MERCER, Michael of Aldie, Sir ^{1 2 3}

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Michael married Elizabeth STEWART, daughter of Robert STEWART of Durisdeer and of Rosyth and Janet of Argyll, co-heiress of Lorn, before 1396.¹ (Elizabeth STEWART was born about 1379.)

  Marriage Notes:

" Elizabeth Stewart is the daughter of Sir Robert Stewart of Durrisdeer and Janet Macdougall. She married Michael Mercer"

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"His (Andrew Mercer's) son, Sir Michael, was the ward of Walter Stewart, lord of Brechin, the king's brother, from 1391 to 1402. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir David Stewart of Durrisdeer, before 1396, in his minority. He died about 1440. He had two sons, Sir Andrew, and Robert, of Balief, ancestor of the Balief branch, which consisted of four Roberts in succession, the second of whom was ambassador to the king of the Romans, October 13, 1471, and the race became extinct in Robert, who died in 1583, without issue." ^{1 2}