Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Alexander Stewart
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Name Alexander Stewart Gender Male Death Between 26 Sep 1297 and 1306 [1] Person ID I27477 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 28 Mar 2020
Father Walter le Stewart d. Bef 1297 Mother Mary of Menteith d. Bef 1286 Family ID F16408 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Maud Children 1. Alan de Menteith d. Bef 13 Mar 1309 Family ID F16407 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Mar 2020
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Notes - Later called de Menteith. Earl of Menteith.
"[O]ne of the nobles who (5 Feb. 1283/4) supported the right of succession of the Maid of Norway to the crown of Scotland. In 1286 he and his younger brother John, with their father, entered into a bond with other supporters of Bruce. He was among the barons du Realme de Escoce at Brigham, 17 Mar. 1289/90. As Alexander de Menteith, s. of the Earl of Menteith, he swore.fealty to Edward I at Norham, 12 June 1291. In Feb. 1292/3, as Sir Alexander de Menteth, Kt., he had a grant of the wardship of certain lands. In the spring of 1296 he was one of 7 Scottish earls who made a raid into England, and vainly besieged Carlisle, and, on 28 Apr. following, was made prisoner at Dunbar, whence he was sent to the Tower. He did homage to Edward I, 27 July 1296, nominally at Elgin. In Sep. he was de?nitely ranged with the English, and in June 1297 was in England." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]
- Later called de Menteith. Earl of Menteith.
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Sources - [S128] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant ed. Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Duncan Warrand, Howard de Walden, Geoffrey H. White and R. S. Lea. 2nd edition. 14 volumes (1-13, but volume 12 spanned two books), London, The St. Catherine Press, 1910-1959. Volume 14, "Addenda & Corrigenda," ed. Peter W. Hammond, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 1998.
- [S128] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant ed. Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Duncan Warrand, Howard de Walden, Geoffrey H. White and R. S. Lea. 2nd edition. 14 volumes (1-13, but volume 12 spanned two books), London, The St. Catherine Press, 1910-1959. Volume 14, "Addenda & Corrigenda," ed. Peter W. Hammond, Gloucestershire, Sutton Publishing, 1998.