Dunrobin Castle (12)
William 3rd Earl of Sutherland probably fought at Bannockburn, but had no children and was succeeded by his brother Kenneth, who was killed at the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333.  

His son, William de Moravia, 5th Earl, known as the 'King of Sutherland', married Margaret Bruce, daughter of King Robert and sister of King David II.  As the king's brother-in-law, Earl William was one of the premier magnates in Scotland and received charters for extensive lands from the king.  It was this earl that was involved in the feud with the Mackays of Strathnaver, which ended, as I wrote about under Dingwall Castle, with the murder of Iye Mackay and his son Donald Mackay at Dingwall at the hands of the earl's brother Nicholas in 1370.  

Earl William's son John, by Princess Margaret Bruce, as nephew of King David II, was heir to the throne of Scotland, but died of the plague in London in 1361.  Had he not done so, we would have had a Sutherland Scottish royal family, not a Stewart royal family!

By the time of Robert, 6th Earl of Sutherland, the family had fully adopted the surname Sutherland.  It was this earl that built the earliest surviving part of Dunrobin Castle.  The name Dun Robin means Robin's Fort and probably derives from the name Robert.
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