Harrower Family Tree » Robert Stewart II (1316-1390)
Personal data Robert Stewart II
Source 1- He was born on March 2, 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.Source 1
- Title: Robert II King of ScotsSource 1
- (Coronation) on March 26, 1371 in Old Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.Source 1
- (King of Scotland) between March 26, 1371 and April 19, 1390 in Scotland: Robert II King of Scots.Source 1
- (Guardian of Scotland) between 1334 and 1335 in Scotland: David II inherited the throne of Scotland at age 5, during his minority there were multiple Guardians of Scotland (Regents) including Robert Stewart, High Steward of Scotland. Robert was joint Guardian from 1334 to 1335, was Guardian again 1338 t.Source 1
- (Designated+as+Heir+to+Throne+of+Scotland) between October 14, 1318 and March 5, 1324 in Scotland: When Edward Bruce, younger brother and heir of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, died suddenly in 1318, Robert Stewart, Robert's infant grandson, was named as heir presumptive. Robert remained heir to the throne until March 5 1324 when twin sons we.Source 1
- He died on April 19, 1390 in Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland, he was 74 years old.Source 1
- He is buried on April 24, 1390 in Scone Priory, Old Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.Source 1
- A child of Walter Stewart and Marjorie Bruce
Household of Robert Stewart II
(1) He is married to Elizabeth Mure.
They got married in the year 1349, he was 32 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
- Walter Stewart 1340-± 1362
- Alexander Stewart ± 1343-± 1405
- Isabella Eupheme Stewart 1348-1410
Event (Marriage Information) in the year 1336: They married in1336 but the marriage was criticised as uncanonical, so he remarried her in 1349 following a papal dispensation dated at Avignon 22 November 1347..Source 2
(2) He is married to Euphemia Ross.
They got married on May 2, 1355, he was 39 years old.Source 3
Child(ren):
- Walter Stewart ± 1360-1437
- David Stewart 1357-1389
Notes about Robert Stewart II
1316-1390 Robert II (2 March 1316 - 19 April 1390)
Robert was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. He was the first monarch of the House of Stewart as the son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and of Marjorie Bruce, daughter of the Scottish king Robert the Bruce by his first wife Isabella of Mar.
Edward Bruce, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, was named heir presumptive but died without heirs on 3 December 1318. Marjorie Bruce had died probably in 1317 in a riding accident and parliament decreed her infant son, Robert Stewart, as heir presumptive, but this lapsed on 5 March 1324 on the birth of a son, David, to King Robert and his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh. Robert Stewart became High Steward of Scotland on his father's death on 9 April 1327, and in the same year parliament confirmed the young Steward as heir should Prince David die without a successor. In 1329 King Robert I died and the six-year-old David succeeded to the throne under the guardianship of Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray.
Edward Balliol, son of King John Balliol, assisted by the English and those Scottish nobles who had been disinherited by Robert I, invaded Scotland inflicting heavy defeats on the Bruce party on 11 August 1332 at Dupplin Moor and Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333. Robert, who had fought at Halidon joined his uncle, King David in refuge in Dumbarton Castle. David escaped to France in 1334 and parliament, still functioning, appointed Robert and John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray as joint Guardians of the kingdom. Randolph was captured by the English in July 1335 and in the same year Robert submitted to Balliol bringing about the removal of his guardianship. The office was reinstated in 1338 and Robert held it until David's return from France in June 1341. Hostilities continued and Robert was with David at the Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346 and either escaped or fled the field but David was captured and remained a prisoner until he was ransomed in October 1357.
Robert married Elizabeth Mure around 1348, legitimising his four sons and five daughters. His subsequent marriage to Euphemia de Ross in 1355 produced two sons and two surviving daughters. Robert rebelled against the King in 1363 but submitted to him following a threat to his right of succession. David died in 1371 and Robert succeeded him at the age of fifty-five. The border magnates continued to attack English-held zones in southern Scotland and by 1384, the Scots had re-taken most of the occupied lands. Robert ensured that Scotland was included in the Anglo-French truce of 1384 and that was a factor in the coup in November when he lost control of the country first to his eldest son, John, and then from 1388 to John's younger brother, Robert. King Robert died in Dundonald Castle in 1390 and was buried at Scone Abbey.
