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{{Short description|Historic Scottish title}}
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[[File:Stained glass window with arms of James Stewart, Duke of Ross, Great Hall, Stirling Castle.jpg|thumb|Arms in stained glass of [[James Stewart, Duke of Ross]]. The arms of [[Ross-shire]] (''Gules, three lions rampant argent'') are visible.]]
The title '''Duke of Ross''' ({{Langx|gd|Diùc Rois}})<ref>Cooper, G. (2021). ''An Ròs a Leighas''. United Kingdom: Luath Press Limited.</ref> has been created twice in the [[Peerage of Scotland]], both times for younger sons of the [[King of Scotland]]. Named for [[Ross-shire|Ross]] in [[Scotland]], it was first created in 1488<ref>{{cite web | title=Ross (Scotland) | work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page | url=http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersR3.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608023601/http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersR3.htm | archive-date=June 8, 2008 | url-status=usurped | access-date=21 November 2005 }}</ref> for [[James Stewart, Duke of Ross|James Stewart, Earl of Ross]], the second son of [[James III of Scotland|James III]]. On his early death in 1504, the title became extinct.

The title was created a second time for [[Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross|Alexander Stewart]], the youngest son of [[James IV of Scotland|James IV]]. On his death at the age of one in 1515 the title became extinct.

==Dukes of Ross, first creation (1488)==
:''Other titles: [[Earl of Ormond (Scottish)|Marquess of Ormonde]] (1488<ref>{{cite web|title=Ormond|work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page|url=http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersO.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608021957/http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersO.htm|archive-date=June 8, 2008|url-status=usurped|access-date=21 November 2005}}</ref>), [[Earl of Ross]], [[Earl of Ardmenach]] and [[Lord Brechin and Navar]] (1481)''
*[[James Stewart, Duke of Ross]] (1476–1504), second son of '''[[James III of Scotland|James III]]'''

==Dukes of Ross, second creation (1514)==
*[[Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross]] (1514–1515), posthumous fourth and youngest son of '''[[James IV of Scotland|James IV]]'''

== Family tree ==
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{{Earl of Ormond family tree}}

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