Euphemia de Ross

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Euphemia de Ross

Euphemia depicted in the Forman Armorial, produced in 1562 for her descendent Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Consort of Scotland
Tenure	1371–1386

Spouse	John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray Robert II of Scotland m. 2 May 1355; dec. 1386
Issue
David Stewart, 1st Earl of Caithness Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl Margaret Stewart Elizabeth Stewart, Countess of Crawford Egidia Stewart
Father	Hugh, Earl of Ross
Mother	Margaret de Graham
Died	1386

Euphemia de Ross (died 1386) was the second wife and first Queen consort of Robert II of Scotland, and a member of Clan Ross.

Life

Euphemia was a daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross and Margaret de Graham, Hugh's second wife and daughter of Sir David de Graham of Montrose. She first married John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray but the marriage was childless. Her husband died in 1346 and she remained a widow for nine years.

On 2 May 1355, Euphemia married Robert Stewart, sole son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Marjorie Bruce. Marjorie was a daughter of Robert I of Scotland and his first wife Isabella of Mar.

It appears that there was an obstacle of affinty to this second marriage, and a papal dispensation by Pope Innocent VI was required for it to be recognized by the Catholic Church. However, there is some doubt about exactly what the affinity between them was.^[1] The children of Robert's first marriage to Elizabeth Mure were considered illegitimate by some due to reasons of consanguinity. Both sets of children from each marriage considered themselves rightful heirs to the throne, which constituted considerable future conflict.^[2]

Euphemia and Robert were parents to four children:

David Stewart, 1st Earl of Caithness (d. bef. 1389)
Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (d. 1437)
Elizabeth Stewart
Egidia Stewart, married 1387 Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale

Robert II succeeded his childless maternal uncle David II of Scotland in 1371. Euphemia became his Queen and served in this position for about fifteen years, until her death in 1386.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Euphemia de Ross

16. Fearchar, Earl of Ross

8. Uilleam I, Earl of Ross

4. Uilleam II, Earl of Ross

18. William Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

9. Jean Comyn

19. Sarah FitzHugh

2. Aodh, Earl of Ross

5. Euphemia

1. Euphemia de Ross

24. David Graham

12. Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine

25. Agnes

6. Sir David Graham

26. Robert, 4th Earl of Strathearn

13. Annabelle Graham

3. Margaret Graham

References

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↑ John Presbble The Lion in the North
↑ Ashley, Mike (1999). The mammoth book of British kings and queens. London: Robinson Publishers. p. 553. ISBN 1-84119-096-9.

Scottish royalty
Preceded by Margaret Drummond	Queen consort of Scotland 1371–1386	Succeeded by Anabella Drummond

Scottish royal consorts

Ingibiorg Finnsdottir (1058–1069)
Margaret of Wessex (1070–1093)
Ethelreda of Northumbria (1093–1094)
Sybilla of Normandy (1107–1122)
Maud of Northumbria (1124–1130)
Ermengarde de Beaumont (1186–1214)
Joan of England (1221–1238)
Marie de Coucy (1239–1249)
Margaret of England (1251–1275)
Yolande de Dreux (1285–1286)
Elizabeth de Burgh (1306–1327)
Joan of The Tower (1329–1362)
Margaret Drummond (1364–1369)
Euphemia de Ross (1371–1386)
Anabella Drummond (1390–1401)
Joan Beaufort (1424–1437)
Mary of Guelders (1449–1460)
Margaret of Denmark (1469–1486)
Margaret Tudor (1503–1513)
Madeleine of Valois (1537)
Mary of Guise (1538–1542)
Francis II of France (1558–1560)
Henry, Duke of Albany (1565–1567)
James, Earl of Bothwell (1567)
Anne of Denmark (1589–1619)
Henrietta Maria of France (1625–1649)
Catherine of Braganza (1662–1685)
Mary of Modena (1685–1688)
George, Duke of Cumberland (1702–1707)

House of Stewart

Titles

Branches

Royal Stewarts

The generations indicate descent from Robert II of Scotland, first monarch of the House of Stewart

1st generation	Robert III of Scotland Walter, Earl of Fife Robert, Duke of Albany Alexander, Earl of Buchan Elizabeth, Lady Erroll Isabella, Countess of Douglas Jean, Lady Keith Katherine Logan Margaret, Lady of the Isles Marjorie, Countess of Moray David, Earl of Strathearn Walter, Earl of Atholl Elizabeth, Countess of Crawford Egidia, Lady Douglas Illegitimate John Stewart of Dundonald John Stewart, Lord of Burley John Stewart of Cardney Alexander Stewart, Canon of Glasgow Alexander Stewart of Innerlunan Thomas Stewart James Stewart of Kinfauns Walter Stewart

2nd generation	David, Duke of Rothesay James I of Scotland Robert Margaret, Countess of Douglas Mary, Countess of Angus Elizabeth, Lady Dalkeith Egidia Illegitimate James Stewart of Killbride

3rd generation	Margaret, Dauphine of France Isabella, Duchess of Brittany Eleanor, Archduchess of Austria Joan, Countess of Morton Alexander, Duke of Rothesay James II of Scotland Mary, Countess of Buchan Annabella, Countess of Geneva and Huntly

4th generation	Mary, Countess of Arran James III of Scotland Alexander, Duke of Albany David, Earl of Moray John, Earl of Mar Margaret Illegitimate John Stewart of Sticks and Ballechin

5th generation	James IV of Scotland James, Duke of Ross John, Earl of Mar

6th generation	James, Duke of Rothesay Arthur, Duke of Rothesay James V of Scotland Alexander, Duke of Ross Illegitimate Alexander, Archbishop of St Andrews Katherine, Countess of Morton James, Earl of Moray Margaret, Lady Gordon Janet, Lady Fleming

7th generation	James, Duke of Rothesay Robert, Duke of Albany Mary, Queen of Scots Illegitimate John, Prior of Coldingham James, Earl of Moray Robert, Earl of Orkney James Stewart, Abbot of Kelso and Melrose James Stewart Adam Stewart, Prior of Charterhouse Jean, Countess of Argyll Robert Stewart, Prior of Whithorn Margaret Stewart

8th generation	James VI of Scotland and I of England

9th generation	Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia Margaret Charles I of England Robert, Duke of Kintyre Mary Sophia

10th generation	Charles James, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay Charles II Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange James II Elizabeth Anne Katherine Henry, Duke of Gloucester Henrietta, Duchess of Orléans

11th generation	Charles, Duke of Cambridge Mary II James, Duke of Cambridge Anne, Queen of Great Britain Charles, Duke of Kendal Edgar, Duke of Cambridge James Francis Edward, Prince of Wales Louisa Maria Theresa Illegitimate James, Duke of Monmouth Charlotte, Countess of Suffolk and Yarmouth Charles, Earl of Plymouth Anne, Countess of Sussex Charles, Duke of Cleveland Henry, Duke of Grafton Charlotte, Countess of Lichfield George, Duke of Northumberland Charles, Duke of St Albans James, Lord Beauclerk Charles, Duke of Richmond Mary, Countess of Derwentwater Henrietta, Baroness Waldegrave of Chewton James, Duke of Berwick Henry, Duke of Albemarle

12th generation	Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Henry, Cardinal York

13th generation	Illegitimate Charlotte, Duchess of Albany

Category

Persondata
Name	Ross, Euphemia De
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish royal consort
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1386
Place of death

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