Euphemia de Ross

Euphemia de Ross
Euphemia de Ross
Queen consort of Scotland
	Euphemia and her husband Robert II of Scotland, depicted in the Forman Armorial produced in 1562 for their descendent, Mary of Scotland.
Tenure	1371–1386
Died	1386
Spouse	John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray; Robert II of Scotland
Issue	David Stewart, 1st Earl of Caithness; Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl; Margaret Stewart; Elizabeth Stewart; Egidia Stewart
House	Clan Ross
Father	Aodh, Earl of Ross
Mother	Margaret de Graham

Euphemia de Ross (died 1386) was the second wife and first Queen consort of Robert II of Scotland.

She was a daughter of Aodh, Earl of Ross and Margaret de Graham, Hugh's 2nd wife and daughter of Sir David de Graham of Montrose. She first married John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray but the marriage was childless. Her husband died in 1346 and she remained a widow for nine years.

On May 2, 1355, Euphemia married Robert Stewart, sole son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Marjorie Bruce. Marjorie was a daughter of Robert I of Scotland and his first wife Isabella of Mar. Robert was however a son of Marjorie, Countess of Carrick and her consort Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick.

It appears that there was an obstacle of affinty to this second marriage, and a papal dispensation by Pope Innocent VI was required for it to be recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. However there is some doubt about exactly what the affinity between them was.^[1]

Euphemia and Robert were parents to five children:

David Stewart, 1st Earl of Caithness (d. bef. 1389)
Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (d. 1437)
Margaret Stewart
Elizabeth Stewart, married 1380 David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford
Egidia Stewart, married 1387 Sir William Douglas of Nithsdale

Robert II succeeded his childless maternal uncle David II of Scotland in 1371. Euphemia became his Queen consort and served in this position for about fifteen years.