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Topic: Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland


  
  Earl of Sutherland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The titles were held by several men and the Earl of Sutherland was also the Chief of Clan Sutherland until the death of John de Moravia, 9th Earl of Sutherland, when the title passed to his sister Elizabeth as he had no children.
Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland married Adam Gordon, whose surname belonged to several of the next Earls of Sutherland.
Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, 22nd Earl of Sutherland (1851-1913)
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 Clan SUTHERLAND
William, second Earl of Sutherland, was the hero who overthrew a large force of invading Danes at the battle of Embo in 1259, himself slaying their leader with the leg of a horse, a circumstance commemorated in the name of Dornoch—a horse’s hoof, and by the Earl’s Cross which still stands on the spot.
Earl Robert was, in 1427, one of the hostages to England for the payment of the ransom of King James I. He married a daughter of the King’s cousin, the Earl of Buchan, and died at Dunrobin in 1442.
To the Earl of Sutherland she had four sons, the youngest of whom was that Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstown who was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia, the first of the order, in 1625, and became the historian of the family.
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 Clan Sutherland History
Earl Kenneth's other son Nicholas married Mary, daughter and heiress of Reginald le Cheyne and of Mary, Lady of Duffus, and was the ancestor of the Sutherland Lairds of Duffus.
The Earl was confined at Pontefract Castle in Yorkshire.
John Gordon, the 11th Earl of Sutherland and his wife were assassinated by his aunt Isabelle Sinclair, the widow of a Sutherland cadet, at Helmsdale Castle in 1567 in an attempt to gain the Earldom and estates for her own son who was second heir.
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 Clan Sutherland Septs
Marjory married Nicholas Sutherland of Duffus, son of Kenneth the 4th Earl of Sutherland.
In 1512, William of Clyne of that ilk witnessed a "seisen" of the Sutherland Earldom in favor of John, the son and heir of the John, the 8th Earl of Sutherland.
William Sutherland was killed by Clan Gunn at Thurso in 1530 by instigation of the Bishop of Caithness.
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 Skelbo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In Sutherland, the homes of the 18th century lairds and tacksmen have been so completely rebuilt that they have kept only the old names; this house is the only one left to give any idea how primative was the accomodation required by a family once owning vast estates in the county.
In 1529 Skelbo passed from the Kynnards to the Sutherlands of Duffus, Kinsmen of the Earls of Sutherland.
That same year Skelbo was reinforced as a garrison of the Earl of Sutherland, whose army came from Skelbo and elsewhere to partake in the battle of Carbisdale which ended the fatal campaign of Montrose and its army marching south from caithness.
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 ANCIENT MURRAY GENEALOGY
Freskin de Moravia, Lord of Duffus, became the ancestor of the great family of de Moravia or Moray, which gave a succession of Heros to Scotland in her struggle for independence and today is represented by the ducal houses of Sutherland and Atholl.
The Earl’s second wife was apparently Fingole, daughter of William of Calder, Thane of Cawdor, widow of John Monro of Fowlis, who died in or before 1591, a divorce between her and the Earl was being prepared in 1497-98 and he married thirdly Catherine, named Countess of Sutherland in 1509-12.
John son of John and ninth Earl of Sutherland, at an early age was taken with his father in the presence of King James IV in 1493 and succeeded in 1508 as ward of the Crown, the Earldom being administered by Andrew Stewart, Bishop of Caithness.
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 thePeerage.com - Adam de Kilconquhar , 3rd Earl of Carrick and others
She married Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick, son of Sir Robert le Brus, 1st Lord Brus and Margaret of Carrick, Countess of Carrick.
Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland b.
She married Alexander de Bruce, Earl of Carrick, son of Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick and Isabella of Strathbogie.
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 Caithness.Org - Caithness Castles : Old Wick Castle
Earl Harald ungi's sister, Ingibjorg, married Magnus II, earl of Caithness who died 1239 and the lands descended to his great-niece Johanna of Strathnaver who married Freskin de Moravia.
One of Nicholas's granddaughters, Christine Sutherland, married c.1489 George Oliphant and the couple had a charter of the lands and castle of Auldwick from James IV on 12th August 1497.
Both the Sinclair earls and the Keiths of Inverugie challenged the Oliphants rights to this and other Caithness lands and castles, including Forse and Dunbeath, and the rival claims were the source of much feud and bloodshed.