Robert King of Scots II
BIRTH 2 Mar 1316 Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland
DEATH 19 Apr 1390 (aged 74) Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland
BURIAL Scone Abbey, Scone, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Scottish Monarch. Son of Walter, Steward of Scotland and Marjory Bruce, daughter of Robert the Bruce. He served as Regent for David II twice, while David was in exile in France and again while imprisoned in England. Robert succeeded David in 1371, and was crowned at Scone on March 26. His first marriage to Elizabeth Mure and the 9 children of the union were declared illegitimate, as the couple were too closely related. A Papal dispensation was acquired in 1347, but to many it still wasn't enough. Upon the death of his first wife he married Euphemia Ross, who would become his queen, in 1355. They had four children. The question of the legitimacy of his first marriage would later play a big part in the succession. Robert is thought to have had 21 or more children in total, including at least 8 illegitimate children by various mistresses. It was said about Robert that "A more tender heart no man could have". Most of his 19-year reign was troubled by wars he could play little part in. He allowed his son Robert, Earl of Carrick (later Robert III), to act in his stead most of the time. Old and infirm, he died at Dundonald Castle at the age of 74.
Bio by: Kristen Conrad
Family Members
Parents
Walter Stewart 1293-1326
Marjory Bruce Stewart 1296-1316
Spouses
Elizabeth Mure Stewart 1320-1354 (m. 1336)1348
Euphemia Ross 1320-1386 (m. 1355)
Children
Margaret Stewart MacDonald
Walter Stewart unknown -1362
Alexander Stewart unknown -1405
Robert Stewart 1337-1406
Robert Duke of Albany Stewart 1340 -1420 (b. John)
Elizabeth Stewart De La Haye of Errol 1348 -1389
Isabella Eupheme Stewart Douglas 1348 -1410
Marjorie Stewart Dunbar 1348 -1417
Jean Stewart Lyon 1350 -1404
David Stewart 1357 -1389
Elizabeth Stewart Lindsey 1362-1446
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Sources
- Web Site Information, Robert II King of Scotland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_II_of_Scotland
Robert II King of Scotland
Scottish Monarch. Son of Walter, Steward of Scotland and Marjory Bruce, daughter of Robert the Bruce. He served as Regent for David II twice, while David was in exile in France and again while imprisoned in England. Robert succeeded David in 1371, and was crowned at Scone on March 26. His first marriage to Elizabeth Mure and the 9 children of the union were declared illegitimate, as the couple were too closely related. A Papal dispensation was acquired in 1347, but to many it still wasn't enough. Upon the death of his first wife he married Euphemia Ross, who would become his queen, in 1355. They had four children. The question of the legitimacy of his first marriage would later play a big part in the succession. Robert is thought to have had 21 or more children in total, including at least 8 illegitimate children by various mistresses. It was said about Robert that "A more tender heart no man could have". Most of his 19-year reign was troubled by wars he could play little part in. He allowed his son Robert, Earl of Carrick (later Robert III), to act in his stead most of the time. Old and infirm, he died at Dundonald Castle at the age of 74. - Web Site Information, c. 1320 - before 1355 Elizabeth Mure https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/L89H-F4Y
Elizabeth Mure Stewart
Birth 1320
Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Death 1354 (aged 33–34) Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Burial Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Elizabeth was the daughter of Sir Adam Mure and Joanna Danzielstour (Cunningham?)
