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WALTER SON OF ALAN

Third Hereditary Steward of Scotland

Walterus filius Alani, domini Regis Scotie senescallus (1207 x 1214) Valterus filius Alani, dapifer Regis Scotie (1208 x 1216) Waltero filio Alani, senescallo domini Regis Scotie (1223 x 1233) Walter' fil' Alani' senescall' . justic' Scoc' (1240) Walterus filius Alani junioriis (1241)

Walter son of Alan, here treated, was the third hereditary steward of Scotland. He is the eldest son and heir of Alain son of Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland and the grandson of Walter FitzAlan, 1st High Steward of Scotland Walter son of Alan and his grandfather are named in a quitclaim issued by Roger, prior of Paisley, during the period 1223-33. Paisley Registrum: pp. 19-20 The name of his mother has not been satisfactorily identified.

Death

Walter son of Alan died in 1241. Melrose Chronicle: 151

Marriage

The name of Walter son of Alan's wife has not been satisfactorily identified. According to the Scots Peerage: "He is said by Duncan Stewart to have married Beatrix, daughter of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus"," but proof of this has not been found. The Scots Peerage I: 12

Children

Evidence from the Melrose Chronicle

Anno Domini m.cc.xli. . . .. . Obiit Walterus filius Alani junioriis. Melrose Chronicle: 151

Printed Evidence

  1. Registrum Monasterii de Passalet cartas privilegia conventiones aliaque munimenta complectens a domo fundata A.D.MCLXIII usque ad A.D.MDXXIX. etc. (Maitland Club, Edinburgh, MDCCCXXXII.) 440 pp. plus Appendix and Indices
  2. Chronica de Mailros, E Codice Unico in Bibliotheca Cottoniana Servata, Nunc Interim in Lucem Edita. Notulus Indiceque Aucta (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, MDCCCXXXV.), 238 pp. plus index

Genealogy

  1. The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom. Edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms. Volume I. (David Douglas, Edinburgh, 1904), 575 pp.
  2. Medieval Lands

The Stewart Family by Medieval Lands

  • WALTER FitzAlan
  • so ALAN FitzWalter High Steward of Scotland (-1241) X NN
  • 1ALEXANDER Stewart (-1283) 2JOHN Stewart 3 WALTER Stewart "Bailloch/Freckled" (>28 Apr 1295) 4 ROBERT Stewart 5ELIZABETH 6MARGARET 7NN
  1. Medieval Lands: Scotland, Kings
  2. The Pedigree of Walter FitzAlan

(please note:- Medlands does not mention the name of his wife as mentioned below )

WALTER FitzAlan, son of ALAN FitzWalter 2nd High Steward of Scotland & his wife --- (-124https://archive.org/details/chronicademailr00unkngoog/page/n1841). He succeeded his father as 3rd High Steward of Scotland. "Walterus filii Alani domini regis Scotie senescallus" donated property to Paisley monastery by undated charter[1067]. The seal of "Walteri filii Alani" is appended to a charter under which "Walter son of Alan the Stuart" confirmed the donation of land at Edmonstone to Melrose by "Walter the son of Alan his grandfather"[1068]. Alexander II King of Scotland confirmed the donation of land "in Tibermur" made by "Walterus filius Alani", in confirmation of a donation by "Suanus filius Thori avus eiusdem Walteri", by undated charter[1069]. "Walterus filius Alani" confirmed the donation of "Tubermure" made to Scone abbey by "Swan filius Thory auus meus" by undated charter, dated to before 1221, witnessed by "Gilbto comite de Stathern dño Robto filio ei, Rogero de Mortimer, Galfrido de Inutunglas vic de Pth, Dunecano fil Moregrund, Reginaldo de Warenn, Walto filio Swani, Henr fil Alani fil Wani…"[1070]. He adopted the name Stewart. The Melrose Chronicle records the death in 1241 of "Walterus filius Alani junioris"[1071].

m ---. The name of Walter´s wife is not known.

Walter Stewart & his wife had [seven] children;

1. ALEXANDER Stewart (-1283). The Liber Pluscardensis names "dominus Alexander Stevart de Dundonald, pronepos primi Walteri Stewart"[1136]. He succeeded his father as High Steward of Scotland. - see below.

2. JOHN Stewart (-killed in battle Damietta, Egypt 1249). The Visitation of Cambridge 1575 records that "Johannes Stuart primogenitus Walt" was killed "apud Massour", adding that "Gualto patre et Patricio Marchie comite" fought under "Lodovico Francor’ Rege"[1137]. It is unlikely that John was the oldest son of Walter as no record has been found of his having been appointed High Steward after his father’s death.

3. WALTER Stewart "Bailloch/Freckled" (-before 28 Apr 1295). "Dominis Waltero fratre nostro…" subscribed the undated charter under which "Alexander filius Walteri senescalus regis Scotie" donated "ecclesiam de Dundonald…de Sanchar…de Awchinlac" to Paisley monastery[1138]. Earl of Menteith [1260], de iure uxoris. - EARLS of MENTEITH.

4. [ROBERT Stewart . The Visitation of Cambridge 1575 names "Robertus Stuart iunior filius Gualteri" adding that his father granted him "agro de Tourbourton" and that he married "heredem --- Roberti Crux de Cruxton" from whom descended "Barones de Derule et tandem etiam comites a Lennex", naming their son "Johannes de Stuart de Dernle" and his son "Robertus Styward de Dernle" (adding that the latter was a hostage in England for "Rege David Brus" in 1357)[1139]. m --- Crux, daughter of ROBERT Crux of Cruxton & his wife ---. The Visitation of Cambridge 1575 records that "Robertus Stuart iunior filius Gualteri" married "heredem --- Roberti Crux de Cruxton" from whom descended "Barones de Derule et tandem etiam comites a Lennex"[1140].]

