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Ross (Ros in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of Scotland and a former earldom and county. The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning "headland", perhaps a reference to the Black Isle. Another possible origin is the West Norse word for Orkney – Hrossey – meaning horse island; the area once belonged to the Norwegian (West Norse) earldom of Orkney. Ross is a historical comital region, perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross.
Excavations of a rock shelter and shell midden at Sand, Applecross on the coast of Wester Ross have shown that the coast was occupied by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers.
It may be doubted whether the Romans ever effected even a temporary settlement in the area of the modern county. In Roman times, and for long afterwards, the land was occupied by Picts, who, in the 6th and 7th centuries, were converted to Christianity by followers of Saint Columba. Throughout the next three centuries the natives were continually harassed by Norwegian Viking raiders, of whose presence tokens have survived in several place-names (Dingwall, Tain, and others). At this time the country formed part of the great province of Moray (Latin: Moravia), which then extended as far as the Dornoch Firth and the Oykel, and practically comprised the whole of Ross and Cromarty.
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The Earl or Mormaer of Ross was the ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland.
In the early Middle Ages, Ross was part of the vast earldom of Moray. It seems to have been made a separate earldom in the mid 12th century, when Malcolm MacHeth is found designated Earl of Ross. Malcolm had earlier been imprisoned at Roxburgh for rebelling against David I, but when Malcolm's brother-in-law Somerled invaded Scotland, David was forced to relent and grant the earldom unto Malcolm.
The title was later granted by William the Lion to Floris III of Holland in 1161 upon Floris's marriage to William's sister Ada of Huntingdon. However, Floris held the title only in a nominal sense, as he took no active part in the governance of Ross. The title seems not to have been passed on, for in 1291 Floris's descendant is found complaining that the earldom had been deprived from him.
The true founder was the famous Ferquhard, from the Irish Ó Beólláin (O'Beolain, Boland, Bolan) family. This Ferquhard was the son of the lay parson of the monastery of Applecross, and was hence known as MacIntagart, meaning "son of the priest". In 1215 the newly-crowned Alexander II was forced to suppress a rebellion in Moray and Ross. Ferquhard sided with the king, and captured the rebel leaders, before beheading them and presenting their heads to Alexander. For this he was knighted. He was created Earl of Ross in the 1220s, probably in 1226.
The Black Isle (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Eilean Dubh, pronounced [ən̪ˠtʲelan d̪̊uh]) is a peninsula within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands.
It includes the town of Cromarty, and such villages as Conon Bridge, Muir of Ord, Munlochy, Avoch, Rosemarkie, Fortrose, Tore, North Kessock, and Culbokie.
Despite its name, the Black Isle is not an island, but a peninsula, surrounded on three sides by water – the Cromarty Firth to the north, the Beauly Firth to the south, and the Moray Firth to the east. On its fourth, western side, its boundary is delineated by rivers. The River Conon divides Maryburgh, a mile outside Dingwall, from Conon Bridge which is the first village on the Black Isle from the north-western side. Its southwestern boundary is variously considered to be marked by either a minor tributary of the River Beauly separating Beauly (in Inverness-shire) and Muir of Ord (on the Black Isle in Ross and Cromarty), dividing the two counties and also delineating the start of the Black Isle; or alternatively, the River Beauly itself, thus including Beauly in the Black Isle despite its official placement in Inverness-shire.
Ross is a region of Scotland and a former earldom and county.The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning "headland", perhaps a reference to the Black Isle.Another possible origin is the West Norse word for Orkney – Hrossey – meaning horse island; the area once belonged to the Norwegian earldom of Orkney.Ross is a historical comital region, perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross. ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- About the author(s): Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0) License Url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Author(s): Mick Knapton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mick_Knapton) ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest kno...
Learn how to pronounce Ross This is the *English* pronunciation of the word Ross. According to Wikipedia, this is one of the possible definitions of the word "Ross": Ross (Ros in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of Scotland and a former mormaerdom, earldom, sheriffdom and county. The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning "headland", perhaps a reference to the Black Isle. Another possible origin is the Norse word for Orkney – Hrossey – meaning horse island; the area once belonged to the Norse earldom of Orkney. Ross is a historical comital region, perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross. PronunciationAcademy is the world's biggest and most accurate source for word pronunciations, SUBSCRIBE here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnImcI-VA0N1aGSx677QCYA/feed Twitter: https...
