two brothers, William and David, to a feast at Edinburgh Castle on 28 November 1440. At the end of the meal a black Bull's head was placed on the table as a symbol of death. The two brothers were then seized and subjected to a mock trial at which James pleaded for their release. They were, however, found guilty of treason and immediately executed. The Douglases were thereafter the sworn enemies of James and of Crichton..."¹
     He was 2nd and last Count of Longuevill.²

; WILLIAM DOUGLAS, 6th EARL OF DOUGLAS, 3rd and last DUKE OF TOURAINE and 2nd and last COUNT OF LONGUEVILL; b c 1424; rebelled with his yr bro, hence executed by beheading for high treason 24 Nov 1440, having m Janet, dau of 2nd Earl of Crawford (see CRAWFORD and BALCARRES, E); dsp, when the Dukedom and Countship expired and the Ldships of Annandale and Bothwell ultimately passed to the Crown, though the Ldship of Galloway passed to his sister.² He was 6th Earl of Douglas.^4,2 He was 3rd Duke of Touraine.^4,2

     David Douglas died on 28 November 1440 at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland; "The fifth earl of Douglas, Archibald, was James II's cousin, and he married Euphemia Graham, a great-granddaughter of Robert II. His sons, William and David thus had a strond title to the Scottish throne. When Archibald died in 1439, James was faced with the young upstart William, the sixth earl, a born trouble-maker. Chrichton, acting on behlf of [James II], invited the two brothers, William and David, to a feast at Edinburgh Castle on 28 November 1440. At the end of the meal a black Bull's head was placed on the table as a symbol of death. The two brothers were then seized and subjected to a mock trial at which James pleaded for their release. They were, however, found guilty of treason and immediately executed. The Douglases were thereafter the sworn enemies of James and of Crichton..."¹

     Katherine Sinclair married Alexander Stewart Duke of Albany, Earl of March, son of James II Stewart King of Scotland and Marie van Gelre, before 1473
;
His 1st wife.^1,2,4,5
     The marriage of Katherine Sinclair and Alexander Stewart Duke of Albany, Earl of March was annulled between 2 March 1477 and 1478; the marriage was dissolved for propinquity of blood, 2 March 1477/8 (decree ratified by Parl(y) 1516), and the children retrospectively bastardised.^2,4,5

     Anne de La Tour d'Auvergne married Alexander Stewart Duke of Albany, Earl of March, son of James II Stewart King of Scotland and Marie van Gelre, on 16 January 1479
;      His 2nd wife; contract 16 Jan 1478-79.^1,3,4,2,6 Anne de La Tour d'Auvergne married Louis de Seyssel (dit de la Chambre) Comte de la Chambre between 1486 and 1487
;
His 2nd wife.^3,2,7
Anne de La Tour d'Auvergne died on 13 October 1512.^3,4,2
     Reference: Genealogics cites: Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.) 10:95.²

     James Hamilton PC, 2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran was born circa 1475; Louda & Macalagan says b. 1477.^2,4,5 He married Elizabeth Home, daughter of Alexander Home PC, 2nd Lord Home and Nicole Ker of Samuelston, circa 1490
; charter 28 April 1490.² James Hamilton PC, 2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran and Elizabeth Home were divorced on 16 November 1504; on grounds of her previous marriage to Thomas Hay of Hoprew (living 20 June 1491, i.e., at the time of the marriage, though believed dead at the time), s of 1st Lord Hay of Yester (see TWEEDDALE, M)), further divorce 11 March 1509/10.² James Hamilton PC, 2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran married Janet Beaton, daughter of Sir David Beaton Knt., of Creich, Fifeshire, seigneur de Neilhers Rives, 1er Laird of Creich and Balfour, circa November 1516
; charter 23 Nov 1516; her 2nd husband.^2,4,5
James Hamilton PC, 2nd Lord Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran died before 22 July 1529; Racines et Histoire says d. March 1529*.^1,2,4,5
     He was 2nd Lord Hamilton.²

