STEWART, Robert II King of Scots 1 3
User ID: K161. General Notes: "On the death of his uncle David II. he succeeded to the throne as Robert II., 22 February 1370-1. In this reign the succession to the crown of Scotland was definitely settled by Parliament." Robert married Elizabeth MURE of Rowallan, daughter of Sir Adam MURE of Rowallan and Janet MURE heiress of Polkellie, 1336 in common law, then 22 November 1347(papal dispensation).1 2 (Elizabeth MURE of Rowallan was born about 1320 and died by May 1355 1.) Marriage Notes: "He (Robert Stewart) married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan (dispensation by Pope Clement VI., 22 November 1347)" Robert next married Euphemia DE ROSS Countess of Moray, then Queen of Scots, daughter of Hugh Earl of Ross and Margaret GRAHAM, 2 May 1355(papal dispensation).1 (Euphemia DE ROSS Countess of Moray, then Queen of Scots was born about 1329 4 and died by 1387(1388) 4.) Marriage Notes: "King Robert II. married secondly, Euphemia, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Ross, and widow of John Randolph, third Earl of Moray (dispensation by Pope Innocent VI., 2 May 1355)." |
1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).
2 Internet Site, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Mure citing 1]Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings, a Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005 -1625, (1899), 2]McAndrew, Bruce A., Scotlands Historic Heraldry, Boydell Press, (2006).
3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).
4
History Scotland, Vol.18 No.4 July/August 2018 Euphemia Ross: The Surprise Queen by Dr Amy Hayes.
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