James Stewart, Duke of Ross (March 1476 – January 1504) was a Scottish prince, and the second son of King

James III of Scotland James III (10 July 1451/May 1452 – 11 June 1488) was King of Scots from 1460 until his death at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488. He inherited the throne as a child following the death of his father, King James II, at the siege of Roxburg ...

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/ref> and his wife, Margaret of Denmark. James was

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to his brother until his death, and was

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and Lord Chancellor of Scotland.

Life

He was made Marquess of Ormond at his baptism. He was created Earl of RossTudor Times website, ''Scottish Peers Chapter 2: Dukes & Marquises''
/ref> in 1481 after that title was forfeited to the crown by

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. Of his father's three sons, James of Ross was the favourite. James III tried to marry him to Edward IV's daughter, Catherine of York. This increasing preference shown to James of Ross was a factor in the rebellion of his elder brother (the future

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) against their father; and later, as king, James IV was suspicious of his brother's loyalty. Nonetheless, when the elder James succeeded to the crown in 1488, he raised James of Ross's title to

Duke of Ross The title Duke of Ross () has been created twice in the Peerage of Scotland, both times for younger sons of the King of Scotland. Named for Ross in Scotland, it was first created in 1488 for James Stewart, Earl of Ross, the second son of James ...

. Around May 1497, his brother the King nominated James of Ross (then 21 years old) to be

. King James thought that would keep James of Ross from rebelling against him. At that time, James of Ross was a minor, and so the revenues of the archbishopric would be controlled by King James. James of Ross also became Lord Chancellor of Scotland in 1502.

Name

He was one of three brothers, his two brothers being King

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and John Stewart, Earl of Mar. It may seem surprising that there were two brothers both called James, but in late medieval Scotland it was not uncommon to have two brothers, or occasionally even three, with the same

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Arms

The arms of James of Ross were: ''Quarterly 1st and 4th:

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, 2nd: Gules, three lions rampant argent'' (Ross) ''3rd: Or, three piles gules'' (Brechin).

References

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Earls of Ross Peers created by James III 15th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Scotland 16th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Scotland Chancellors of the University of St Andrews 1476 births 1504 deaths 101 Sons of kings 16th-century Christian abbots