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ATHOLL COMPLETE PEERAGE 311 merged in the Crown [S.]. He w., istly, by Papal dispensation dat. 22 Nov. 1347 (in which he is styled " Robertus, Dominus de Stratgrif")^ Elizabeth, (") da. of Sir Adam Mure, of Rowallan, co. Ayr, (") their issue (born before marriage) being legitimated by the dispensation, and their right of succession to the Crown being further confirmed by act, dat. 1373. He »;., 2ndly, by Papal dispensation dat. 2 May 1355, Eupheme, widow of John, Earl of Moray [S.], da. of Hugh, 6th Earl of Ross [S.j, by his last wife, Margaret Graham. She d. in 1387. He d. at Dundonald Castle, 19 Apr. 1390. XVII. 1398 I. David (Stewart), Duke of Rothesay, tfc. [S.], to s. and h. ap. of Robert III, having been cr. Earl of 1402. Carrick. [S.], on, or shortly after his father's accession to the throne, 19 Apr. 1390, was cr. Duke of Rothesay [S.], 28 Apr. 1398, and was, by charter dat. 6 Sep. 1398, cr. EARL OF ATHOLL [S.]. He d. s.p., 26 Mar. 1402, when his Peerage honours became extinct or reverted to the Crown. See fuller account under " Rothesay, " Dukedom of [S.], cr. 1398. XVIII. 1403 I. Robert (Stewart), Duke of Albany, fffc. [S.], to 3rd, but 2nd surv. s. of Robert II, having been cr. 1406. Earl of Fife [S.] in 1371 and Duke of Albany [S.] 28 Apr. 1398, was, by charter dat. 2 Sep. 1403, cr. EARL OF ATHOLL [S.], during the life of King Robert III, with remainder, should he die in the lifetime of the said King, to the grantee's 2nd s., John Stewart. By the death of the King, 4 Apr. 1406, in the lifetime of the grantee, the dignity became extinct at that date. See fuller account under "Albany," Dukedom of [S.], cr. 1398. XIX. 1404 I. Walter Stewart, 6th and yst. s. of Robert II, to King of Scotland, being his 2nd s. by his 2nd wife, 1437. Eupheme, abovenamed, was cr., about 1402, and before July 1402, Earl of Caithness [S.] on the resignation of his niece, Eupheme, Countess Palatine of Strathern and Countess of Caith- ness [S.], who was da. and h. of his elder br. David, the possessor of those dignities. He was afterwards, shortly before 8 June I404(°) cr. EARL OF ATHOLL [S.]. He was Great Justiciar [S.], and on 22 July 1427 (") A marriage between Hugh Giffard of the diocese of St. Andrew's, and Elizabeth Mure, of the diocese of Glasgow, contracted when he was 9, and she ii, was dissolved by the Pope, xiii Kal. Junii 1345. Presumably this is the Elizabeth of the text, C*) Sir Adam's 1st wife was Joan, widow of Hugh Houston, [Hutsconperi] da. of ( — ) Cunningham ; his 2nd wife was Janet Mure, heiress of Polkelly; it is not known which was mother of Elizabeth. V.G. (°) He is so called in a document of 8 June 1 404, printed in Rymer's Faedera.