Robert II, King of Scots

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"[H]eir apparent to the Scottish throne for almost half a century (1318-24 and 1329-71), he reigned himself for nineteen years, led the defense against the English during King David II's exile and imprisonment, his active life was behind him when he ascended the throne, and during his last years the kingdom was administered by his sons." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Robert married Elizabeth More after 22 Nov 1347. Elizabeth (daughter of Adam More and Joanna Cunningham) died before 1355; was buried in Church of the Blackfriars, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Date of the very belated dispensation.

1. Margaret Stewart
2. Robert III, King of Scots was born about 1336; died on 4 Apr 1406 in Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland; was buried in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
3. Robert Stewart was born about 1340; died on 3 Sep 1420 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland.

Robert married Euphemia Ross about May 1355. Euphemia (daughter of Hugh Ross and Margaret Graham) died on 20 Feb 1388; was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Their dispensation was dated 2 May 1355, they being related in the 4th degree of kindred and the 3rd degree of affinity.

1. Elizabeth Stewart

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1292
• Alternate birth: 1296
• Alternate death: 9 Apr 1326

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Also called Walter fitz James. Sixth Steward of Scotland.

"[K]nighted before the battle of Bannockburn (1314, during which he nominally commanded a division of the Scottish army, regent of Scotland during the king's absence in Ireland." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

Walter married Marjory Bruce after 25 Apr 1315. Marjory (daughter of Robert de Brus, King of Scotland and Isabel of Mar) died in Oct 1317; was buried in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died "during her second pregnancy from a fall from a horse. In her issue heiress to Scotland." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

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Also called James fitz Alexander. 5th Steward of Scotland.

James married Giles de Burgh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Egidia de Burgh; Jill de Burgh.

Robert married Isabel of Mar about 1295. Isabel (daughter of Donald of Mar and Ellen) died before 1302. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1220
• Alternate death: 1282

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Also called Alexander of Dundonald. 4th High Steward of Scotland. "4th High Steward of Scotland, 1246-1283 and Baron of Garlies from 30 Nov 1263. [...] Councillor in 1255 to the underage King of Scotland, Alexander III, and one of the regents of Scotland. Upon his marriage he seized the Isles of Bute and Arran and as a result fought and defeated the Norwegians at the battle of Largs, in Cunningham, 2 Oct 1263, ceding the Isles to Scotland. In 1264 he invaded the Isle of Man which was then annexed to the Crown." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

"He seems to have commanded the armed force which, at Largs, in October 1263, successfully defended Scotland against attempted invasion by Hákon IV, king of Norway. It seems to have been in Alexander's time that the Stewarts acquired the lordship of Cowal, with a castle at Dunoon. Moreover, the style senescallus Scotie, 'stewart of Scotland', now replaced the older dapifer regis Scotie, 'steward of the king of Scotland', thus indicating a major office of state, significant in a national context." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

Alexander married Jean Macrory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Jean of Bute.

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1230, Connaught, Ireland

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Earl of Ulster.

Walter married Avelina fitz John about 1257. Avelina (daughter of John fitz Geoffrey and Isabel le Bigod) died about 20 May 1274; was buried in Dunmow Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Marjory of Carrick about 1273. Marjory (daughter of Neil and Isabel) was born about 1252; died before Nov 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1240
• Alternate death: Abt 27 Oct 1292

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Suo jure Countess of Carrick.

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10th Earl of Mar.

Donald married Ellen. Ellen (daughter of Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth and (One of the several mistresses of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth)) died after Feb 1294. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also spelled Walter Steward; also called Walter Fitz Alan. 3rd High Steward. Justiciar of Scotia (i.e. Scotland north of the Forth), 1232-1241. First to use Stewart as a surname.

"He was appointed Justiciar of Scotland by Alexander II in 1230, and negotiated that king's second marriage. He is said by Duncan Stewart to have married Beatrix, daughter of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, but no proof has been found of this." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

The Complete Peerage entry for Walter Stewart's son-in-law Maldouen, third earl of Lennox (7:589-90), states without qualification that Maldouen's wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Walter Steward, High Steward of Scotland, by Beatrice, daughter of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, but although no correction to this appears in CP 14, the corrigenda volume, it would appear that the modern consensus is that the identity of Walter Stewart/Steward's wife is unproved.

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"James, the son of Angus, had a daughter Jean, who married Alexander, eldest son of Walter, Steward of Scotland." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz calls him "James of Bute" and says he was "[k]illed in 1210 in Scotland with his father and brothers by the men of Skye", which accords with SP's sketch of his father.

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1200, Connaught, Ireland
• Alternate death: Bef 17 Feb 1243, Gascony, France

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Seneschal of Munster; Keeper of Limerick Castle; Lord of Connaught; Justiciar of Ireland 1228-32.

