Muir, Elizabeth (d. before 1355)

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Muir, Elizabeth (d. before 1355)

Duchess of Atholl. Name variations: Elizabeth Mure; Elizabeth of Rowallan. Died before 1355; daughter of Adam Muir (or Mure) of Rowallan; became first wife of Robert II (1316–1390), earl of Atholl, earl of Strathearn (r. 1357–1390), king of Scots (r. 1371–1390), around 1349; children: John Stewart of Kyle, later known as Robert III, king of Scots (1337–1406, who marriedAnnabella Drummond ); Walter Stewart, earl of Fife (r. 1362–1363); Robert Stewart, 1st duke of Albany (1339–1420, who marriedMuriel Keith ); Margaret Stewart (who married John MacDonald, 1st lord of Isles); Alexander Stewart, 1st earl of Buchan, known as the Wolf of Badenach; Marjorie Stewart (who married John Dunbar, 1st earl of Moray, and Alexander Keith of Grantown); Elizabeth Stewart (who married Thomas de la Haye); Isabel Stewart (who married James Douglas, 2nd earl of Douglas, and John Edmondstone); Jean Stewart (who married John Keith, Sir John Lyon, and James Sandilands of Calder); Katherine Stewart (who married Sir Robert of Restalrig). Robert II's second wife wasEuphemia Ross (d. 1387).

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