; JAMES HAMILTON, 2nd LORD HAMILTON and 1st EARL OF ARRAN, PC (S); b c 1475; obtained a charter of the lands and earldom of Arran to himself and his heirs male in failure of which they were to revert to the Crown 11 Aug 1503, Adml Scotland 1513, Lt-Gen Kingdom of Scotland, Warden Marches, a Ld of the Regency 1517, obtained lordship of Bothwell on its forfeiture by the Earl of Angus; m 1st (charter 28 April 1490; divorce 16 Nov 1504 on grounds of her previous marriage to Thomas Hay of Hoprew (living 20 June 1491, i.e., at the time of the marriage, though believed dead at the time), s of 1st Lord Hay of Yester (see TWEEDDALE, M), further divorce 11 March 1509/10) Elizabeth (d 1544), dau of 2nd Lord Home (see HOME, E); m 2nd (charter 23 Nov 1516) Janet (d c 1522), dau of Sir David Beaton of Creich, Fifeshire (Comptroller Scotland temp JAMES VI), and widow of Sir Robert Livingston of Easter Wemyss, and d by 22 July 1529, having had at least two illegitimate children (Elizabeth, m c 1543 Robert, Master of Sempill (see SEMPILL); Margaret; his dau by his mistress Beatrice (dau of 1st Lord Drummond; see PERTH, L), m Andrew Stewart Lord Ochiltree), and leaving by his 2nd w an est legitimate son: JAMES HAMILTON, 2nd EARL OF ARRAN.² He was 1st Earl of Arran in 1502.^6,2

     Elizabeth Hamilton married Matthew Stuart 11th Earl of Lennox, son of John Stuart 10th Earl of Lennox, Lord Darnley and Margaret Montgomerie, on 9 April 1494 at College of Bothwell
; His 2nd marriage.^1,2,3,4
Elizabeth Hamilton died circa April 1531.²

     John Blount of Sodington, Worc. married Catherine Corbet, daughter of Thomas Corbet.¹

      ; Sir JOHN d 1423; his gs, JOHN BLOUNT, of Sodington; m Catherine, dau and heiress of Thomas Corbet, and had, with an est s (Edward, of Sodington, m Joan, widow of Sir Walter Devereux, and dsp) and a yst s (Humphrey): PETER BLOUNT.¹

     Margaret de Verdon de jure & suo jure Baroness Verdon married Sir Hugh Bradshagh
; her 1st husband.⁵ Margaret de Verdon de jure & suo jure Baroness Verdon married Sir John Pilkington, son of Sir Roger de Pilkington of Elford, in 1383
; her 2nd husband.¹
     GAV-17.

Reference: Genealogics cites:
     1. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America bef.1700, 7th Edition, 1992, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Reference: 38
     2. History of the Pilkington Family of Lancs and its Branches from 1066 to 1600 Liverpool, 1912, Pilkington, Lt.-Col. John
     3. The Complete Peerage, 1936 , Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden. 12.2:245.¹

     Catherine Corbet married John Blount of Sodington, Worc., son of John Blount of Kinlet/Sodington.¹

      ; dau and heiress of Thomas Corbet.¹

     Sir James Stanley of Crosshall, Lancastershire married Anne Hart, daughter of John Hart and Elizabeth Peache.¹

      ; James (Sir), of Crosshall, Lancs; Marshal of Ireland; m Anne, dau of John Hart by Elizabeth, sis and heir of Sir John Peache, of Lullingstone Castle, Kent, and widow of Edmund Talbot de Bashall, Yorks, and had issue.²

; Ancestor of the future earls of Derby from the 11th Earl.¹

     Lady Dorothy Howard married Edward Stanley KB, KG, PC, 3rd Earl of Derby, 11th Lord Strange of Knokyn, son of Thomas III Stanley KB, 2nd Earl of Derby, 3rd Lord Stanley of Knokyn and Anne Hastings, on 21 February 1530.^1,3,2

