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- Called Bailloch, i.e., freckled.
"3rd s. of Walter, High Steward of Scotland, possibly by Beatrice, da. of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus [S.]. Tradition says that Walter accompanied Louis IX on his crusade, 1258-59. He belonged to the 'English' party, in power 1255-58. On the expulsion of her sister Isabel from Scotland, the magnates procured the investiture of the said Walter with the Earldom, and he was put in possession of the lands, the question of ownership being reserved. His accounts as late sheriff of Ayr, 1264, show expenses in connection with the invasion of the Isles by the Norwegian King Hakon (1263) and he is said to have fought at the battle of Largs. After his investiture with the Earldom, about 1260, he remained in undisputed possession until about 1272, and in 1285 was (by implication) con?rmed in the dignity. In July 1281 he was one of the guarantors of the marriage contract of Princess Margaret and King Eric of Norway,and escortedher to that country the following month. On 5 Feb. 1283/4 he was one of the earls acknowledging the Maid of Norway as their Lady, and heir of the kingdom of Scotland, and was, in 1289, sheriff of Dunbarton. He took part in the assembly at Brigham, 17 Mar. 1289/90, which con?rmed the proposal of marriage between Prince Edward of England and Queen Margaret of Scotland; in the competition for the crown, after her death, 1292, he was one of the commissioners for Bruce; on 13 June of that year he did homage to Edward I, as overlord of Scotland, and was present when Baliol did homage at Norham, 20 Nov. 1292." [Complete Peerage, citation details below]
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Nielsen Hayden genealogy
- Bef 1297
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