Kenneth de Moravia (also known as Kenneth Sutherland) (died 19 July 1333) was the 4th

Earl of Sutherland Earl of Sutherland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created circa 1230 for William de Moravia and is the premier earldom in the Peerage of Scotland. The earl or countess of Sutherland is also the chief of Clan Sutherland. The origin ...

and chief of the

Clan Sutherland Clan Sutherland is a Highland Scottish clan whose traditional territory is the shire of Sutherland in the far north of Scotland. The chief of the clan was also the powerful Earl of Sutherland, however in the early 16th century this title passed ...

, a

Scottish clan A Scottish clan (from Goidelic languages, Gaelic , literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared identity and descent to members, and in modern times have an official ...

of the

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...

Early life

Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland was the second son of

William de Moravia, 2nd Earl of Sutherland William de Moravia, (William Sutherland) (c. 1235–1307) was a Scottish nobleman, 2nd Earl of Sutherland and chief of the Clan Sutherland, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. Ancestry William de Moravia, 2nd Earl of Sutherland was the on ...

. Kenneth succeeded to the earldom on the death of his brother

William de Moravia, 3rd Earl of Sutherland William de Moravia (also known as William Sutherland) (fl. early 14th century) was the 3rd Earl of Sutherland and chief of the Clan Sutherland, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. Early life William de Moravia, 3rd Earl of Sutherland was ...

Earl of Sutherland

Kenneth first appears on record in December 1330 in a grant from Reginald Moray of Culbin who renounced all his claims to his possessions within the earldom of Sutherland. Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland was killed at the

Battle of Halidon Hill The Battle of Halidon Hill took place on 19 July 1333 when a Scottish army under Sir Archibald Douglas attacked an English army commanded by King Edward III of England () and was heavily defeated. The year before, Edward Balliol had seized ...

fighting against the English on 19 July 1333.

Family

According to 17th-century historian

Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun (14 May 1580 – 1656) was a Scottish politician and courtier, known as the historian of the noble house of Sutherland. Early life Born at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, on 14 May 1580, he was the fourth ...

, Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland married Mary (or Marjorie) the daughter of

Domhnall I, Earl of Mar Domhnall I Earl of Mar - Domhnall mac Uilleim ( Anglicized: Donald, William's son) - was the seventh known Mormaer of Mar, or Earl of Mar ruling from the death of his father, Uilleam of Mar, in 1276 until his own death somewhere between 1297 an ...

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William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland William de Moravia (also known as William Sutherland) (died 1370) was the 5th Earl of Sutherland and chief of the Clan Sutherland, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. William, 5th Earl of Sutherland was a loyal supporter of David II of Sco ...

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Nicholas Sutherland, 1st of Duffus Nicholas Sutherland, 1st of Duffus was a Scottish noble who was seated at Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland in the 14th and 15th centuries. History Nicholas Sutherland was the second son of Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland, ...

, the surname being now fully adopted, ancestor of the Sutherlands, Lords Duffus. #Eustachia, married, about December 1330, to Gilbert Moray, son and heir of Reginald Moray of Culbin who himself was a grandson of

Richard de Moravia Richard de Moravia or Richard de Moray of Culbin or of Cubyn, was a Scottish nobleman famed for his victory over the Vikings at the Battle of Embo which took place in Sutherland, Scotland in 1245. Origins Richard was a son of Murdac (Muir ...

References

Sources

*Balfour, Paul J. (1911) ''The Scots Peerage Vol. 8.'' David Douglas. Edinburgh, pages 323–329. *Fraser, W. (1894) ''The Sutherland Book Vol. I.'' Privately Published. Edinburgh, pages 15–37. *Traquair, Peter (1998) ''Freedom's Sword: Scotland's Wars of Independence.'' Roberts Rinehart Publishers. *White, G. H. (1953) ''The Complete Peerage Vol. XII.'' The St Catherine Press. London 1333 deaths

Kenneth Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a byna ...

Scottish deaths at the Battle of Halidon Hill Year of birth unknown

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