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Donald prepared for war and proclaimed himself "Lord of Ross". Although Albany appointed his own son John Stewart to the earldom, Donald's wife continued to regard herself as the rightful Countess. Donald died in 1423 in Islay. He was succeeded by his son Alexander. who became Lord of the Isles and Earl of Ross. Marriage and children
Alexander Leslie, Earl of Ross (died 1402) was a Scottish nobleman. Born between 1367 and 1382, he was the son of Walter Leslie, Lord of Ross and Euphemia I, Countess of Ross.In around 1394, or not later than 1398, he became Earl of Ross and sometime before 1398 he married Isabel Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife who became Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany.
27 de abr. de 2022 · Alexander de Yle (Alasdair MacDomhnaill) Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles Alexander of Islay.jpg The seal of Alexander. It includes his arms, which contains the arms of the Lordship of the Isles and the Earldom of Ross, surrounded by a royal tressure, indicating Alexander's royal blood as the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland.
When Alexander MacDonald of Islay, 3rd Lord of the Isles, 11th Earl of Ross was born in July 1396, in Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland, his father, Donald MacDonald 8th Lord of the Isles, was 36 and his mother, Mariota Leslie, was 33. He married Elizabeth Seton of Gordon in 1425, in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Alexander of Islay (or Alexander MacDonald) was a medieval Scottish nobleman, who succeeded his father Donald of Islay as Lord of the Isles (1423–1449) and rose to the rank of Earl of Ross (1437–49). He was buried in the Chanonry of Fortrose on May 8, 1449. His tomb no longer remains. (Source: Batten, E. C. The Charters of the Priory of Beauly.