Richard married Gille de Lacy before 21 Apr 1225. Gille (daughter of Walter de Lacy and Margaret de Briouze) was born in of Dublin, Ireland; died in 1242. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 22 Feb 1247

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Also called Egidia de Lacy.

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"Sheriff of Yorkshire 1234. Admitted to the Privy Council 1237; Chief Justice of the Forests 1241; Seneschal of Gascony 1243; Justiciar of Ireland 1245." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz]

John married Isabel le Bigod before 12 Apr 1234. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lord of Annandale. Called "The Competitor" and "The Claimant."

"Sir Robert de Brus, s. and h. of Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale, by Isabel, 2nd da. of David (of Scotland), Earl of Huntingdon, and coh. of her br., John (le Scot), Earl of Chester. He suc. his father in 1245 and his mother in 1251-2. On 19 Apr. 1267, he, together with his son, swore fealty to the King and Prince Edward. He was sum. cum equis et armis from 18 July (1257) 41 Hen. III to 17 Aug. (1294) 22 Edw. I, and to attend the King at Shrewsbury 28 June (1283) 11 Edw. I, by writs directed Roberto de Brus domino Vallis (or de Valle) Anandi. Being a competitor for the Crown of Scotland (claiming as nearest in degree), he agreed, 5 June 1291, to be bound by the decision of the King as overlord, who however decided against him, 6 Nov. 1292. He m., 1stly, in May 1240, Isabel, da. of Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, by Isabel, 2nd da. of William (Marshal), the elder, Earl of Pembroke, and in her issue coh. of her br., Walter, Earl of Pembroke. She was b. 2 Nov. 1226, and was living 10 July 1264. He m., 2ndly, 3 May 1273 at Hoddam, in the diocese of Glasgow, Christian, da. and h. of Sir William d'Ireby, of Ireby, Cumberland, by Christian, elder da. and coh. of Odard de Hodeholme, of Gamblesby and Glassonby in that co. She had m., 1stly, before 12 Dec. 1257, Sir Thomas de Lascelles, of Bolton, Cumberland, who d. s.p. before Oct. 1260: and 2ndly, before Aug. 1261, Sir Adam de Gesemuth, of Cramlington, Northumberland, Buxton, Standon, Over Haddon, &c., co. Derby, and Great Dalton, co. Dumfries, who d. between 27 July 1270 and 23 Apr. 1274. He d. at Lochmaben Castle, 31 Mar., and was bur. 17 Apr. 1295, in Guisborough Priory. His widow, whose dower was settled by deed dated 29 Aug. 1296, d. s.p. shortly before 6 July 1305." [Complete Peerage II:358-60, as corrected in Volume XIV.]

Robert married Isabel de Clare in May 1240. Isabel (daughter of Gilbert de Clare and Isabel Marshal) was born on 2 Nov 1226; died after 10 Jul 1264. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 8 Nov 1226

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Earl of Carrick. Also called Nigel, Neill, Nicol, Nicolaus. "One of the English faction, and under protection of Henry III, was appointed one of the Regents of Scotland and Guardians of Alexander III, 20 Sep. 1255." [Complete Peerage]

Neil married Isabel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Earl of Mar. Chamberlain of Scotland 1252-55, 1262-67. Sheriff of Dubarton 1264-66.

William married Elizabeth Comyn. Elizabeth (daughter of William Comyn and Margaret of Buchan) died in 1267. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"The Great." Prince of Wales; Prince of Aberffraw; Lord of Snowden. Died as a Cistercian monk.

Llywelyn married (One of the several mistresses of Llywelyn ap Iorwerth). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1150

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Also called Alan the Steward. 2nd High Steward. Accompanied Richard on the Third Crusade; returned to Scotland in July 1191. Patron of the Knights Templar.

Alan married Eva. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to Andrew B. W. MacEwen (citation details below), it was Eva, first wife of Alan Fitz Walter, who was the mother of his children, not his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar.

Eva has been said to be a daughter of Swain, son of Thor, the latter having been the first recorded sheriff of Lothian. The truth of this is the subject of inconclusive controvery stretching back at least a century.

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"Angus, who inherited Bute, with a part of Arran, and the Rough Bounds (Garmoran) extending from Ardnamurchan to Glenelg. Angus and his three sons were killed in 1210 by the men of Skye." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

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• Alternate death: Bef Mar 1206

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Seneschal of Munster, 1201. "Closely associated with John, lord of Ireland, he probably accompanied him on his expedition to Ireland in 1185, and became John's principal agent in the conquest and organization of northern Munster. While other leading Anglo-Norman invaders are vividly described by Gerald of Wales, knowledge of this turbulent frontier lord has to be gleaned from hostile Gaelic sources or administrative records. Perhaps the best clue to his character lies in the study of the imposing sites of his castles at Kilfeacle, Carrigogunnell, and Shanid, among others, which reveals a powerful personality capable of impressing his authority on fiercely contested borders."

