of Ross, creation of 1565 Henry Stuart (1545–1567) (later Duke of Albany and King of Scotland) James Stuart (1566–1625) (became king in 1567) Earls of Ross, creation of 1600 Charles Stuart (1600–1649) (became king in 1625) References Balfour Paul, Sir James. The Scots Peerage. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1909. Grant, Alexander. "The Province of Ross and the Kingdom of Alba" in E.J. Cowan and R. Andrew McDonald (eds.) Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era. East Linton: Tuckwell Press, 2000. . McDonald, R. Andrew. "Old and New in the Far North: Ferchar Maccintsacairt and the Early Earls of Ross" in Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds.) The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, c.1200–1500. Dublin: Four Courts, 2003. . Roberts, John L. Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland in the Middle Ages. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1997. . Brown, Peter, publisher, The Peerage of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1834, p. 212. External links Somerled & Earl of Ross Malcolm Macbeth, the first Earl of Ross Clan Ross Earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland British and Irish peerages which merged in the Crown Noble titles created in 1157 Noble titles created in 1215 Noble titles created in 1481 Noble titles created in 1565 Noble titles created in 1600