     Henry Stanley KG, KB, PC, 4th Earl of Derby, 12th Lord Strange of Knokyn was born in September 1531.² He married Margaret Clifford, daughter of Henry Clifford 12th Lord Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, KB and Lady Eleanor Brandon, on 7 February 1555
; Verity says m. 12 Feb 1555.^1,4,2,5,6
Henry Stanley KG, KB, PC, 4th Earl of Derby, 12th Lord Strange of Knokyn died on 25 September 1593.^1,2
     He was 8th Lord Mohun.^2,3 He was 12th Lord Strange of Knokyn.^2,3

; HENRY STANLEY, 12th Lord (Baron) Strange (of Knokyn) (as which called up to Ho Lds 23 Jan 1558/9 vp), 4th EARL OF DERBY and 8th LORD (Baron) MOHUN.

; HENRY STANLEY, 4th Earl of Derby, KG (1574), 12th LORD (Baron) STRANGE (of Knokyn) and 8th LORD (Baron) MOHUN, KB (1547), PC (1585); b Sept 1531; called up to Ho Lds 23 Jan 1558/9 vp in his f 's Barony of Strange, Ld Lt Lancs and Cheshire 1572-93, V-Adml Lancs and Cheshire 1573-87, Ld High Steward trial of the Earl of Arundel 14 April 1589 (see NORFOLK, D), Chamberlain Chester 1588-93; m 7 Feb 1555 Margaret Clifford (d 29 Sept 1596), only surv child of 2nd Earl of Cumberland (see DE CLIFFORD, B), and d 25 Sept 1593, having had issue.² He was 4th Earl of Derby.^2,3 He was Known as Lord Strange until 1572. In his youth he was one of the courtiers to Edward VI and subsequently to Philip II of Spain. In 1555 he married Margaret Clifford, the cousin of Jane Grey. From 1574, when he was knighted, he was commissioner for ecclesiastical causes and a member of the Council of the North. He was one of the peers who sat upon the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots. During the rest of his life he did little to bring Man in line with the rest of the reformation. in 1572.¹

     Margaret Clifford was born in 1540.⁴ She married Henry Stanley KG, KB, PC, 4th Earl of Derby, 12th Lord Strange of Knokyn, son of Edward Stanley KB, KG, PC, 3rd Earl of Derby, 11th Lord Strange of Knokyn and Lady Dorothy Howard, on 7 February 1555
; Verity says m. 12 Feb 1555.^1,5,6,2,4
Margaret Clifford died on 29 September 1596.^5,6

     Marie de Coucy Cts de Soissons, Dame de Coucy et Oisy was born in April 1366.^1,4,9 She married Henri de Bar Seigneur d'Oisy, son of Robert I de Bar Duc de Bar, seigneur de Cassel, Gravelines, Puisaye, Alluye, Brou, Montmirail, Auton, La Bazoche et Nogent-Le-Rotrou and Marie de Valois de France, duchess of Bar, in February 1384.^1,4,6,7,9

Marie de Coucy Cts de Soissons, Dame de Coucy et Oisy died in 1404; Genealogy.EU (Bar 2 page) says d. 1405.^1,4
Marie de Coucy Cts de Soissons, Dame de Coucy et Oisy died before 3 March 1405.^6,9
     Marie de Coucy Cts de Soissons, Dame de Coucy et Oisy lived at an unknown place ; Marie, Cts de Soissons, heiress of Coucy & Oisy, *IV.1366, +1404/05; m. Henri de Bar (+1396.)⁵

; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag Marburg., Detlev Schwennicke, Editor, Reference: vol VII page 82
2. Cahiers de Saint Louis Magazine. , Jacques Dupont, Jacques Saillot, Reference: 820.⁶

     Henri de Bar Seigneur d'Oisy was born in 1365; Genealogy.EU (Bar 2 page) says b. ca 1362; Rainces et Histoire says b. ca 1367.^8,3,4 He married Marie de Coucy Cts de Soissons, Dame de Coucy et Oisy, daughter of Enguerrand VII de Coucy KG, 1st Earl of Bedford, Lord of Coucy, Cte de Soissons and Isabel (?) of Woodstock, in February 1384.^1,3,9,10,4