5. ELIZABETH Stewart (-before her husband). "Maldovenus comes de Levenax" donated "terram de Drumthocher et…de Drumthecglunan" to Paisley monastery, for the soul of "Elizabeth sponse mee", by undated charter, witnessed by "Macolmo filio meo, Amelec, Macolmo, Duncano fratribus meis…"[1141]. m MALDOUEN of Lennox, son of ALWYN Earl of Lennox & his wife Eve of Menteith (-after 12 Mar 1251). He succeeded his father in [1224] as Earl of Lennox.

6. [MARGARET Stewart . The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m NEIL Earl of Carrick, son of DUNCAN Earl of Carrick & his wife --- (-1256).]

7. daughter . Balfour Paul names Jean as daughter of James Lord of Bute and Arran, and records her marriage, but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1142]. m DONALD Lord of the Isles, son of REGINALD Lord of the Isles & his wife --- (-Island of Kerrara 1249, bur Iona).

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Walter, Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland by his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar. He was the first to use Steward as a surname, and was designated "of Dundonald".

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. They were parents of:

Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.

Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.[6]

John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.

Walter Balloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.

William

Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.

Christian

Eupheme, married Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, who also fell at Damietta.

Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.

Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail.



http://www.vandeleurcreagh.org/b464.htm#P21681


Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith also went by the nick-name of Walter 'Ballach' (or in English, Walter 'the Freckled').

http://thepeerage.com/p511.htm#i5109

WALTER STEWART, a son of the High Steward of Scotland, who obtained the title. The new Earl of Menteith, surnamed Bailloch, or ‘the Freckled,’ was a famous warrior. He joined the disastrous expedition under St. Louis of France, called the Third Crusade, for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre, and fought with great distinction at the battle of Largs in 1263, at which his elder brother defeated the Norwegians under King Haco. He took a prominent part in the proceedings connected with the contest for the Scottish crown after the death of the ‘Maiden of Norway,’ and was one of the commissioners nominated by Robert Bruce in his competition with John Baliol. The Earl left two sons, who dropped their paternal surname of Stewart, and assumed that of Menteith.

http://www.electricscotland.com/WEBCLANS/families/menteith.htm

Walter Bailloch or Walter Bailloch Stewart (1225 x 1230 – 1293 x 1294), was third son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. His wife was Mary I, Countess of Menteith. Characteristically of the Stewart family by the thirteenth century, he was distinguished by the sobriquet Bailloch or Balloch, a Gaelic nickname roughly translated as "the freckled".

He is said to have gone to Egypt under Louis IX of France, but there is no certain evidence of this. After the death of King Alexander II of Scotland he favoured the Durward faction, and by a stratagem in 1255 secured the persons of the young King and Queen, but he was not at this time admitted to a share in the government. It was about 1260, when the Countess Isabella and her husband were forced to renounce the earldom, that the King and barons of Scotland declared the lands and title to belong to the wife of William Stewart, and he was invested therein. He was certainly using the title "comes" (earl or mormaer) before 17 April 1261, when he was witness to a grant to the Paisley Abbey.

In the following year Dughall MacSuibhne granted to the Earl the lands of Skipnish, Killislate, and others, being that part of Kintyre called South Knapdale and the parish of Kilcalmonell. Following on this, the Earl granted the church of Kilcalmonell to the monks of Paisley. He also made grants to Kilwinning Abbey of churches in Knapdale, which show that he had possession of North Knapdale also. About 1263 the Earl was Sheriff of Ayr, and aided in making preparations to repel the expected invasion of King Haakon IV of Norway. He is said to have taken part in the battle of Largs. The Earl was Sheriff of Dumbarton in 1271. On 25 July 1281 he was one of the witnesses to and guarantors of the marriage contract of the Princess Margaret with Eirik II of Norway. In 1285 he and his Countess were again attacked by the rival claimants William Comyn and his wife, their claim having been in 1282 pressed upon King Alexander III of Scotland by the English King, and in a Parliament at Scone it was decided that the earldom should be divided into two portions.

One half was retained by Walter Stewart, with the title of Earl, he having the principal residence on the territory, and the other half was erected into a barony in favour of William Comyn and his wife. The component parts of the earldom which remained to Walter Stewart are not known. The death of King Alexander in 1286 threw the kingdom again into confusion, and during the rivalry which ensued between the parties of Bruce and Balliol, the Earl of Menteith supported the cause of Bruce. In 1289 he was present at Birgham, and approved of the marriage proposed between Prince Edward of England and the young Margaret, Maid of Norway as she was called, the heiress of the Scottish Crown.

Her unhappy death renewed the contest between Bruce and Balliol, and when it was proposed that the King of England should arbitrate, Menteith was one of those named by Bruce as his commissioners. He was present at Norham on 20 November 1292 when the new king John Balliol swore fealty to Edward I of England. This is the last certain record of him, as although letters were addressed by the English King to Walter, Earl of Menteith, on 29 June 1294, it is not clear that he was then alive. He may even have been dead by 10 February 1293, when Balliol's Parliament directed the lands of Knapdale belonging to the Earl to be incorporated in the sheriffdom of Lorn under Alexander of Argyll.

The Countess Mary predeceased her husband, but at what date is not certain. Their tombstone is preserved in the Priory of Inchmahome, bearing the effigies of husband and wife, the former bearing on his shield the Stewart fess chequy with a label of five points, a device which also appears on his seal of arms in the Public Record Office, London. They had issue two sons named together by their father in a charter :

   * Alexander, Earl of Menteith, who succeeded to the earldom.

* Sir John de Menteith, who has achieved an unenviable notoriety as the taker or betrayer of Sir William Wallace.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bailloch



Walter, Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland by his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar. He was the first to use Steward as a surname, and was designated "of Dundonald".

