Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan was born on 2 March 1320, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, her father, Adam Mure 4th of Rowallan, was 25 and her mother, Janet Mure of Pokelly, was 25. She married Robert II King of Scotland on 22 November 1347, in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1354, in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 34, and was buried in Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Elizabeth Mure Stewart, "Find A Grave Index"
- The Scots peerage
- Medlands Project
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Name Meaning
Italian (Sicily): variant of Morea .
Scottish: variant of Muir .
English: occupational name from Old French muer ‘mewer’, i.e. someone who tended to hawks in the cages in which they were kept while moulting. Compare Mew .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Elizabeth Mure, the 1st wife (though never queen) of Robert II, is a shadowy figure of whom little is known. Her father was Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan and she was probably born in about 1315, the year …
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