Countess of Atholl Elizabeth Mure

1321 - Bef 1355  (~ 39 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Mure
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Female
  Birth	Between 1315 and 1321
  Death	Bef 1355  [1]
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Sir Adam Mure, of Rowallan
  Mother	Janet Mure, of Pokellie

  
  

  Husband	King Robert II of Scotland Robert II of Scotland Robert Stewart           b. 2 Mar 1316, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland           d. 19 Apr 1390 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage Contract	22 Nov 1347  [2]
  Marriage	Abt 1349  [2]
  Age at Marriage	Elizabeth was ~ 34 years old - Robert was ~ 32 years old.
  Children	1. King Robert III of Scotland Robert III of Scotland John Stewart           b. Abt 1337             d. 4 Apr 1406, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age ~ 69 years)   2. Walter Stewart           b. Abt 1338             d. Between 14 Aug 1362 and 10 Jan 1363 (Age ~ 24 years)   3. Duke of Albany Lord Robert Stewart           b. Abt 1340             d. 2 Sep 1420, Stirling Castle, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age ~ 80 years)   4. Alexander "The Wolf of Badenoch" Stewart           b. Abt 1343             d. Between 24 Jul 1394 and Mar 1406 (Age ~ 51 years)   5. Elizabeth Stewart   6. Isabella Stewart   7. Margaret Stewart   8. Marjorie Stewart             d. Aft 6 May 1417
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Initially was Robert Stewart's mistress; he married her in 1336 but the marriage was uncanonical, so he remarried her in 1349 following a papal dispensation dated 22 Nov 1347. Died before 1355 when Robert re-married to Euphemia de Ross.

  
  

• Sources

  [S0495] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, (London (1989)), The House of Stewart. [S0381] Ed. Sir James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, The, (Edinburgh: David Douglas), 1904, Kings of Scotland; Volume 1, pages 1-36.