1324 - David II born
1327 - Walter Stewart died
1329 - Robert I died
1332 - Battle of Dupplin
1333 - Battle of Halidon Hill
1334 - David II sent to France for safety
1335 - Edward Balliol claimed the crown with English support
1335 - Battle of Kilblean
1337 - John born
1341 - 2 June, David II returns to Scotland
1346 - Battle of Neville's Cross - David II captured
1346 - Papal legitimation for the children of Robert and Elizabeth
1350 - Margaret married the Lord of the Isles
1351 - David II released to propose John of Gaunt as heir to throne
1352 - Parliament refused to accept proposal - David returned to captivity
1354 - ransom of 90,000 merks to be paid in 9 annual installments
1355 - Robert married Euphemia
1357 - 13 November, Robert made Earl of Strathern
1362 - Queen Joan died in England
1363 - Stewarts rebelled against David II
1363 - 14 May, Stewarts renewed fealty to the king
1364 - Parliament rejected Edward III of England as heir presumptive to the crown
1366 - 31 May John married Annabel Drummond
1369 - 20 March, David II divorced Margaret Drummond
1370 - 11 July, Marjory married John Dunbar against father's consent
1371 - 22 February, David II died in Edinburgh
1371 - 27 March, Robert II crowned king
1372 - John, Earl of Carrick made keeper of Edinburgh
1373 - Robert, Earl of Fife made keeper of Stirling
1373 - Murdock born to Robert, Earl of Fife
1373 - Alexander Lindsay, Royal Justiciar north of the Forth
1378 - 20 September, Pope Clement VII elected in opposition to Pope Urban VI
1382 - Alexander marries Euphemia, Countess of Ross
1384 - April, John of Gaunt attacked Scotland
1385 - August, Richard II burned Dryburgh, Melrose and Newbattle abbeys
1388 - 5 August, Battle of Otterburn
1388 - December, guardianship of the realm passed from John to Robert
1390 - Robert II died

Additional Pages of Interest
Battle of Otterburn

The first of the Stewart kings, Robert was born of Walter, 6^th High Steward of Scotland and Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert the Bruce. He was 8 years older than his uncle David II and was 55 when he inherited the throne from him in 1371. He married twice, first to Elizabeth Mure of Rowalan whom he had several children by and later to Euphemia Ross. He had as little talent for being a monarch as he had for war so he let his son John, Earl of Carrick (later known as Robert III) rule instead. He died in 1390 of infirmity at Ayshire.