Alexander Stewart

1214 - 1283  (69 years)

• Name	Alexander Stewart
  Birth	1214  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1220  [5]
  Alternate death	1282  [5]
  Death	1283  [2, 3, 4]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Walter le Stewart   d. Bef 1297 ▻ Mary of Menteith + 2. Alexander Stewart ,   b. 1214   d. 1283  (Age 69 years) ▻ Jean Macrory
  Person ID	I4149	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Walter Stewart,   b. Abt 1198   d. 1241 (Age ~ 43 years)
  Family ID	F2112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean Macrory
  Children	+ 1. Hawise Fitz Alan + 2. James Stewart,   b. Abt 1243   d. 16 Jul 1309 (Age ~ 66 years) + 3. John Stewart,   b. 1246   d. 22 Jul 1298, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F2080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2020

  
  

• Notes

  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]

  
  

• Sources

  [S775] Powys-Lybbe Ancestry, by Tim Powys-Lybbe. [S800] The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland, Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of That Kingdom. Ed. James Balfour Paul. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904-1914. [S1526] The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, Wife of Reverend John Owsley, Generations 1-15, Fourth Preliminary Edition, by Ronny O. Bodine and Bro. Thomas Spalding, Jr. 2013. [S309] John P. Ravilious, 31 Jan 2007, post to soc.genealogy.medieval. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.