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. They were parents of:

Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.

Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.[6]

John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.

Walter Balloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.

William

Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.

Christian

Eupheme, married Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, who also fell at Damietta.

Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.

Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail.



Acceded August 24 1230


First to use Stewart name.

1230 Created Lord High Steward.

Led the Scottish division in the 6th crusade.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Stewart,_3rd_High_Steward_of_Sc...


Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland was the son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd Great Steward of Scotland and Eva.1 He married Beatrix of Angus, daughter of Gilchrist, 4th Earl of Angus.1 He died in 1241.1

He succeeded to the title of 3rd High Steward of Scotland in 1204.1 Circa 1219 he raised Paisley Priory to the rank of an abbacy.2 He held the office of Justiciar of Scotland in 1230, by King Alexander II.1

Children of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland and Beatrix of Angus

  • Euphemia Stewart+1 d. c 1267
  • unknown daughter Stewart+3
  • Sir Robert Stewart of Tarbolton and Cruxton1
  • Margaret Stewart+4 b. c 1206
  • Elizabeth Stewart+1 b. c 1210
  • Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland+5 b. 1214, d. 1283
  • John Stewart1 b. c 1216, d. c 1249
  • Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith+1 b. c 1218, d. bt 1 Sep 1294 - 28 Apr 1296

Citations

  1. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 12. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.
  2. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2763. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  3. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 449.
  4. [S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 206. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
  5. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume I, page 13.

Walter Bailloch or Walter Bailloch Stewart (1225 x 1230 – 1293 x 1294), was third son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. His wife was Mary I, Countess of Menteith. Characteristically of the Stewart family by the thirteenth century, he was distinguished by the sobriquet Bailloch or Balloch, a Gaelic nickname roughly translated as "the freckled".

He is said to have gone to Egypt under Louis IX of France, but there is no certain evidence of this. After the death of King Alexander II of Scotland he favoured the Durward faction, and by a stratagem in 1255 secured the persons of the young King and Queen, but he was not at this time admitted to a share in the government. It was about 1260, when the Countess Isabella and her husband were forced to renounce the earldom, that the King and barons of Scotland declared the lands and title to belong to the wife of William Stewart, and he was invested therein. He was certainly using the title "comes" (earl or mormaer) before 17 April 1261, when he was witness to a grant to the Paisley Abbey.

In the following year Dughall MacSuibhne granted to the Earl the lands of Skipnish, Killislate, and others, being that part of Kintyre called South Knapdale and the parish of Kilcalmonell. Following on this, the Earl granted the church of Kilcalmonell to the monks of Paisley. He also made grants to Kilwinning Abbey of churches in Knapdale, which show that he had possession of North Knapdale also. About 1263 the Earl was Sheriff of Ayr, and aided in making preparations to repel the expected invasion of King Haakon IV of Norway. He is said to have taken part in the battle of Largs. The Earl was Sheriff of Dumbarton in 1271. On 25 July 1281 he was one of the witnesses to and guarantors of the marriage contract of the Princess Margaret with Eirik II of Norway. In 1285 he and his Countess were again attacked by the rival claimants William Comyn and his wife, their claim having been in 1282 pressed upon King Alexander III of Scotland by the English King, and in a Parliament at Scone it was decided that the earldom should be divided into two portions.

One half was retained by Walter Stewart, with the title of Earl, he having the principal residence on the territory, and the other half was erected into a barony in favour of William Comyn and his wife. The component parts of the earldom which remained to Walter Stewart are not known. The death of King Alexander in 1286 threw the kingdom again into confusion, and during the rivalry which ensued between the parties of Bruce and Balliol, the Earl of Menteith supported the cause of Bruce. In 1289 he was present at Birgham, and approved of the marriage proposed between Prince Edward of England and the young Margaret, Maid of Norway as she was called, the heiress of the Scottish Crown.

Her unhappy death renewed the contest between Bruce and Balliol, and when it was proposed that the King of England should arbitrate, Menteith was one of those named by Bruce as his commissioners. He was present at Norham on 20 November 1292 when the new king John Balliol swore fealty to Edward I of England. This is the last certain record of him, as although letters were addressed by the English King to Walter, Earl of Menteith, on 29 June 1294, it is not clear that he was then alive. He may even have been dead by 10 February 1293, when Balliol's Parliament directed the lands of Knapdale belonging to the Earl to be incorporated in the sheriffdom of Lorn under Alexander of Argyll.

The Countess Mary predeceased her husband, but at what date is not certain. Their tombstone is preserved in the Priory of Inchmahome, bearing the effigies of husband and wife, the former bearing on his shield the Stewart fess chequy with a label of five points, a device which also appears on his seal of arms in the Public Record Office, London. They had issue two sons named together by their father in a charter :


Notes ◦the younger son, succeeded as THIRD HIGH STEWARD, and adopted the name of his office as his surname.He was granted, together with his wife and their 2nd son John, all the lands held in Scotland by David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of Atholl.

Became Justiciar of Scotland Aug 24 1230. He witnessed charters of William I and Alexander II ; he died in 1246. His line became the Dukes of Albany.

Sources 1.[S250] http://www.clanstirling.org

2.[S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans

3.[S239] http://www.stewartsociety.org/lines.htm

4.[S599] http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/campbe01.html

5.[S264] House of Lennox, Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, p4 (Reliability: 3)

6.[S301] History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V, P. H. McKerlie, (James Bell, Kirkcudbright)


Notes ◦the younger son, succeeded as THIRD HIGH STEWARD, and adopted the name of his office as his surname.He was granted, together with his wife and their 2nd son John, all the lands held in Scotland by David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of Atholl.

