Robert II Stewart 
Robert II was born on March 2nd, 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Robert II's father was Walter Stewart and his mother was Marjorie Bruce. His paternal grandfather was James Stewart and his paternal grandmother is Egidia De Burgh; his maternal grandparents were Robert Bruce and Isabell of Mar. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named John, Andrew and Egidia. He died at the age of 74 on April 19th, 1390 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was buried in Scone Abbey, Perthshire, Scotland.General Notes
REFN: 1170AN
Alias:<ALIA> /Robert/ II
REFN: P1170
ROBERT II, (only child of Walter Stewart , 6th High Steward of Scotland,
and Marjorie Bruce, dau. of ROBERT I), b 2 Ma rch, 1315-16, Steward of
Scotland, 9 April, 1326, Regent 1335-41, and 1346-57 , created Earl of
Atholl, 16 Feb. 1341-2, Earl of Strathearn before 1357-8, a nd crowned at
Scone, 26 March, 1371. He m 1stly (dispensation dd 22 Nov. 1347 ),
Elizabeth (d ante 1355), dau. of Sir Adam Mure, of Rowallan. By her he
h ad previously had issue,
From Burkes Peerage, Part Three, House of Stewart
Ro bert II (March 2, 1316- April 19, 1390), king of Scotland, called "the
Stewar d", a title that gave the name to the House of Stewart (or Stuart).
Robert was the sole son of Walter, the 5th High Steward of Scotland (d.
1326), and Marj orie (d. 1316 in childbirth), daughter of King Robert the
Bruce.
In 1318 the Scottish parliament decreed that if King Robert died without
sons the crown should pass to his grandson; but the birth of a son
afterwards, King David II , to Bruce in 1324 postponed the accession of
Robert for nearly forty-two yea rs. Soon after the infant David became
king in 1329, the Steward began to tak e a prominent part in the affairs
of Scotland. He was one of the leaders of t he Scottish army at the battle
of Halidon Hill in July 1333; and after gainin g some successes over the
adherents of Edward Balliol in the west of Scotland , he and John
Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (d. 1346), were chosen as regents o f the
kingdom, while David sought safety in France.
The colleagues soon quar relled; then Randolph fell into the hands of the
English and Robert became so le regent, meeting with such success in his
efforts to restore the royal auth ority that the king was able to return
to Scotland in 1341. Having handed ove r the duties of government to
David, the Steward escaped from the battle of N eville's Cross in 1346,
and was again chosen regent while the king was a capt ive in England. Soon
after this event some friction arose between Robert and his royal uncle.
Accused, probably without truth, of desertion at Neville's C ross, the
Steward as heir-apparent was greatly chagrined by the king's propos al to
make Edward III of England, or one of his sons, the heir to the Scottis h
throne, and by David's marriage with Margaret Logie.
In 1363 he rose in re bellion, and after having made his submission was
seized and imprisoned toget her with four of his sons, being only released
a short time before David's De ath in February 1371. By the terms of the
decree of 1318 Robert now succeeded to the throne, and was crowned at
Scone in March 1371. His reign is unimport ant. Some steps were taken by
the nobles to control the royal authority. In 1 378 a war broke out with
England; but the king took no part in the fighting, which included the
burning of Edinburgh and the Scottish victory at the Battl e of
Otterbourne in 1388.
As age and infirmity were telling upon him, the es tates in 1389 appointed
his second surviving son Robert, Earl of Fife, afterw ards Duke of Albany,
guardian of the kingdom. The king died at Dundonald in 1 390, and was
buried at Scone.
His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Mure of Rowallan, a
lady who had formerly been his mistress. Robert ha d married her in 1336,
but as the marriage had been criticised as uncanonical , he remarried her
in 1349. By her he had at least four sons, the eldest of w hom was his
successor, King Robert III, and six daughters. By his second wife ,
Euphemia, daughter of Hugh, 6th Earl of Ross, and widow of the 3rd Earl
o f Moray, formerly his colleague as regent, he had two sons and several
daught ers.
The confusion about the circumstances of his first marriage would later
lead to conflict amongst the descendants of his first marriage (which
includ ed James I of Scotland) and the unquestionably legitimate
descendants of his second marriage.
