Hugh Munro, IX of Foulis

1352 - 1425  (73 years)

• Name	Hugh Munro  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Suffix	IX of Foulis
  Born	1352	Dingwall, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland   [6]
  	Foulis Castle
  Gender	Male
  Died	1425	Evanton, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
  	Katewell
  Buried	Fortrose, , Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
  	Hugh was buried at the Chanonry of Ross.
  Person ID	I12	Munro
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2010

  
  

  Father	Robert Munro, VIII of Foulis,   b. 1320, Dingwall, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. 1369, , , , Scotland  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Lady Jean Ross,   b. 29 Nov 1329, , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. 1366, , , , Scotland  (Age 36 years)
  Married	1350	Dingwall, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
  	Foulis Castle
  Family ID	F7270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isabella Keith,   b. Abt 1371,   d. Abt 1410  (Age ~ 39 years)
  Children	+ 1. George Munro, X of Foulis,   b. 1410, , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. 1452, Lochbroom, , Ross-Shire, Scotland  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F1576	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Murray,   b. 1362, , , Moray, Scotland ,   d. 1425, , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland  (Age 63 years)
  Children	+ 1. John Monro, I of Milntown,   b. 1380, Dingwall, , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. 1475, , , Ross and Cromarty, Scotland  (Age 95 years)   2. Janet Munro,   b. Abt 1392,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elizabeth Munro,   b. Abt 1394,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2009
  Family ID	F1337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hugh had charters from William, Earl of Ross, of the lands of Katewell in 1369 and of lands in Lochbroom, Strathcarron and Strathoykell including Carbisdale in 1371. He also had charters from Euphame, Countess of Ross, of the lands of Contulich in 1379, and of the lands of Wester Foulis in 1394. Hugh appears to have joined Donald, Lord of the Isles, in his contest with the Duke of Albany in the beginning of the fifteenth century concerning the Earldom of Ross. Donald claimed the Earldom in right of his wife, Lady Mary Leslie, daughter of Sir Walter Leslie and Euphemia Countess of Ross. In the course of this contest, the battle of Harlaw was fought on 24 Jul 1411. After this battle, the Duke of Albany collected an army and marched north determined to bring Donald to obedience. He took the castle of Dingwall in 1412 and then proceeded to recover the whole of Ross. Donald was ultimately compelled to give up his claim to the Earldom of Ross. Hugh and his father lived during the time of the capture and 18-year imprisonment of James I (1406-1426) and the 1411 invasion by Donald, Lord of the Isles, Chief of the great Clan Donald. The final upshot of these years, as far as the Munro Clan was concerned, was the demise of the Earldom of Ross in Jun 1476, it being declared forfeit to the Crown. Historically, the Munros had operated more or less at the bidding of the Ross Clan, but by 1476 the clan may be said to have come of age. Before 1476, all Munros who were not servants of the Church were vassals of successive Earls of Ross. The Munro Chiefs held their land "for faithful service rendered or to be rendered". At times it was not easy to reconcile this service with the wider loyalty they owed to the Scottish Crown. When the Earldom of Ross became forfeit, the Munro Chief held his lands directly from the Crown. The Boggs reference adds a generation between Hugh IX and Robert VIII. She says the father of Hugh IX was also named Hugh but he fled from Scotland and never succeeded to the Barony. This Hugh that fled Scotland was supposedly the son of Robert Munro VIII of Foulis. ********** «i»Hugh Munro, called "well-beloved cousin" by William, Earl of Ross, 1369. Married, first, Isabella Keith, mother of his son George, daughter of John de Keith and Mariot de Cheyne, descended from the Murrays, Lords of Duffus and apparently from the Earls of Orkney. Married, second, Margaret Murray, daughter of Nicholas, son of Kenneth, 4th Earl of Sutherland.«/i» ("The Munro Book" - by Dr. J. S. Guilford) ********** Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [7, 8]

  
  

• Sources

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