Became Justiciar of Scotland Aug 24 1230. He witnessed charters of William I and Alexander II ; he died in 1246. His line became the Dukes of Albany.

Sources 1.[S250] http://www.clanstirling.org

2.[S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans

3.[S239] http://www.stewartsociety.org/lines.htm

4.[S599] http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/campbe01.html

5.[S264] House of Lennox, Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, p4 (Reliability: 3)

6.[S301] History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V, P. H. McKerlie, (James Bell, Kirkcudbright)



He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae"[4] and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".[5]

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon



From the Geni profile ...

- Added by:  Scott David Hibbard on June 6, 2007  
- Managed by:  Margaret, (C) and 218 others  
- Curated by:  Terry Jackson (Switzer)   From Medlands: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#Alexander4Stewartdied1... (please note:- Medlands does not mention the name of his wife as mentioned below )

WALTER FitzAlan, son of ALAN FitzWalter 2nd High Steward of Scotland & his wife --- (-1241). He succeeded his father as 3rd High Steward of Scotland. "Walterus filii Alani domini regis Scotie senescallus" donated property to Paisley monastery by undated charter[1067]. The seal of "Walteri filii Alani" is appended to a charter under which "Walter son of Alan the Stuart" confirmed the donation of land at Edmonstone to Melrose by "Walter the son of Alan his grandfather"[1068]. Alexander II King of Scotland confirmed the donation of land "in Tibermur" made by "Walterus filius Alani", in confirmation of a donation by "Suanus filius Thori avus eiusdem Walteri", by undated charter[1069]. "Walterus filius Alani" confirmed the donation of "Tubermure" made to Scone abbey by "Swan filius Thory auus meus" by undated charter, dated to before 1221, witnessed by "Gilbto comite de Stathern dño Robto filio ei, Rogero de Mortimer, Galfrido de Inutunglas vic de Pth, Dunecano fil Moregrund, Reginaldo de Warenn, Walto filio Swani, Henr fil Alani fil Wani…"[1070]. He adopted the name Stewart. The Melrose Chronicle records the death in 1241 of "Walterus filius Alani junioris"[1071].

m ---. The name of Walter´s wife is not known.

Walter Stewart & his wife had [seven] children

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Walter, Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland by his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar. He was the first to use Steward as a surname, and was designated "of Dundonald".

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. They were parents of:

Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.

Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.[6]

John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.

Walter Balloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.

William

Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.

Christian

Eupheme, married Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, who also fell at Damietta.

Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.

Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail. -------------------- http://www.vandeleurcreagh.org/b464.htm#P21681


Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith also went by the nick-name of Walter 'Ballach' (or in English, Walter 'the Freckled').

http://thepeerage.com/p511.htm#i5109

ALTER STEWART, a son of the High Steward of Scotland, who obtained the title. The new Earl of Menteith, surnamed Bailloch, or ‘the Freckled,’ was a famous warrior. He joined the disastrous expedition under St. Louis of France, called the Third Crusade, for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre, and fought with great distinction at the battle of Largs in 1263, at which his elder brother defeated the Norwegians under King Haco. He took a prominent part in the proceedings connected with the contest for the Scottish crown after the death of the ‘Maiden of Norway,’ and was one of the commissioners nominated by Robert Bruce in his competition with John Baliol. The Earl left two sons, who dropped their paternal surname of Stewart, and assumed that of Menteith.

http://www.electricscotland.com/WEBCLANS/families/menteith.htm

Walter Bailloch or Walter Bailloch Stewart (1225 x 1230 – 1293 x 1294), was third son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. His wife was Mary I, Countess of Menteith. Characteristically of the Stewart family by the thirteenth century, he was distinguished by the sobriquet Bailloch or Balloch, a Gaelic nickname roughly translated as "the freckled".

He is said to have gone to Egypt under Louis IX of France, but there is no certain evidence of this. After the death of King Alexander II of Scotland he favoured the Durward faction, and by a stratagem in 1255 secured the persons of the young King and Queen, but he was not at this time admitted to a share in the government. It was about 1260, when the Countess Isabella and her husband were forced to renounce the earldom, that the King and barons of Scotland declared the lands and title to belong to the wife of William Stewart, and he was invested therein. He was certainly using the title "comes" (earl or mormaer) before 17 April 1261, when he was witness to a grant to the Paisley Abbey.

In the following year Dughall MacSuibhne granted to the Earl the lands of Skipnish, Killislate, and others, being that part of Kintyre called South Knapdale and the parish of Kilcalmonell. Following on this, the Earl granted the church of Kilcalmonell to the monks of Paisley. He also made grants to Kilwinning Abbey of churches in Knapdale, which show that he had possession of North Knapdale also. About 1263 the Earl was Sheriff of Ayr, and aided in making preparations to repel the expected invasion of King Haakon IV of Norway. He is said to have taken part in the battle of Largs. The Earl was Sheriff of Dumbarton in 1271. On 25 July 1281 he was one of the witnesses to and guarantors of the marriage contract of the Princess Margaret with Eirik II of Norway. In 1285 he and his Countess were again attacked by the rival claimants William Comyn and his wife, their claim having been in 1282 pressed upon King Alexander III of Scotland by the English King, and in a Parliament at Scone it was decided that the earldom should be divided into two portions.

One half was retained by Walter Stewart, with the title of Earl, he having the principal residence on the territory, and the other half was erected into a barony in favour of William Comyn and his wife. The component parts of the earldom which remained to Walter Stewart are not known. The death of King Alexander in 1286 threw the kingdom again into confusion, and during the rivalry which ensued between the parties of Bruce and Balliol, the Earl of Menteith supported the cause of Bruce. In 1289 he was present at Birgham, and approved of the marriage proposed between Prince Edward of England and the young Margaret, Maid of Norway as she was called, the heiress of the Scottish Crown.

