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Elizabeth Mure (died before May 1355) was mistress and then wife of Robert, High Steward of Scotland, and Guardian of Scotland (1338 - 1341 and from October 1346), who later became King Robert II of Scotland.

History

Elizabeth Mure (Muir) was said to be born at Rowallan Castle. Her parents were Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan or Rawalla, Ayrshire and Joan Cunningham[1] or Janet Mure of Ponkelly or Pokellie[2].

She initially became the Steward's mistress. He married her in 1336 but the marriage was criticised as uncanonical, so he remarried her in 1349 following a papal dispensation dated at Avignon 22 November 1347.

She died before her husband inherited the crown at the rather advanced age of 54, and he married again (Papal Dispensation dated 2 May 1355), so she was never queen of Scotland.

On 27 March 1371, "The Lord John (who later took the title of King Robert III, changing his name because of what he saw as John de Baliol's unpatriotic desecration of the name John), Earl of Carrick and Steward of Scotland, first-born son of King Robert II" was declared heir to the Crown by Parliament in Scone Abbey.

They had at least ten children - some accounts say thirteen. Doubts about the validity of her marriage led to family disputes over her children's right to the crown.

   * Robert III, born John Stewart, Earl of Carrick

   * Walter Stewart, Lord of Fife

   * Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany

   * Andrew Stewart, Earl of Buchan

   * Margaret Stewart, married John of Islay, Lord of the Isles

   * Marjorie Stewart, married firstly, John Dunbar, 5th Earl of Moray, and secondly, Sir Alexander Keith

   * Johanna Stewart, married firstly, Sir John Keith, secondly, Sir John Lyon, and thirdly in 1384, Sir James Sandilands.

   * Isabella Stewart, married firstly, James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas, and secondly, David Edmonstone

   * Katherine Stewart, married Sir Robert Logan of Grugar and Restalrig, Lord High Admiral of Scotland

   * Elizabeth Stewart, married Sir Thomas Hay, Lord High Constable of Scotland

   * Jean Stewart, married Sir James Sandilands, 2nd Laird of Calder.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ McAndrew, Scotland's Historic Heraldry, p 173

[edit] References

   * Dunbar, Sir Archibald H., Bt., Scottish Kings, a Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005 - 1625, Edinburgh, 1899, p.160-1.

   * McAndrew, Bruce A., Scotlands Historic Heraldry, Boydell Press, 2006: ISBN 1843832615

[ http://www.thepeerage.com/p10210.htm#i102098]

Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan1

F, #102098, d. before 1355

    Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan was the daughter of Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan and Janet Mure. She married Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland, son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Margorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland, on 22 November 1347, by Papal dispensation, which legitimised their previously born children.2 She died before 1355.3

    As a result of her marriage, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan was styled as Countess of Atholl on 22 November 1347. From 22 November 1347, her married name became Stewart.

Children of Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan and Robert II Stewart, King of Scotland

   * Walter Stewart, Earl of Fife b. bt 1336 - 1347, d. bt 14 Aug 1362 - 10 Jan 1363

   * Lady Jean Stewart+ b. bt 1336 - 1355, d. a 1404

   * Marjorie Stewart+ b. bt 1336 - 1355, d. a 6 May 1417

   * Katherine Stewart b. bt 1336 - 1355

   * Elizabeth Stewart+ b. bt 1336 - 1355

   * Isabella Stewart b. bt 1336 - 1355, d. c 1410

   * Robert III Stewart, King of Scotland+ b. 1337, d. 4 Apr 1406

   * Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany+4 b. c 1340, d. 3 Sep 1420

   * Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan+5 b. c 1343, d. 24 Jul 1394

   * Margaret Stewart+ b. bt 1347 - 1350

Citations

  1. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 215. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

  2. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 310. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

  3. [S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 13. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

  4. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume I, page 77.

  5. [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 376.

GENEALOGY: Royal Ancestors of Magna Charta Barons; Page 225; G929.72;

C6943ra; Denver Public Library; Genealogy

Source:: The Descent Of General Robert Edward Lee From Robert The Bruce, Of Scotland. By Professor Wm. Winston Fontaine, of Louisville. (From the Southern Historical Society Papers)

-------------------- Elizabeth Mure had 12 children. Their names are Catherine Stuart, Robert Stuart, Walter Stuart (Earl of Fife), Alexander Stuart, David Stuart (Earl of Strathearn & Caithness), Elizabeth Stuart, Isabel Stuart, Jean Stuart, John III Stuart, Margaret Stuart, Marjorie Stuart, and Robert Stuart (King of Scotland) III.