Countess of Atholl Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan

Abt 1315 - 1354  (39 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan  [1]
  Title	Countess of Atholl
  Birth	Abt 1315	Aryshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  FSID	9HFS-LHM
  Death	1354	Aryshire, Scotland   [1]
  Burial	1354	Refrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I8154	footsteps | Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II, GuyBuckman, DonCampbell, LucyHarrison, BettyOtt
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Adam Mure, Of Rowallan,   b. 1293, Aryshire, Scotland d. 11 Nov 1391, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 98 years)
  Mother	Janet Joan Muir,   b. 1295, Aryshire, Scotland d. 1355, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1315	Aryshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F820	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	35th King of Scotland Robert Stewart, II,   b. 2 Mar 1316, Refrewshire, Scotland d. 19 Apr 1390, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1347	Aryshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Earl of Menteith Robert Stewart,   b. 1 Jul 1335, Aryshire, Scotland d. 3 Sep 1420, Sterlingshire, Scotland (Age 85 years) + 2. Princess Margaret Stewart,   b. 1336, Aryshire, Scotland d. 6 May 1410, Argyleshire, Scotland (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Earl of Fife John Robert Stewart, III,   b. 14 Aug 1337, Aryshire, Scotland d. 4 Apr 1406, Rothesay, Bute, Scotland (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Princess Isabel Eupheme Stewart,   b. Abt 1340, Aryshire, Scotland d. 26 Oct 1410, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Princess Of Scotland Elizabeth Stewart,   b. 1346, Aryshire, Scotland d. 1389, Perthshire, England (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Countess of Moray Marjorie Stewart,   b. 1348, Aryshire, Scotland d. 6 May 1417, Morayshire, Scotland (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Princess of Scotland Jean Stewart,   b. 1351, Aryshire, Scotland d. 1404, Perthshire, England (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Notes

  When Hugh Giffard III was the age of 9, he was entered into a verbal bo n d o f m a r riage with the 11 year old Elizabeth Mure, daughter of Sir Ada m M u r e o f R owallan. The date of this agreement was about the year 1331. T h i s m a r riage was never ratified or consummated, and the bond was dissol v e d b y P a pal authority on Oct. 12,1344. The daughter of Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan, she initially became the Ste w a r d ' s mistress. He married her in 1336, but the marriage was criticize d a s u n c a nonical, so he remarried her in 1349 following a Papal Dispens at io n d a t ed at Avignon 22 November 1347. She died before her husband in h e ri t e d the crown at the rather advanced age of 54, and he married agai n ( P a p a l Dispensation dated 2 May 1355), so she was never queen of Scot la n d .

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] Find A Grave Index. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.family s e a r c h.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-1YJR : 6 March 2021), Elizabeth Mure Ste w a r t , ; B urial, Paisley, , Renfrewshire, Scotland, Paisley Abbey; citin g r e c o r d ID 50230493, Find a Grave,