Her unhappy death renewed the contest between Bruce and Balliol, and when it was proposed that the King of England should arbitrate, Menteith was one of those named by Bruce as his commissioners. He was present at Norham on 20 November 1292 when the new king John Balliol swore fealty to Edward I of England. This is the last certain record of him, as although letters were addressed by the English King to Walter, Earl of Menteith, on 29 June 1294, it is not clear that he was then alive. He may even have been dead by 10 February 1293, when Balliol's Parliament directed the lands of Knapdale belonging to the Earl to be incorporated in the sheriffdom of Lorn under Alexander of Argyll.

The Countess Mary predeceased her husband, but at what date is not certain. Their tombstone is preserved in the Priory of Inchmahome, bearing the effigies of husband and wife, the former bearing on his shield the Stewart fess chequy with a label of five points, a device which also appears on his seal of arms in the Public Record Office, London. They had issue two sons named together by their father in a charter :

  • Alexander, Earl of Menteith, who succeeded to the earldom.
  • Sir John de Menteith, who has achieved an unenviable notoriety as the taker or betrayer of Sir William Wallace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bailloch -------------------- Walter, Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland by his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar. He was the first to use Steward as a surname, and was designated "of Dundonald".

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. They were parents of:

Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.

Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.[6]

John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.

Walter Balloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.

William

Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.

Christian

Eupheme, married Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, who also fell at Damietta.

Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.

Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail. -------------------- Acceded August 24 1230 -------------------- First to use Stewart name.

1230 Created Lord High Steward.

Led the Scottish division in the 6th crusade. -------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Stewart,_3rd_High_Steward_of_Sc... -------------------- Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland was the son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd Great Steward of Scotland and Eva.1 He married Beatrix of Angus, daughter of Gilchrist, 4th Earl of Angus.1 He died in 1241.1

He succeeded to the title of 3rd High Steward of Scotland in 1204.1 Circa 1219 he raised Paisley Priory to the rank of an abbacy.2 He held the office of Justiciar of Scotland in 1230, by King Alexander II.1

Children of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland and Beatrix of Angus •Euphemia Stewart+1 d. c 1267 •unknown daughter Stewart+3 •Sir Robert Stewart of Tarbolton and Cruxton1 •Margaret Stewart+4 b. c 1206 •Elizabeth Stewart+1 b. c 1210 •Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland+5 b. 1214, d. 1283 •John Stewart1 b. c 1216, d. c 1249 •Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith+1 b. c 1218, d. bt 1 Sep 1294 - 28 Apr 1296

Citations 1.[S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 12. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage. 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2763. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. 3.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 449. 4.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 206. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. 5.[S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume I, page 13.


Walter Bailloch or Walter Bailloch Stewart (1225 x 1230 – 1293 x 1294), was third son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. His wife was Mary I, Countess of Menteith. Characteristically of the Stewart family by the thirteenth century, he was distinguished by the sobriquet Bailloch or Balloch, a Gaelic nickname roughly translated as "the freckled".

He is said to have gone to Egypt under Louis IX of France, but there is no certain evidence of this. After the death of King Alexander II of Scotland he favoured the Durward faction, and by a stratagem in 1255 secured the persons of the young King and Queen, but he was not at this time admitted to a share in the government. It was about 1260, when the Countess Isabella and her husband were forced to renounce the earldom, that the King and barons of Scotland declared the lands and title to belong to the wife of William Stewart, and he was invested therein. He was certainly using the title "comes" (earl or mormaer) before 17 April 1261, when he was witness to a grant to the Paisley Abbey.

In the following year Dughall MacSuibhne granted to the Earl the lands of Skipnish, Killislate, and others, being that part of Kintyre called South Knapdale and the parish of Kilcalmonell. Following on this, the Earl granted the church of Kilcalmonell to the monks of Paisley. He also made grants to Kilwinning Abbey of churches in Knapdale, which show that he had possession of North Knapdale also. About 1263 the Earl was Sheriff of Ayr, and aided in making preparations to repel the expected invasion of King Haakon IV of Norway. He is said to have taken part in the battle of Largs. The Earl was Sheriff of Dumbarton in 1271. On 25 July 1281 he was one of the witnesses to and guarantors of the marriage contract of the Princess Margaret with Eirik II of Norway. In 1285 he and his Countess were again attacked by the rival claimants William Comyn and his wife, their claim having been in 1282 pressed upon King Alexander III of Scotland by the English King, and in a Parliament at Scone it was decided that the earldom should be divided into two portions.

One half was retained by Walter Stewart, with the title of Earl, he having the principal residence on the territory, and the other half was erected into a barony in favour of William Comyn and his wife. The component parts of the earldom which remained to Walter Stewart are not known. The death of King Alexander in 1286 threw the kingdom again into confusion, and during the rivalry which ensued between the parties of Bruce and Balliol, the Earl of Menteith supported the cause of Bruce. In 1289 he was present at Birgham, and approved of the marriage proposed between Prince Edward of England and the young Margaret, Maid of Norway as she was called, the heiress of the Scottish Crown.

Her unhappy death renewed the contest between Bruce and Balliol, and when it was proposed that the King of England should arbitrate, Menteith was one of those named by Bruce as his commissioners. He was present at Norham on 20 November 1292 when the new king John Balliol swore fealty to Edward I of England. This is the last certain record of him, as although letters were addressed by the English King to Walter, Earl of Menteith, on 29 June 1294, it is not clear that he was then alive. He may even have been dead by 10 February 1293, when Balliol's Parliament directed the lands of Knapdale belonging to the Earl to be incorporated in the sheriffdom of Lorn under Alexander of Argyll.