The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland that was destroyed by King David I of Scotland in 1130.It did not have the same territory as the modern local government council area of Moray, which is a much smaller area, around Elgin.The medieval lordship was in fact centred on both the lower Spey valley and around Inverness and the northern parts of the Great Glen, and probably originally included Buchan and Mar, as well as Ross. This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest knowledge databases in the world available to people with limited vision. Article available under a Creative Commons license Image source in video
Malcolm IV, nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden", King of Scots, was the eldest son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria and Ada de Warenne. The original Malcolm Canmore, a name now associated with his great-grandfather Malcolm III, he succeeded his grandfather David I, and shared David's Anglo-Norman tastes. Called Malcolm the Maiden by later chroniclers, a name which may incorrectly suggest weakness or effeminacy to modern readers, he was noted for his religious zeal and interest in knighthood and warfare. For much of his reign he was in poor health and died unmarried at the age of twenty-four. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
Ross is a region of Scotland and a former earldom and county.The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning "headland", perhaps a reference to the Black Isle.Another possible origin is the West Norse word for Orkney – Hrossey – meaning horse island; the area once belonged to the Norwegian earldom of Orkney.Ross is a historical comital region, perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross. ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- About the author(s): Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0) License Url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Author(s): Mick Knapton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mick_Knapton) ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest kno...
Learn how to pronounce Ross This is the *English* pronunciation of the word Ross. According to Wikipedia, this is one of the possible definitions of the word "Ross": Ross (Ros in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of Scotland and a former mormaerdom, earldom, sheriffdom and county. The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning "headland", perhaps a reference to the Black Isle. Another possible origin is the Norse word for Orkney – Hrossey – meaning horse island; the area once belonged to the Norse earldom of Orkney. Ross is a historical comital region, perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross. PronunciationAcademy is the world's biggest and most accurate source for word pronunciations, SUBSCRIBE here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnImcI-VA0N1aGSx677QCYA/feed Twitter: https...
Ross is a region of Scotland and a former earldom and county.The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning "headland", perhaps a reference to the Black Isle.Another possible origin is the West Norse word for Orkney – Hrossey – meaning horse island; the area once belonged to the Norwegian earldom of Orkney.Ross is a historical comital region, perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross. ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- About the author(s): Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0) License Url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Author(s): Mick Knapton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mick_Knapton) ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest kno...
Learn how to pronounce Ross This is the *English* pronunciation of the word Ross. According to Wikipedia, this is one of the possible definitions of the word "Ross": Ross (Ros in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of Scotland and a former mormaerdom, earldom, sheriffdom and county. The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning "headland", perhaps a reference to the Black Isle. Another possible origin is the Norse word for Orkney – Hrossey – meaning horse island; the area once belonged to the Norse earldom of Orkney. Ross is a historical comital region, perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross. PronunciationAcademy is the world's biggest and most accurate source for word pronunciations, SUBSCRIBE here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnImcI-VA0N1aGSx677QCYA/feed Twitter: https...
The Mormaerdom or Kingdom of Moray was a lordship in High Medieval Scotland that was destroyed by King David I of Scotland in 1130.It did not have the same territory as the modern local government council area of Moray, which is a much smaller area, around Elgin.The medieval lordship was in fact centred on both the lower Spey valley and around Inverness and the northern parts of the Great Glen, and probably originally included Buchan and Mar, as well as Ross. This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest knowledge databases in the world available to people with limited vision. Article available under a Creative Commons license Image source in video
Malcolm IV, nicknamed Virgo, "the Maiden", King of Scots, was the eldest son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria and Ada de Warenne. The original Malcolm Canmore, a name now associated with his great-grandfather Malcolm III, he succeeded his grandfather David I, and shared David's Anglo-Norman tastes. Called Malcolm the Maiden by later chroniclers, a name which may incorrectly suggest weakness or effeminacy to modern readers, he was noted for his religious zeal and interest in knighthood and warfare. For much of his reign he was in poor health and died unmarried at the age of twenty-four. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video
Ross is a region of Scotland and a former earldom and county.The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning "headland", perhaps a reference to the Black Isle.Another possible origin is the West Norse word for Orkney – Hrossey – meaning horse island; the area once belonged to the Norwegian earldom of Orkney.Ross is a historical comital region, perhaps predating the Mormaerdom of Ross. ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- About the author(s): Mick Knapton at English Wikipedia License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0) License Url: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Author(s): Mick Knapton (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mick_Knapton) ---Image-Copyright-and-Permission--- This channel is dedicated to make Wikipedia, one of the biggest kno...