Adam Mure 1290-1330
Joanna 1275-( ? )
Family Members
Parents
Adam Mure 1290–1330
Joanna de Danyelston Mure
Spouse
Robert King of Scots 1316–1390 (m. 1336)
Siblings
Archibald Mure
Children
Walter Stewart unknown–1362
Alexander Stewart unknown–1405
Robert Stewart 1337–1406
Robert Duke of Albany Stewart 1340–1420
Margaret Stewart MacDonald 1342–1417
Elizabeth Stewart De La Haye of Errol 1348–1389
Isabella Eupheme Stewart Douglas 1348–1410
Marjorie Stewart Dunbar 1348–1417
Jean Stewart Lyon 1350–1404 - Web Site Information, John Randolph 3rd Earl of Moray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Randolph,_3rd_Earl_of_Moray
John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (died 17 October 1346) was an important figure in the reign of David II of Scotland, and was for a time joint Regent of Scotland.
He was son of the famous Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray, a companion-in-arms of Robert the Bruce. Upon the death of his elder brother Thomas, 2nd Earl at the Battle of Dupplin Moor in 1332, John succeeded to the earldom. He also had a famous sister Agnes Randolph, "Black Agnes of Dunbar", while his niece, Agnes Dunbar, the daughter of his other sister, became the mistress of David II of Scotland.
Military campaigns
He at once took up arms on behalf of his sovereign and cousin King David II and surprised and defeated Edward Balliol at the Battle of Annan in December 1332. At the Battle of Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333, he commanded the first division of the Scots' Army, supported by Sir Andrew Fraser and his two brothers, Simon and James. Escaping from the carnage there he retired to France.
John returned to Scotland the following year, when he and the High Steward of Scotland (the future King Robert II of Scotland) were appointed joint Regents, and set about trying to restore order to the nation.
He was successful in taking prisoner the Comyn Earl of Atholl, commander of the English forces in Scotland, but, on his swearing allegiance to the Scottish Crown he was set free. Comyn, however, disregarded his oath, returned to the English camp, and resumed his hostilities. In August 1335 led an attack on the Burgh Muir near Edinburgh against a body of Flemish auxiliaries in the English service, under Count Guy de Namur, and forced them to surrender. But escorting the Count to the Borders he fell into an ambush and was made prisoner by William de Pressen, (English) Warden of Jedburgh.
He was confined first at Nottingham Castle, and afterwards in the Tower of London. On 25 July 1340, he was removed to Windsor Castle. In 1341 he was exchanged for the Earl of Salisbury, a prisoner with the French, and Moray then returned to Scotland.
In February 1346 he invaded England with David II of Scotland. At the Battle of Neville's Cross, outside Durham, on 17 October 1346 John, with Douglas, Knight of Liddesdale, commanded the right wing of the Scottish army. He was killed during the first English attack.
He was married to Euphemia de Ross but the marriage was childless. On his death the earldom of Moray reverted to the Crown, but was later given to his nephew, John Dunbar.
Historical events
Birthday March 2, 1316
- Graaf Willem III de Goede (Henegouws Huis) was from 1304 till 1337 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
Day of marriage May 2, 1355
- Graaf Willem V (Beiers Huis) was from 1349 till 1389 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
Day of death April 19, 1390
- Graaf Albrecht (Beiers Huis) was from 1389 till 1404 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
Day of burial April 24, 1390
- Graaf Albrecht (Beiers Huis) was from 1389 till 1404 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
Same birth/death day
- 1316 » Robert II of Scotland († 1390)
- 1409 » Jean II, Duke of Alençon († 1476)
- 1432 » Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, countess consort of Hanau († 1457)
- 1453 » Johannes Engel, German doctor, astronomer and astrologer († 1512)
- 1459 » Pope Adrian VI († 1523)
- 1481 » Franz von Sickingen, German knight († 1523)
- 1321 » Gerasimus I, patriarch of Constantinople
- 1390 » Robert II, king of Scotland (b. 1316)
- 1405 » Thomas West, 1st Baron West, English nobleman (b. 1335)
- 1431 » Adolph III, count of Waldeck (b. 1362)
- 1560 » Philip Melanchthon, German theologian and reformer (b. 1497)
- 1567 » Michael Stifel, German monk and mathematician (b. 1487)
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