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 110 CAITHNESS. inherited these last tiro dignities throng!! bis mother, Mary, widow of Hugh m Abernethin, the iirst wife of Earl Malise (his father), which Lady was m. before 1292, and living 1296. The other 4th part (the two making together the half which belonged to the Angus Earls) belonged to Margaret, wife of Simon Eraser, killed at Hallidon Hill, 1333. The Earl m. firstly, Maria, who was the Countess implicated in 1320 (with At Brechin and do Soulis) in a conspiracy. He ill. secondly, before 1334, "Matilda, da. of Hugh, Earl of Ross, by Matilda, sister of Robert (Bruce), Kino of Scoti. vnd.'V) He was attainted in 1 335, when his honours became forfeited, audit, s.p.ui. before Vo',7, and probably before lMS.p) See fuller account under " Stiuthuhne," Earldom oj [_&]. XIV. 1375. 1 1. David (Stewart), Eaul of Stuatherne,T | e b b [S.]yr. s. of King Koiiert H [&] was. before Nov. 137o,(«) cr. EARL OF CAITHNESS [S.] He d before 13S9. XV. 1388? 2. Eupitemia, mto jurr, CoBXTSSS OP M gj'S Stratherne and Cochtess of Caithness [S.[ only da. and h. She resigned, after 1390, being then unmarrod, the Earldom oj Caithness to her ancle Walter Srav.uir, aitenvards Earl ok Atuoi.e m XVI. 1395? 5. Wj&JMH Stewart, of Brechin, yst. s. of King Robert II [S.] became, on the resignation of Euphemia, his niece abovenamed, EARL OF CAITHNESS [S.J He was, about 1 109, cr. Earl oe Ahioi.b [S.] In or about 1428, he resigned the Earldom of Caithness (which however reverted to him shortly afterwards) in favour of his son, as under. XVII. 1428 1 4. Alan Stewart, yst. s. of the above, became, on the resignation of his father, EARL OK CAITHNESS [S.] He obtained, 15 May 1430, a patent for the same to him and the heirs male of his l>ody, with rem. to his father and his heirs. He d. unm. 1431, being slain at an engagement at Inverlochy by Donald Balloch. XVIII. 1431, 3 Walter (Stewart), Earl ok Athole [S.J above- to named, who (again) became EARL OF CAITHNESS [K.J, voider the 1437. patent of 1430, on the death of his son the last Earl. He was executed for high treason in April 1437, when his titles aud estates became forfeited. See fuller account under "Atholk" Earldom of [S.J, a: MOW, forfeited 1437. ( a ) Ex. inform. G. Burnett, Lyon. ( b ) Earl Malise appears to have had several daughters and coheirs, viz. (1) Matilda, called " eldest da." (probably by the first wife), whose s. and h. Alexander do le Arde (6. before lS.fiT't rttigntd in 1375, his right to the Earldom of Caithness to the King. (8) Euphemia de Stratherne, who, in 1304, "appears as one of the heirs of the late Earl Malise." (3) Agm ta, in whose right in 1353, '' Erngils, a Norwegian, gets from the King of Norway the title of Earl of Orkney, which be forfeit* in 1357," and (4) Isabel (undoubtedly a da. of the second wife) who was declared heir to the Earldom of Caithness by Earl Malise, her Father (when under forfeiture) failing heirs male of hia body. She m. Sir William St. Clair, and was mother of Henry St. Clair, who, with one Malise Sperre, in 1379, claimed "the Earhlom of Orkney. Henry becomes Earl and calls his mother [by the designation of], Isabella St. Clair, in a charter of lands, of which she was heiress." See Skene's " Celtic Scotland " (1880), vol. hi, p. 168. " See also Diploma Pedigree of Earls of Orkney, of date 1460, printed in Miscellany of ilaitlund Club, III. p. 65 ; and, with notes, in Professor Muuch's Xymliola ad historian anliauiorcm Jlerum Norieaicarum, pub. 1850." Ex inform. G. Burnett, Lyon. (°) " In 1375 Alexander de le Arde resigned to King Robert II [S.J the 'Earldom of Caithness, the principal manor or mansion, with the title of Earl, and all other rights belonging to him in right of his mother Matilda, eldest da. of Earl Malise." All these were granted by the King to his own son David, including "the Castle of Brathwell, now Iiraal 'Castle, in the vale of the Thurso river ; and the possession of the principal messuage carried the tide of Earl, The other lands of the Earldom appear to have been held in p-o indiviso fourths." Skene's " Celtic Scotland " (1880), vol. iii, p. 453.