History of the earldoms of Strathern, Monteith, and Airth

2 HISTORY OF
Remarks on RoBERT THE ThIRD ; 2. RoBERT, aftcrwai'ds Eai'l
ofKing^Rlfbert of Fife and Monteith, Duke of Albany, and
Regent of Scotland ; and 3. Alexander, Lord
of Badenoch. In December, 1347, he obtained
a Papal dispensation for his marriage with the
said Elizabeth Muir, which, according to For-
dun^, took place in the year 1349 ; and she is
supposed to have died before 1355.
King Robert married, secondly, about the
year 1356, Euphemia, daughter of Hugh Earl
of Ross, and widow of John Earl of Moray, for
which alliance a Papal dispensation was ob-
tained on the 2nd of May, 1355.^ By her (who
died in 1376), he had two sons, namely, David,
who was born between the years 1356 and 1360,
and Walter, Lord of Brechine, who was sub-
sequently created Earl of Caithness and Earl of
Atholl.
The facts^ connected with the marriages of
King Robert the Second form so material a
feature in the history of the Earldom of Strathern,
that it is necessary to give a brief account of
them.
It was asserted by Buchanan^ who followed,
1 Vol. ii. lib. xi. cap. xiii.
^ See p. 6.
3 The above statement is taken from the " Genealogical
History of the Stewarts," by Andrew Stuart, Esq. 4to. 1798.
Supplement, p. 405. et seq.
4 History of Scotland, folio, 1715, pp. 168. 192.