Robert had also eight ill
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1126 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- b.~ 1160 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1241 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1214 in Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1283 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1143 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland d.1207
- b.~ 1174 in Forfar, Angus-shire, Scotland
- b.1152 in Caithness, Scotland d.~ 1213
- b.1243 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.16 Jul 1309 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1145 in Morven, Argyll, Scotland d.1210 in Bute, Argyll, Scotland
- b.~ 1190 in Bute, Scotland
- b.1215 in Isle of Bute, Scotland
- b.~ 1154 in Morven, Argyll, Scotland
- b.1195 in Isle of Man
- b.1292 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.09 Apr 1326 in Bathgate, Scotland
- b.1170 in Ireland d.1205 in Ireland
- b.~ 1200 in Connaught, Ireland d.17 Feb 1243
- b.~ 1180 in Ireland d.1218
- b.~ 1235 in Ulster, Ireland d.28 Jul 1271
- b.~ 1160 in Meath, Ireland d.15 Nov 1241
- b.~ 1200 in Meath, Irreland
- b.~ 1177 in Abergavenny, Wales
- b.~ 1263 in Ulster, Ireland
- b.1162 in Northhampton, England d.14 Oct 1213 in Walden, Essex, England
- b.29 May 1205 in Shere, Surrey, England d.23 Nov 1258 in Farmbridge, Essex, England
- b.1172 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England d.04 Jun 1225
- b.~ 1234 in Shere, Surrey, England d.20 May 1274 in Ireland
- b.1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.18 Feb 1225 in England
- b.~ 1210 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1258
- b.1193 in Norfolk, England d.27 Mar 1248
- b.02 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.19 Apr 1390 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1195 in Annandale, Dumfreishire, Scotland d.1245
- b.1210 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.31 Mar 1295 in Loch Maben Castle, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1192 in Huntingdon, England d.1252
- b.Jul 1243 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.Mar 1304 in Palestine
- b.1180 in Hertford, Hertforshire, England d.25 Oct 1230 in Perres-Guirrec, Penrose, Brittany, France
- b.02 Nov 1226 in Tewksbury, Glouchestershire, England d.>10 Jul 1264 in Cleveland, Yorkshire, England
- b.09 Oct 1200 in Pembrokeshire, Wales d.17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Turnberry Castle, Scotland d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardcross Castle, Firth of Clyde, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1164 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.13 Jun 1250
- b.~ 1212 in Carrick, Aryshire, Scotland d.1256
- b.~ 1159 in Scotland
- b.~ 1252 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland d.<27 Oct 1292 in Scotland
- b.~ 1160 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1241 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1206 in Dundonald Castle, Ayreshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1174 in Forfar, Angus-shire, Scotland
- b.1297 in Scotland d.02 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1160 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<07 Feb 1244 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1222 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<25 Jul 1281 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.>25 Jul 1297 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1170 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.~ 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1223 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.1267 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1172 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.~ 1243
- b.~ 1278 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.< 1302
- b.1130 in Aberffraw, Anglsy, Wales d.1184
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1140 in Aberffraw, Anglsey, Wales
- b.~ 1234 in Gwynedd, North Wales d.>Feb 1295 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxforshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.22 Jul 1190 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England d.Feb 1237 in Aberconway, Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.1168 in Charltey, Staffordshire, England d. in Aberconway, Carnarvonshire, Wales
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‌Robert II and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony about 1338. They had four sons and three daughters, named Walter, Robert, Robert III, Alexander, Isabella Eupheme, Jean and Elizabeth.
Family Notes
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REFNM11047
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Children
Robert Stewart
Robert was born about 1339 in Dundonald, Ayrshire Scotland. He died on September 3rd, 1420 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland. He was buried in Dunfermline Abbey.
Robert III Stewart
Robert III was born in 1348 in Dundonald, Ayrshire Scotland. He died at the age of 58 on April 4th, 1406 in Stirling Castle, Scotland.
Isabella Eupheme Stewart
Isabella Eupheme was born about 1349 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died about 1410 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Alexander Stewart
Alexander was born on June 14th, 1350 in Badenoch, Ayrshire, Scotland. He died at the age of 44 on July 24th, 1394 in Scotland. He was buried in Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire, Scotland.
Jean Stewart
Jean was born about 1352 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died after 1404. She was buried in Scone Abby, Perthshire, Scotland.
Elizabeth Stewart
Elizabeth was born in 1353 in Dundonald, Ayrshire Scotland. She died about 1389 in Scotland.
They had two sons and four daughters, named David, Walter, Marjorie, Margaret, Egidia and Elizabeth.
Family Notes
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REFNM2915
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Children
Margaret Stewart
Margaret was born in 1336 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died at the age of 82 on March 23rd, 1418 in Angusshire, Scotland.
Walter Stewart
Walter was born about 1360 in Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. He died on March 26th, 1437 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Elizabeth Stewart
Elizabeth was born about 1362 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland. She died about 1446.
They had a son named John.
Family Notes
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Children
John Stewart
John was born about 1365 in Cardneys, Dowallie, Perthshire, Scotland. He died after 1424.
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