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 Ancestors and Relations of Haniball VIVYAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
DE MONTMORENCY, Philippe Sn de Croisilles, Governor of Douai
DE MONTPELLIER, Guillaume VII Sire de Montpellier & Montferrier
DE MOSELLE, Ermengarde (Irmgard, Helletrude) Duchess of Moselle
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 Bishop of Caithness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The earliest bishops resided at Halkirk, with a castle at Scrabster.
Bishop Gilbert de Moravia moved the episcopal seat to Dornoch in what is now Sutherland (then regared as part of Caithness), and the bishopric remained at Dornoch Cathedral for the remainder of its existence.
Second son of John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, and brother of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox.
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 murray01
Margaret Macdonald (dau of Alexander Macdonald, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles)
However, TSP (Sutherland) reports that there are considerable doubts as to his legitimacy, reporting one source as saying that his mother was a daughter of Ross of Balnagowan.
Joanna Moray (dau of Sir Maurice Moray of Drumsargard, Earl of Strathearn)
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 William Murray bc1570
On Oct. 1, 1608, William Murray of Dornoch, Sutherland, ancestor of the 'Gobha' Murrays of the Isle of Lewis, and his two companions were "put to the horn".
Richard de Moravia (of Moray) of Culbin, Findhorn, Moray Co. and Skelbo Castle, Dornoch, Sutherland.
Murrays of Aberscross: The Murrays of Aberscross may also be descendents of the Morays/Murrays of Culbin as in 1517, John Murray of Aberscross led the Earl of Sutherland forces.
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 Broyles-Lockhart-Pence-Kershner Families (of America, Germany, and Scotland)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
FitzJohn, Avelina (of Shere) or De Lacy, Maud
De Crepon, Osbern, Steward of Normandy (sénéchal de Normandie)
De Crepon, Gunnor of Denmark (or Papia) 68732191016.
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 Scottish Surnames, MacAdam to Mylne.
The family are de scended from Donald MacGowrie, a descendant of Gorbredus, the grandson of Alphine Ruodh, King of Scotland in 830.
Roger de Montgomerie came into England with William the Conqueror; his son Philip de Montgomerie, who settled in Scotland, where he received a grant of the lands of Eaglesham in Renfrew-shire and died in 1140, was the ancestor of the Scottish family of Montgomery.
The Scottish branch of the family are descended from Alanus de Mortimer, who in 1126, acquired the barony of Aberdour by marriage with the daughter and heiress of John de Vipont.
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 "M" Famous People
Malherbe, François de (1555-1628) Poet, born in Caen, NW France, of the Norman noblesse de robe.
Martínez de Toledo, Alfonso (c.1398-c.1483) Prebendary of the Cathedral of Toledo (1448), born in Toledo, C Spain.
Medina-Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duque de (Duke of) (1550-1619) Commander of the Spanish Armada, and captain-general of Andalusia...
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 The early history of Scotland and meanings of the clan names and place-names appearing on the Clan Map of Scotland
A John de Chesehelme is recorded in 1254; in the 14th century members of the family moved north and Robert de Chesholme appears as sheriff of Inverness and constable of Urquhart Castle (succeeding his father-in-law Sir Robert Lauder) in 1359.
Simund de Ramesie witnessed a charter in Scotland in c.1153-75, William de Rammeseye rendered homage in 1296 and Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie was starved to death by Sir William Douglas at Hermitage Castle in 1342.
Sir Thomas de Rettre was involved in a dispute with the abbot of Arbroath in 1253.
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John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery
John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll
John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden
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 thePeerage.com - Muriel and others
Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland (M) b.
     Duncan is the son of Sir Donald, 6th Earl of Mar and Helen.
She married Henry David Erskine, son of John Francis Erskine, 24th Earl of Mar and Frances Floyer, on 22 October 1805.
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Maryland annotations to the Restatement of the law of conflict of laws as adopted and promulgated by the American Law Institute.
Prepared by J. Kenneth Reiblich under the auspices of the Maryland State Bar Assn. & Baltimore City Bar Assn. © 27Apr37; A106177.
Comtesse de Chabannes la Palice, nee Elisabeth de Berlaymont (NK); 3Aug64; R342926.
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 Sutherland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
occ: Lord of Sutherland, Earl of Sutherland from 1228
occ: 5th Earl of Sutherland (1333-1371); King of Sutherland (1345 -1371)
children of Robert SUTHERLAND and Margaret STEWART: John, 7th Earl of Sutherland m.
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 frippuk - Name Index - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Grant, John "the Gentle" 4th of Freuchie b.1507 - of Freuchie
Mackenzie, Kenneth na Cuire 10th of Kintail d.1561 -
Sutherland, William d.1530 - Murdered by Clan Gunn at Thurso
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