The Countess Mary predeceased her husband, but at what date is not certain. Their tombstone is preserved in the Priory of Inchmahome, bearing the effigies of husband and wife, the former bearing on his shield the Stewart fess chequy with a label of five points, a device which also appears on his seal of arms in the Public Record Office, London. They had issue two sons named together by their father in a charter :


Notes ◦the younger son, succeeded as THIRD HIGH STEWARD, and adopted the name of his office as his surname.He was granted, together with his wife and their 2nd son John, all the lands held in Scotland by David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of Atholl.

Became Justiciar of Scotland Aug 24 1230. He witnessed charters of William I and Alexander II ; he died in 1246. His line became the Dukes of Albany.

Sources 1.[S250] http://www.clanstirling.org

2.[S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans

3.[S239] http://www.stewartsociety.org/lines.htm

4.[S599] http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/campbe01.html

5.[S264] House of Lennox, Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, p4 (Reliability: 3)

6.[S301] History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V, P. H. McKerlie, (James Bell, Kirkcudbright)


Notes ◦the younger son, succeeded as THIRD HIGH STEWARD, and adopted the name of his office as his surname.He was granted, together with his wife and their 2nd son John, all the lands held in Scotland by David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of Atholl.

Became Justiciar of Scotland Aug 24 1230. He witnessed charters of William I and Alexander II ; he died in 1246. His line became the Dukes of Albany.

Sources 1.[S250] http://www.clanstirling.org

2.[S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans

3.[S239] http://www.stewartsociety.org/lines.htm

4.[S599] http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/campbe01.html

5.[S264] House of Lennox, Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, p4 (Reliability: 3)

6.[S301] History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V, P. H. McKerlie, (James Bell, Kirkcudbright)


He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae"[4] and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".[5]

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon



From Medlands: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#Alexander4Stewartdied1... (please note:- Medlands does not mention the name of his wife as mentioned below )

WALTER FitzAlan, son of ALAN FitzWalter 2nd High Steward of Scotland & his wife --- (-1241). He succeeded his father as 3rd High Steward of Scotland. "Walterus filii Alani domini regis Scotie senescallus" donated property to Paisley monastery by undated charter[1067]. The seal of "Walteri filii Alani" is appended to a charter under which "Walter son of Alan the Stuart" confirmed the donation of land at Edmonstone to Melrose by "Walter the son of Alan his grandfather"[1068]. Alexander II King of Scotland confirmed the donation of land "in Tibermur" made by "Walterus filius Alani", in confirmation of a donation by "Suanus filius Thori avus eiusdem Walteri", by undated charter[1069]. "Walterus filius Alani" confirmed the donation of "Tubermure" made to Scone abbey by "Swan filius Thory auus meus" by undated charter, dated to before 1221, witnessed by "Gilbto comite de Stathern dño Robto filio ei, Rogero de Mortimer, Galfrido de Inutunglas vic de Pth, Dunecano fil Moregrund, Reginaldo de Warenn, Walto filio Swani, Henr fil Alani fil Wani…"[1070]. He adopted the name Stewart. The Melrose Chronicle records the death in 1241 of "Walterus filius Alani junioris"[1071].

m ---. The name of Walter´s wife is not known.

Walter Stewart & his wife had [seven] children;

1. ALEXANDER Stewart (-1283). The Liber Pluscardensis names "dominus Alexander Stevart de Dundonald, pronepos primi Walteri Stewart"[1136]. He succeeded his father as High Steward of Scotland. - see below.

2. JOHN Stewart (-killed in battle Damietta, Egypt 1249). The Visitation of Cambridge 1575 records that "Johannes Stuart primogenitus Walt" was killed "apud Massour", adding that "Gualto patre et Patricio Marchie comite" fought under "Lodovico Francor’ Rege"[1137]. It is unlikely that John was the oldest son of Walter as no record has been found of his having been appointed High Steward after his father’s death.

3. WALTER Stewart "Bailloch/Freckled" (-before 28 Apr 1295). "Dominis Waltero fratre nostro…" subscribed the undated charter under which "Alexander filius Walteri senescalus regis Scotie" donated "ecclesiam de Dundonald…de Sanchar…de Awchinlac" to Paisley monastery[1138]. Earl of Menteith [1260], de iure uxoris. - EARLS of MENTEITH.

4. [ROBERT Stewart . The Visitation of Cambridge 1575 names "Robertus Stuart iunior filius Gualteri" adding that his father granted him "agro de Tourbourton" and that he married "heredem --- Roberti Crux de Cruxton" from whom descended "Barones de Derule et tandem etiam comites a Lennex", naming their son "Johannes de Stuart de Dernle" and his son "Robertus Styward de Dernle" (adding that the latter was a hostage in England for "Rege David Brus" in 1357)[1139]. m --- Crux, daughter of ROBERT Crux of Cruxton & his wife ---. The Visitation of Cambridge 1575 records that "Robertus Stuart iunior filius Gualteri" married "heredem --- Roberti Crux de Cruxton" from whom descended "Barones de Derule et tandem etiam comites a Lennex"[1140].]

5. ELIZABETH Stewart (-before her husband). "Maldovenus comes de Levenax" donated "terram de Drumthocher et…de Drumthecglunan" to Paisley monastery, for the soul of "Elizabeth sponse mee", by undated charter, witnessed by "Macolmo filio meo, Amelec, Macolmo, Duncano fratribus meis…"[1141]. m MALDOUEN of Lennox, son of ALWYN Earl of Lennox & his wife Eve of Menteith (-after 12 Mar 1251). He succeeded his father in [1224] as Earl of Lennox.

6. [MARGARET Stewart . The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m NEIL Earl of Carrick, son of DUNCAN Earl of Carrick & his wife --- (-1256).]

