Alexander Stewart

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"[A]lmost certainly vita patris before 24 May 1402 when his son was 'of Darnley,' styled 'filius Alexandri Senescalli de Derneley militis' about 1383 and 'Dominus de Galliston' on 13 October 1390, not known to have been knighted or to have succeeded to Darnley." [The Ancestry of Charles II, citation details below]

Alexander married Janet Keith about 1383. Janet (daughter of William Keith and (Unknown) More) was born about 1350. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Stewart was born about 1384 in of Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; died on 12 Feb 1429 in Rouvray, Eure-et-Loir, France; was buried in Orléans, Loiret, France.

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"[K]nighted by David II in 1342 during an incursion into England, in 1345 received a charter from David II for the annuel rent due the crown from Cambusnethan, styled in charters before 1371 'Dominus de Cruikston' and 'Dominus de Dernley,' granted the barony of Cambusnethan by Robert II sometime between 1371 and 1390." [The Ancestry of Charles II, citation details below]

Alexander married Joanna about 1360. Joanna died after Jul 1391. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Possibly Joanna Baird. Hereiss of Cambusnethan.

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"Sir Alan Stewart, second son of Sir John Stewart of Bonkyll, accompanied Edward Bruce to Ireland in 1315, and next year was taken prisoner by the English, but was soon released, and continued to fight against them. He received from King Robert I the lands of Dreghorn, in Ayrshire, and fell with his two brothers, James and John Stewart, at the battle of Halidonhill in 1333." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1250

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Killed at the Battle of Falkirk. "[A]mong the 'knights and barons of the realm of Scotland' who swore fealty to King Edward I in 1291, named 1296 in a charter as Sir John Steward, knight, brother of Sir James, formerly Steward of Scotland, after joining the Scottish resistance, he was slain during the destruction of Sir William Wallace's force by the army of the English king. […] He is often called 'of Bonkyl' in secondary sources. However, this is incorrect, as he died before his father-in-law, Sir Alexander Bonkyl, and therefore did not possess that barony." [The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England (citation details below)]

John married Margaret de Bonkil. Margaret (daughter of Alexander de Bonkil of that Ilk) died before 20 Jul 1305. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt Sep 1304

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1220
• Alternate death: 1282

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Also called Alexander of Dundonald. 4th High Steward of Scotland. "4th High Steward of Scotland, 1246-1283 and Baron of Garlies from 30 Nov 1263. [...] Councillor in 1255 to the underage King of Scotland, Alexander III, and one of the regents of Scotland. Upon his marriage he seized the Isles of Bute and Arran and as a result fought and defeated the Norwegians at the battle of Largs, in Cunningham, 2 Oct 1263, ceding the Isles to Scotland. In 1264 he invaded the Isle of Man which was then annexed to the Crown." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

"He seems to have commanded the armed force which, at Largs, in October 1263, successfully defended Scotland against attempted invasion by Hákon IV, king of Norway. It seems to have been in Alexander's time that the Stewarts acquired the lordship of Cowal, with a castle at Dunoon. Moreover, the style senescallus Scotie, 'stewart of Scotland', now replaced the older dapifer regis Scotie, 'steward of the king of Scotland', thus indicating a major office of state, significant in a national context." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

Alexander married Jean Macrory. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Jean of Bute.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1 Apr 1306
• Alternate death: Bef 1 Apr 1307

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"One of the barons of Scotland attending the Parliament at Brigham who confirmed the Treaty of Salisbury with England, 14 Mar 1289/90." [John P. Ravilious, citation details below]

He is known to have been married to a Christiana, probably Christiana de Lilleburn, widow of Sir Thomas de Fenwick who d. 1275, herself known to have been living in 1318, but she was probably not the mother of his daughter Margaret.

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Also spelled Walter Steward; also called Walter Fitz Alan. 3rd High Steward. Justiciar of Scotia (i.e. Scotland north of the Forth), 1232-1241. First to use Stewart as a surname.

"He was appointed Justiciar of Scotland by Alexander II in 1230, and negotiated that king's second marriage. He is said by Duncan Stewart to have married Beatrix, daughter of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, but no proof has been found of this." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

The Complete Peerage entry for Walter Stewart's son-in-law Maldouen, third earl of Lennox (7:589-90), states without qualification that Maldouen's wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Walter Steward, High Steward of Scotland, by Beatrice, daughter of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, but although no correction to this appears in CP 14, the corrigenda volume, it would appear that the modern consensus is that the identity of Walter Stewart/Steward's wife is unproved.

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"James, the son of Angus, had a daughter Jean, who married Alexander, eldest son of Walter, Steward of Scotland." [The Scots Peerage, citation details below]

The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz calls him "James of Bute" and says he was "[k]illed in 1210 in Scotland with his father and brothers by the men of Skye", which accords with SP's sketch of his father.