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MURRAY (or MORAY), EARLS OF

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 38 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MURRAY (or See also:MORAY), EARLS OF  . The earldom of See also:Moray was one of the seven See also:original earldoms of See also:Scotland, its lands corresponding roughly to the See also:modern counties of See also:Inverness and See also:Ross . Little is known of the earls until about 1314, when See also:Sir See also:Thomas See also:Randolph, a See also:nephew of See also:King See also:Robert See also:Bruce, was created See also:earl of Moray (q.v.), and the Randolphs held the earldom until 1346, when the childless See also:John Randolph, 3rd earl of this See also:line and a soldier of repute, was killed at the See also:battle of See also:Neville's See also:Cross . According to some authorities the earldom was then held by John's See also:sister See also:Agnes (c . 1312–1369) and her See also:husband, See also:Patrick See also:Dunbar, earl of See also:March or Dunbar (c . 1285–1368) . However this may be, in 1359 an See also:English See also:prince, See also:Henry See also:Plantagenet, See also:duke of See also:Lancaster (d . 1361), was made earl of Moray by King See also:David II.; but in 1372 John Dunbar (d . 1391), a See also:grandson of Sir Thomas Randolph and a son-in-See also:law of Robert II., obtained the earldom . The last of the Dunbar earls was See also:James Dunbar, who was murdered in See also:August 1429, and after this date his daughter See also:Elizabeth and her husband, See also:Archibald See also:Douglas (d . 1455), called themselves earl and countess of Moray . The next See also:family to See also:bear this See also:title was an illegitimate See also:branch of the royal See also:house of See also:Stuart, James IV. creating his natural son, James Stuart (c .

1499–1544), earl of Moray . James died without sons, and after the title had been See also:

borne for a See also:short See also:time by See also:George See also:Gordon, 4th earl of See also:Huntly (c . 1514–1562), who was killed at Corrichie in 1562, it was bestowed in 1562 by See also:Mary See also:Queen of Scots upon her See also:half-See also:brother, an illegitimate son of James V . This was the famous See also:regent, James Stuart, earl of Moray, or See also:Murray (see below), who was murdered in See also:January 157o; after this event a third James Stuart, who had married the regent's daughter Elizabeth (d . 1591), held the earldom . He, who was called the " bonny earl," was killed by his hereditary enemies, the Gordons, in See also:February 1592, when his son James (d . 1638) succeeded to the title . The earldom of Moray has remained in the Stuart family since this date . See also:Alexander, the 4th earl (d . 1701), was secretary of See also:state for Scotland from 168o to 1689; and in 1796 See also:Francis, the 9th earl (1731–1810), was made a peer of the See also:United See also:Kingdom as See also:Baron Stuart . See vol. vi. of Sir R . Douglas's See also:Peerage of Scotland, new ed. by Sir J .

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Paul (19o9) .

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