Henri de Bar Seigneur d'Oisy died in November 1398 at Treviso, Italy (now); Genealogy.EU (Bar 2 page) says k. a. Nikopolis 1396; Ashley says 1401, racines et Histoire says d. 11/1395.^1,3,4

     Philippa de Coucy was born in 1367; Leo van de Pas says b. ca 1368.^1,4,7 She married Robert de Vere Knt., KG, 9th Earl of Oxford, Marquis of Dublin, son of Thomas de Vere 8th Earl of Oxford and Maud de Ufford, before 5 October 1379.^1,2,3,7
Philippa de Coucy and Robert de Vere Knt., KG, 9th Earl of Oxford, Marquis of Dublin were divorced in 1387.^2,7
Philippa de Coucy died in October 1411.^1,2,7
      ; A granddaughter of Edward III, King of England, and a first cousin of Richard II; in 1376 her marriage was arranged with Robert de Vere, Earl of Oxford, Richard II's favourite. However, in 1378, he divorced her to enable him to marry his mistress, Agnes Launcecrona, one of Queen Anne's Bohemian entourage. In 1389 the divorce was annulled on grounds that it had been obtained fraudulently.⁷

; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag Marburg., Detlev Schwennicke, Editor, Reference: vol VII page 82
2. Cahiers de Saint Louis Magazine. , Jacques Dupont, Jacques Saillot, Reference: page 4, 820.⁷ The marriage of Philippa de Coucy and Robert de Vere Knt., KG, 9th Earl of Oxford, Marquis of Dublin was annulled in 1398; Papal annulment.²

     Robert de Vere Knt., KG, 9th Earl of Oxford, Marquis of Dublin married Agnes Lancerone.²
Robert de Vere Knt., KG, 9th Earl of Oxford, Marquis of Dublin was born between January 1361 and 1362.^1,2 He married Philippa de Coucy, daughter of Enguerrand VII de Coucy KG, 1st Earl of Bedford, Lord of Coucy, Cte de Soissons and Isabel (?) of Woodstock, before 5 October 1379.^1,2,4,5
Robert de Vere Knt., KG, 9th Earl of Oxford, Marquis of Dublin and Philippa de Coucy were divorced in 1387.^2,5
Robert de Vere Knt., KG, 9th Earl of Oxford, Marquis of Dublin died in 1392 at Leuven (Louvain), Arrondissement Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium (now); in exile.^1,2
      ; ROBERT de VERE, 9th EARL OF OXFORD, KG (c 1385); b 16 Jan 1361/2; hereditary Master Chamberlain of England; ktd 1377, chief favourite of RICHARD II, who cr him 1 Dec 1385 MARQUESS OF DUBLIN (E) for life plus the territory and Lordship of Ireland with virtually royal power, also 13 Oct 1386 (in lieu of the Marquessate, which was now withdrawn) DUKE OF IRELAND (E), also for life, together with the entire territory of Ireland and its own lesser islands and all other appurtenances; Ch Justice Chester and N Wales Sept and Oct 1387 respectively; m 1st by 5 Oct 1376 (divorce 1387) Philippa (d Oct 1411), dau and coheir of Enguerrand de Coucy, Earl of Bedford, by Isabel, dau of EDWARD III; m 2nd (papal annulment 1398) Agnes Lancerone/Landskron, an attendant (quite possibly of German origin) of RICHARD II's 1st w ANNE OF BOHEMIA, and after being forced to flee abroad due to the enmity his repudiation of his 1st w had aroused among RICHARD II's uncles (see OXFORD AND ASQUITH, E, preliminary remarks) dsp at Louvain 1392, when the Dukedom expired, having been declared guilty of treason and his honours and property forfeited.² He was hereditary Master Chamberlain of England.² The marriage of Robert de Vere Knt., KG, 9th Earl of Oxford, Marquis of Dublin and Philippa de Coucy was annulled in 1398; Papal annulment.²