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was at enmity with his cousins Neil
Neilson Mackay and Morgan Neilson Mackay. Angus Murray of Aberscross who was a supporter of the Earl of Sutherland, offered his two daughters in marriage to Neil Neilson Mackay and Morgan Neilson Mackay if they were to take the Mackay lands of Strathnaver from
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and is the first authentic record of that castle. Sir Robert Gordon stated that
Dunrobin Castle was founded by an earlier Robert, Earl of Sutherland in about 1100 and that it was named after him: "Doun-Robin signefeth the mote or hill of Robert". However, William Fraser stated that this was an
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Angus Du Mackay. The Earl of
Sutherland gave Neil and Morgan the support of all his forces. In the battle, Neil and Morgan were both killed as was their father-in-law Angus Murray. Angus Du Mackay of Strathnaver was also killed but his lands were retained by his sons Neil and John.
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On 2 November 1389, the Earl of
Sutherland was a witness to a decree made against the Earl of Buchan for him to live with and not mistreat his wife who he had left for a woman named Mariota filia Athyn. The decree was pronounced at the Church of the Friars preachers of
145:, William, 5th Earl of Sutherland had been succeeded by his son, Earl John of Sutherland, who in turn was succeeded by his son Nicolas, Earl of Sutherland, who in turn was succeeded by Robert, Earl of Sutherland. However, according to 19th century historian
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Sutherland is said to have died in 1442, and Fraser states that he was certainly dead in 1444 when his son John is designated Earl of Sutherland. Robert married Margaret Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan (the
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in 1455, having been sent to do so by his elder brother, John, 7th Earl of
Sutherland. According to Gordon, this Robert Sutherland also led a company of Sutherland men on the side of the Clan Mackay at the
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in 1388. The Scots intended to take advantage of disputes between the
English king and his nobles by making a raid into England on a large scale, partly in retaliation for the English invasion of
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as it appeared in about 1813, before later improvements. The first authentic record of the castle is dated 1401 during the time of Robert
Sutherland, 6th Earl of Sutherland
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Alexander Sutherland, listed by Fraser as of whom nothing more is known other than he may have been the ancestor of Alexander Sutherland of Dilred (or Dirlot) who was
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