Clan Rose

Ròs

Crest: A harp upon a chapea

Motto

Constant and True

Profile

Plant badge

Wild rosemary

Chief

David Rose

Chief of Clan Rose, 26th of Kilravock.

Seat

Kilravock Castle

Septs of Clan Rose
Geddas, Geddeis, Geddes, Geddess, Geddis, Gedes, Baron, Barron, de Ros, de Rose, Rose

Allied clans
Clan Munro Clan Chisholm Clan Calder Clan Gordon

Rival clans
Clan Mackintosh Clan Mackenzie Clan Campbell of Cawdor

Clan Rose (Clann Ròs) is a Highland Scottish clan.

The chiefs of the Clan Rose were a Norman family. They had no connection to the ancient Celtic family of Clan Ross. They derive from Ros, near Caen in Normandy and accompanied the early Norman kings to England. They appear to be connected with two other Norman families; the de Bissets and the de Boscos. All three of these families disappear from the records of Wiltshire and Dorset where they are first known to have settled after the Norman conquest, and they reappear in the mid thirteenth century around the area of the Moray Firth. Elizabeth de Bisset's family owned the lands of Kilravock and she married Andrew de Bosco. Their daughter was Marie, who in around 1290 married Hugo de Ros, whose lands were at Geddes. Hugh's (Hugo's) father had been a witness to the foundation charter of Beauly Priory, which was erected by Sir John Bisset of Lovat. Hugh and Marie established their home at Kilravock which remained the home of the chief of Clan Rose until 2012.

During the Wars of Scottish Independence the Barons of Kilravock supported the cause of Scottish Independence. In 1306 they captured Invernairn Castle for Robert the Bruce.

Hugh Rose, fourth of Kilravock married the daughter of the constable of Urquhart Castle, Janet Chisholm. This brought the Rose chief extensive lands and made an addition to the chief's coat of arms. A boar's head, as used by the Chisholm family was added to the Rose's shield. In the time of Hugh Rose, fifth of Kilravock all of the family's writs and charters were lost when Elgin Cathedral was burned by Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan (the Wolf of Badenoch). The next Baron of Kilravock, John Rose, obtained charters from James I of Scotland, the Earl of Ross and the Chisholm.

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