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Family: Duke David Stewart, Of Rothesay / Dame Elizabeth de Dunbar (F45385)
m. Bef Aug 1395-
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Duke David Stewart, Of Rothesay
Birth 24 Oct 1378 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland 
Death 26 Mar 1402 Falkland Palace, Falkland, Fife, Scotland Burial 1402 Lindores Abbey, Falkland, Fife, Scotland Marriage Bef Aug 1395 Other Spouse Lady Marjorie Mary Douglas | F45386 Marriage Feb 1399 Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland Father King Robert Stewart, III Of Scotland | F49467 Group Sheet Mother Annabella Drummond Queen Consort Of Scotland | F49467 Group Sheet
Female
Dame Elizabeth de Dunbar
Birth 1372 Berwickshire, Scotland Death Aft 24 Apr 1438 Perthshire, Scotland Burial Father Sir George Dunbar, 10th Earl Of Dunbar 4th Earl Of March | F49762 Group Sheet Mother Lady Christina Seton, Countess Of Dunbar And March | F49762 Group Sheet
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Notes Married:
- In 1395 Elizabeth and David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay and heir apparent to the throne of Scotland were betrothed. They applied to the Pope for permission to marry and it was granted on 10 August 1395, but they were impatient and married before that.
Unhappy that the couple had not waited for permission, the Pope issued a dispensation dated 10 March 1397 stating that Elizabeth and David could 'remarry' after a period of separation.
Instead of remarrying, King Robert and David annulled the betrothal contract and David became betrothed to Mary Douglas instead.
1399, Incensed, the Earl of March demanded that the marriage between Elizabeth and David go through, at the least the betrothal monies paid should be refunded. King Robert refused.
1400. Incensed at the treatment of his daughter, the insult to his family and by the kings alliance with his biggest rival. The Earl of Dunbar threatened to do 'something unheard of and unusual'. True to his word, George de Dunbar renounced his titles, and his allegiance to Scotland, and moved his entire family to England and the court of King Henry IV.
- In 1395 Elizabeth and David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay and heir apparent to the throne of Scotland were betrothed. They applied to the Pope for permission to marry and it was granted on 10 August 1395, but they were impatient and married before that.