6 Daughter (name not known); she is said to have married Robert, 8th Lord Erskine (
d
. by 1452), but there is no evidence for this.
(vi)
Beatrice
She married James Douglas, Earl of Douglas and Avandale (
d
.1443). She died in
c
.1424.
(vii)
Isabella
She married firstly Alexander Leslie, 9th Earl of Ross (
d
.1402) (
see here
, under Euphemia, Countess of Ross) before 1398, and had issue:
1 Euphemia, Countess of Ross (
d
. after 1424); she became a nun at North Berwick, and renounced her inheritance.
Isabella married secondly Walter Haliburton of Dirleton between 1402 and 2 February, 1408, and had issue:
1 Walter (
d
. by 1447); he married Marjorie (
see here
, under Robert III), daughter of Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas, and had issue.
2 Christina; she married George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes (1417?–1490), and had issue.
Robert married secondly, after 4 May, 1380 (date of dispensation) (although no evidence exists as to where):
Muriella
She was the daughter of Sir William Keith by Margaret, daughter of John Fraser. She died shortly before 1 June, 1449.
Issue of marriage:
(i)
John
He was born in 1381 (?), and succeeded his father as Earl of Buchan before 20 September, 1406. He was killed on 17 August, 1424, at the Battle of Verneuil, France.
John married, in November, 1413 (although no evidence exists as to where):
Elizabeth
She was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas and Duke of Touraine, by Margaret, daughter of Robert III. She married secondly Sir Thomas Stewart (
d
. by 1435), and thirdly William Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney (
d
.1476/82), by whom she had issue:
1 William; he married Christina, daughter of George Leslie, Earl of Rothes, and had issue.
2 Katherine, Duchess of Albany (
see here
, under James II).
Elizabeth died before 1451.
Issue of marriage:
(a)
Margaret
She married George Seton, 1st Lord Seton (
d.
1478), before 1436, and had issue:
1 John, Master of Seton (
d
. by 1478); he married Christina (
d
.1496), daughter of John, 1st Lord Lindsay of the Byres, and had issue.
2 Dougal (?).
(ii)
Andrew
He died before 1413.
(iii)
Robert
He is said to have been killed on 17 August, 1424, at the Battle of Verneuil, France, but this is impossible as he was recorded as alive in 1431.
(iv)
Marjorie
She married Duncan, 1st Lord Campbell of Lochawe (
d
.1453), and had issue:
1 Archibald or Celestine (
d
. by 1440); he married Elizabeth, daughter of John, 3rd Lord Somerville of Carwath. He is said to have married secondly a daughter of Murdoch, Duke of Albany (
above), but this is improbable.
Some sources name Marjorie as the mother of Colin, 1st Earl of Argyll (1431?–1493), and state that she died, possibly in childbed, before August, 1432. Colin was almost certainly the son of Lord Campbell by his second wife whom he married shortly after Marjorie’s death in
c
.1406.
(v)
Elizabeth
She married Sir Malcolm Fleming of Biggar and Cumbernauld (executed 1440) before 28 June, 1413, and had issue:
1 Malcolm (
d
. after 1432).
2 Robert, Lord Fleming (
d
.1491); he married firstly Janet, daughter of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas, and had issue. He married secondly Margaret, daughter of John Lindsay of Covington.
3 Margaret; she married Patrick, Master of Gray.
4 Alexander
Known as ‘the Wolf of Badenoch’, he was born in c.1343, and created Lord of Badenoch on 30 March, 1371. He was created Earl of Buchan on 22 July, 1382, and was styled Earl of Ross in right of his wife from July, 1382. Alexander died before 1406: a possible date is 24 July, 1394. However, he may have died as late as 25 March, 1406. Other possible dates are 20 February, 1395 (but here there is possible confusion with the date of his wife’s death), 1 August, 1405, or any date between August, 1405, and March, 1406. He was buried in Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire.
Alexander had the following illegitimate issue:
By Margaret Atheyn:
1 Alexander, Earl of Mar (1375?–1435); he married Elizabeth, Countess of Mar (1360?–1408).
2 Duncan.
3 Andrew of Sandhauch, Banffshire; a knight.
4 Walter.
5 James.
6 Robert of Atholl.
7 Margaret; she married Robert, Earl of Sutherland ( d.1427), and had issue.
Alexander married, on or before 22/24 July, 1382 (although no evidence exists as to where):
Euphemia
She was the daughter of William, 7th Earl of Ross, by Mary, daughter of Angus Og, Lord of the Isles, and she was born after 1342/5. She married firstly Sir Walter Leslie, Earl of Ross ( d.1382), between 1357 and 13 September, 1366, and had issue:
1 Alexander, 9th Earl of Ross ( d.1402); he married Isabella Stewart, daughter of Robert, Duke of Albany (
2 Mary, Countess of Ross ( d.c.1435); she married Donald Macdonald, Lord of the Isles ( d.1423) (son of Margaret, daughter of Robert II), and had issue.
Euphemia was styled Lady of Ross from 9 February, 1372, following the death of her father; she was styled Countess of Ross during her second marriage to Alexander Stewart. She died between 5 September, 1394, and 20 February, 1395, and was buried in Fortrose Cathedral, Ross and Cromarty. There was no issue of her marriage to Alexander.
5 Elizabeth
She married Sir Thomas de la Haye, 7th Lord of Erroll ( d.1406), before 7 November, 1372, and had issue:
1 William, a knight ( d.1436); he married Margaret, daughter of Sir Patrick Gray of Broxmouth, and had issue.