Name Suffix:<NSFX> Of Rowallan
Ancestral File Number:<AFN> 9FKC-6H
ELIZABETH MURE, the 1st wife (though never queen) of Rober
t II, is a shadowy figure of whom little is known. Her fath
er was Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan and she was probably bor
n in about 1 315, the year after Bannockburn. She and Rober
t lived together for some years before their marriage, duri
ng which time she bore him 9 children. They finally marrie
d by special dispensation of Pope Clement VI, 22 November 1
347, by which all their children were legitimated per subse
quens matrimonium. At this time Robert was still only Ear
l of Strathearn; thus, although Elizabeth became Counte s
s of Strathearn, she was never queen of Scots, since she di
ed before her husband ascended th e throne. From the fact t
hat Robert married again in 1355, we must infer that Elizab
eth had died by that date.