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unusual facts about Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross



Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross

Oram, Richard, "The Lordship of the Isles, 1336-1545", in Donald Omand (ed.) The Argyll Book, (Edinburgh, 2005), pp.

Harald Olafsson

-- The previous sentence does is not supported by the citation in the sentence --> Although Óláfr is known to have had two wives, and no contemporaneous source names Haraldr's mother, she may have been Óláfr's second wife—Christina, daughter of Ferchar, Earl of Ross.

Lord Ross

He also inherited Balnagown from David Ross of Balnagown in 1732, and thus became Chief of Clan Ross, though the Rosses of Halkhead were not descended from the ancient Earls of Ross.


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