William married (Unknown) before 1193. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Said to be a daughter of Domnall Mór Ua Briain, King of Limerick." [Royal Ancestry]

"According to one Irish source de Burgh was married to a daughter of Domnall Mór Ó Briain, which is consistent with the fact that he was frequently accompanied by his Ó Briain allies, hereditary enemies of the Mac Carthaig and the Ó Conchobhair, in his numerous campaigns in Desmond and Connacht. Presumably this alliance gave him the means to prosecute his territorial interests in Desmond and Connacht, while leaving his castles on the Thomond frontier secure from attack." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

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• Alternate birth: Bef 1173, of Ewyas, Herefordshire, England
• Alternate death: Feb 1241
• Alternate death: Bef 24 Feb 1241

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Died after going blind. "He was one of the great land holders in Ireland and was constantly involved in the disturbances of that province. The 13th century historian Matthew Paris calls him 'the most eminent of all the nobles in Ireland' and in the Annals of the Four Masters he is called 'the bountifullest foreigner in steeds, attire, and gold, that ever came to Erin.'" [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz]

Walter married Margaret de Briouze before 19 Nov 1200. Margaret (daughter of William de Briouze and Maud de St. Valéry) was born about 1181; died after 25 Jun 1245. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1254

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Earl of Essex. Chief Justiciar of England from 1198 to his death.

Chief Forester; Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1184-89, 1191-94; Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire 1190-93; Constable of Hertford Castle; Sheriff of Staffordshire 1198; Sheriff of Yorkshire 1198-1200, 1202-4; Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire 1199-1204; Sheriff of Westmorland 1199-1200; Sheriff of Hampshire 1201-4; Sheriff of Shropshire 1201-4.

He was raised in the remarkable household of his uncle, the justiciar of England Ranulph de Glanville, along with, among others, the future king John, and the Walter brothers, nephews of Glanville's wife Bertha de Valognes. Theobald Walter would become chief butler of England and Ireland and the founder of enduring lordships in Munster and Leinster. Hubert Walter would become archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey's predecessor as justiciar of England, and then -- after Geoffrey succeeded him as justiciar -- Chancellor of England.

Geoffrey married Aveline de Clare before 29 May 1205. Aveline (daughter of Roger de Clare and Maud de St. Hilary) was born about 1172; died before 4 Jun 1225. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Between 22 Nov 1220 and 4 Jun 1225
• Alternate death: Bef 1225

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 18 Feb 1225

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Earl of Norfolk. Hereditary Steward of the Household; Hereditary Warden of Romford.

Magna Carta surety.

Hugh married Maud Marshal, Marshal Of England in 1207. Maud (daughter of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare) was born in 1192; died on 27 Mar 1248; was buried in Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 29 Mar 1248
• Alternate death: Between 1 Apr 1248 and 7 Apr 1248

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Countess of Norfolk and Surrey.

"Which Maud in July 1246, as senior coh. of her brother Walter, late Earl of Pembroke, was allowed the office of Marshal." [Complete Peerage]

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• Alternate death: Between 1226 and 1233
• Alternate death: Bef 23 Jan 1226

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Lord of Annandale.

Robert married Isabel of Huntingdon. Isabel (daughter of David of Scotland and Maud of Chester) died before 20 Mar 1252; was buried in Sawtrey Abbey, Huntingdonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Earl of Hertford. Earl of Gloucester.

Along with his father, he was among the 25 Magna Carta sureties, as such excommunicated by Innocent III on 16 Dec 1215, despite the fact that he was by then among the group negotiating with the king for peace.

Fought on the side of Louis of France at the Battle of Lincoln, 19-20 May 1217; taken prisoner by his future father-in-law William Marshal and subsequently released, his lands restored. In later life, led various armies against the Welsh.

Gilbert married Isabel Marshal on 9 Oct 1217. Isabel (daughter of William Marshal and Isabel de Clare) was born on 9 Oct 1200 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1247

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Suo jure Countess of Pembroke. Wikipedia: "When Isabel was dying she asked to be buried next to her first husband at Tewkesbury Abbey, but Richard had her interred at Beaulieu Abbey, with her infant son, instead. As a pious gesture, however, he sent her heart, in a silver-gilt casket, to Tewkesbury."

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"Obtained from King William the Lion, before 1196, the district of Carrick, formed out of the old Cumbrian Kingdom, part of ancient Galloway, with the title of Earl of Carrick." [Complete Peerage]

Duncan married Avelina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Earl of Mar.

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Justiciar; j.u. Earl of Buchan. Founded the Abbey of Deer in Buchan.

William married Margaret of Buchan about 1210. Margaret (daughter of Fergus of Buchan) died between 8 Apr 1242 and 31 Dec 1243. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1243
• Alternate death: Bef Aug 1244

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Countess of Buchan.

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Drwyndwn, "flatnose."

Iorwerth married Margred ferch Madog. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Marared of Powys.