Clan Ross
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| Clann Anndrais, Na Rosaich | |||
Crest: A dexter hand holding a garland of laurel
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| Motto | Spem Successus Alit (Success Nourishes Hope) | ||
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| Region | Highland | ||
| District | Ross | ||
| Plant badge | Juniper, or bearberry | ||
| Pipe music | The Earl of Ross's March | ||
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| David Ross of Ross and Balnagown | |||
| The Chief of Clan Ross | |||
| Historic seat | Balnagown Castle | ||
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Clan Ross (Scottish Gaelic: Clann Anndrais [ˈkʰl̪ˠãũn̪ˠ ˈan̪ˠt̪ɾɪʃ]) is a Highland Scottish clan. The original chiefs of the clan were the original Earls of Ross.
The first recorded chief of the Clan Ross was "Fearcher Mac an t-Sagirt" which in English meant "son of the priest" alluding to his Ó Beólláin descent from the hereditary Abbots of Applecross. Fearchar helped King Alexander II of Scotland (1214–1249) crush a rebellion by Donald Bane, a rival claimant to the Scottish throne. Fearchar was knighted by the king and by 1234 he was officially recognized with the title of Earl of Ross.
The Earl's son, William was abducted in about 1250 in a revolt against the Earl's rule. However he was rescued with help from the Munros who were rewarded with lands and who became closely connected with their powerful benefactors.
During the Wars of Scottish Independence the Clan Ross fought against the English at the Battle of Dunbar (1296) where their chief, the Earl of Ross was captured. This meant that for a short time Uilleam II, Earl of Ross sided with the English but he later supported Robert the Bruce of Scotland. The Clan Ross fought alongside King Robert the Bruce when Earl Fearchar's grandson William led the clan against the English at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.Aodh, Earl of Ross (Hugh, 5th Earl), was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.
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