7. daughter . Balfour Paul names Jean as daughter of James Lord of Bute and Arran, and records her marriage, but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1142]. m DONALD Lord of the Isles, son of REGINALD Lord of the Isles & his wife --- (-Island of Kerrara 1249, bur Iona).

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Walter, Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland by his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar. He was the first to use Steward as a surname, and was designated "of Dundonald".

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. They were parents of:

Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.

Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.[6]

John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.

Walter Balloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.

William

Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.

Christian

Eupheme, married Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, who also fell at Damietta.

Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.

Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail.

http://www.vandeleurcreagh.org/b464.htm#P21681

Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith also went by the nick-name of Walter 'Ballach' (or in English, Walter 'the Freckled').

http://thepeerage.com/p511.htm#i5109

ALTER STEWART, a son of the High Steward of Scotland, who obtained the title. The new Earl of Menteith, surnamed Bailloch, or ‘the Freckled,’ was a famous warrior. He joined the disastrous expedition under St. Louis of France, called the Third Crusade, for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre, and fought with great distinction at the battle of Largs in 1263, at which his elder brother defeated the Norwegians under King Haco. He took a prominent part in the proceedings connected with the contest for the Scottish crown after the death of the ‘Maiden of Norway,’ and was one of the commissioners nominated by Robert Bruce in his competition with John Baliol. The Earl left two sons, who dropped their paternal surname of Stewart, and assumed that of Menteith.

http://www.electricscotland.com/WEBCLANS/families/menteith.htm

Walter Bailloch or Walter Bailloch Stewart (1225 x 1230 – 1293 x 1294), was third son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. His wife was Mary I, Countess of Menteith. Characteristically of the Stewart family by the thirteenth century, he was distinguished by the sobriquet Bailloch or Balloch, a Gaelic nickname roughly translated as "the freckled".

He is said to have gone to Egypt under Louis IX of France, but there is no certain evidence of this. After the death of King Alexander II of Scotland he favoured the Durward faction, and by a stratagem in 1255 secured the persons of the young King and Queen, but he was not at this time admitted to a share in the government. It was about 1260, when the Countess Isabella and her husband were forced to renounce the earldom, that the King and barons of Scotland declared the lands and title to belong to the wife of William Stewart, and he was invested therein. He was certainly using the title "comes" (earl or mormaer) before 17 April 1261, when he was witness to a grant to the Paisley Abbey.

In the following year Dughall MacSuibhne granted to the Earl the lands of Skipnish, Killislate, and others, being that part of Kintyre called South Knapdale and the parish of Kilcalmonell. Following on this, the Earl granted the church of Kilcalmonell to the monks of Paisley. He also made grants to Kilwinning Abbey of churches in Knapdale, which show that he had possession of North Knapdale also. About 1263 the Earl was Sheriff of Ayr, and aided in making preparations to repel the expected invasion of King Haakon IV of Norway. He is said to have taken part in the battle of Largs. The Earl was Sheriff of Dumbarton in 1271. On 25 July 1281 he was one of the witnesses to and guarantors of the marriage contract of the Princess Margaret with Eirik II of Norway. In 1285 he and his Countess were again attacked by the rival claimants William Comyn and his wife, their claim having been in 1282 pressed upon King Alexander III of Scotland by the English King, and in a Parliament at Scone it was decided that the earldom should be divided into two portions.

One half was retained by Walter Stewart, with the title of Earl, he having the principal residence on the territory, and the other half was erected into a barony in favour of William Comyn and his wife. The component parts of the earldom which remained to Walter Stewart are not known. The death of King Alexander in 1286 threw the kingdom again into confusion, and during the rivalry which ensued between the parties of Bruce and Balliol, the Earl of Menteith supported the cause of Bruce. In 1289 he was present at Birgham, and approved of the marriage proposed between Prince Edward of England and the young Margaret, Maid of Norway as she was called, the heiress of the Scottish Crown.

Her unhappy death renewed the contest between Bruce and Balliol, and when it was proposed that the King of England should arbitrate, Menteith was one of those named by Bruce as his commissioners. He was present at Norham on 20 November 1292 when the new king John Balliol swore fealty to Edward I of England. This is the last certain record of him, as although letters were addressed by the English King to Walter, Earl of Menteith, on 29 June 1294, it is not clear that he was then alive. He may even have been dead by 10 February 1293, when Balliol's Parliament directed the lands of Knapdale belonging to the Earl to be incorporated in the sheriffdom of Lorn under Alexander of Argyll.

The Countess Mary predeceased her husband, but at what date is not certain. Their tombstone is preserved in the Priory of Inchmahome, bearing the effigies of husband and wife, the former bearing on his shield the Stewart fess chequy with a label of five points, a device which also appears on his seal of arms in the Public Record Office, London. They had issue two sons named together by their father in a charter :

  • Alexander, Earl of Menteith, who succeeded to the earldom.
  • Sir John de Menteith, who has achieved an unenviable notoriety as the taker or betrayer of Sir William Wallace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bailloch

Walter, Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland by his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar. He was the first to use Steward as a surname, and was designated "of Dundonald".

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. They were parents of:

Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.

Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.[6]

John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.

Walter Balloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.

William

Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.

Christian

Eupheme, married Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, who also fell at Damietta.

Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.

Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail.

Acceded August 24 1230 First to use Stewart name.

1230 Created Lord High Steward.

Led the Scottish division in the 6th crusade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Stewart,_3rd_High_Steward_of_Sc...

Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland was the son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd Great Steward of Scotland and Eva.1 He married Beatrix of Angus, daughter of Gilchrist, 4th Earl of Angus.1 He died in 1241.1

He succeeded to the title of 3rd High Steward of Scotland in 1204.1 Circa 1219 he raised Paisley Priory to the rank of an abbacy.2 He held the office of Justiciar of Scotland in 1230, by King Alexander II.1

Children of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland and Beatrix of Angus •Euphemia Stewart+1 d. c 1267 •unknown daughter Stewart+3 •Sir Robert Stewart of Tarbolton and Cruxton1 •Margaret Stewart+4 b. c 1206 •Elizabeth Stewart+1 b. c 1210 •Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland+5 b. 1214, d. 1283 •John Stewart1 b. c 1216, d. c 1249 •Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith+1 b. c 1218, d. bt 1 Sep 1294 - 28 Apr 1296

Citations 1.[S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 12. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage. 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2763. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. 3.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 449. 4.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 206. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. 5.[S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume I, page 13.

Walter Bailloch or Walter Bailloch Stewart (1225 x 1230 – 1293 x 1294), was third son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. His wife was Mary I, Countess of Menteith. Characteristically of the Stewart family by the thirteenth century, he was distinguished by the sobriquet Bailloch or Balloch, a Gaelic nickname roughly translated as "the freckled".

He is said to have gone to Egypt under Louis IX of France, but there is no certain evidence of this. After the death of King Alexander II of Scotland he favoured the Durward faction, and by a stratagem in 1255 secured the persons of the young King and Queen, but he was not at this time admitted to a share in the government. It was about 1260, when the Countess Isabella and her husband were forced to renounce the earldom, that the King and barons of Scotland declared the lands and title to belong to the wife of William Stewart, and he was invested therein. He was certainly using the title "comes" (earl or mormaer) before 17 April 1261, when he was witness to a grant to the Paisley Abbey.

In the following year Dughall MacSuibhne granted to the Earl the lands of Skipnish, Killislate, and others, being that part of Kintyre called South Knapdale and the parish of Kilcalmonell. Following on this, the Earl granted the church of Kilcalmonell to the monks of Paisley. He also made grants to Kilwinning Abbey of churches in Knapdale, which show that he had possession of North Knapdale also. About 1263 the Earl was Sheriff of Ayr, and aided in making preparations to repel the expected invasion of King Haakon IV of Norway. He is said to have taken part in the battle of Largs. The Earl was Sheriff of Dumbarton in 1271. On 25 July 1281 he was one of the witnesses to and guarantors of the marriage contract of the Princess Margaret with Eirik II of Norway. In 1285 he and his Countess were again attacked by the rival claimants William Comyn and his wife, their claim having been in 1282 pressed upon King Alexander III of Scotland by the English King, and in a Parliament at Scone it was decided that the earldom should be divided into two portions.

One half was retained by Walter Stewart, with the title of Earl, he having the principal residence on the territory, and the other half was erected into a barony in favour of William Comyn and his wife. The component parts of the earldom which remained to Walter Stewart are not known. The death of King Alexander in 1286 threw the kingdom again into confusion, and during the rivalry which ensued between the parties of Bruce and Balliol, the Earl of Menteith supported the cause of Bruce. In 1289 he was present at Birgham, and approved of the marriage proposed between Prince Edward of England and the young Margaret, Maid of Norway as she was called, the heiress of the Scottish Crown.

Her unhappy death renewed the contest between Bruce and Balliol, and when it was proposed that the King of England should arbitrate, Menteith was one of those named by Bruce as his commissioners. He was present at Norham on 20 November 1292 when the new king John Balliol swore fealty to Edward I of England. This is the last certain record of him, as although letters were addressed by the English King to Walter, Earl of Menteith, on 29 June 1294, it is not clear that he was then alive. He may even have been dead by 10 February 1293, when Balliol's Parliament directed the lands of Knapdale belonging to the Earl to be incorporated in the sheriffdom of Lorn under Alexander of Argyll.

The Countess Mary predeceased her husband, but at what date is not certain. Their tombstone is preserved in the Priory of Inchmahome, bearing the effigies of husband and wife, the former bearing on his shield the Stewart fess chequy with a label of five points, a device which also appears on his seal of arms in the Public Record Office, London. They had issue two sons named together by their father in a charter :

Notes ◦the younger son, succeeded as THIRD HIGH STEWARD, and adopted the name of his office as his surname.He was granted, together with his wife and their 2nd son John, all the lands held in Scotland by David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of Atholl.

Became Justiciar of Scotland Aug 24 1230. He witnessed charters of William I and Alexander II ; he died in 1246. His line became the Dukes of Albany.

Sources 1.[S250] http://www.clanstirling.org

2.[S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans

3.[S239] http://www.stewartsociety.org/lines.htm

4.[S599] http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/campbe01.html

5.[S264] House of Lennox, Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, p4 (Reliability: 3)

6.[S301] History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V, P. H. McKerlie, (James Bell, Kirkcudbright)

Notes ◦the younger son, succeeded as THIRD HIGH STEWARD, and adopted the name of his office as his surname.He was granted, together with his wife and their 2nd son John, all the lands held in Scotland by David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of Atholl.

Became Justiciar of Scotland Aug 24 1230. He witnessed charters of William I and Alexander II ; he died in 1246. His line became the Dukes of Albany.

Sources 1.[S250] http://www.clanstirling.org

2.[S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans

3.[S239] http://www.stewartsociety.org/lines.htm

4.[S599] http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/campbe01.html

5.[S264] House of Lennox, Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, p4 (Reliability: 3)

6.[S301] History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V, P. H. McKerlie, (James Bell, Kirkcudbright)

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae"[4] and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".[5]

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon

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From Medlands: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#Alexander4Stewartdied1... (please note:- Medlands does not mention the name of his wife as mentioned below )

WALTER FitzAlan, son of ALAN FitzWalter 2nd High Steward of Scotland & his wife --- (-1241). He succeeded his father as 3rd High Steward of Scotland. "Walterus filii Alani domini regis Scotie senescallus" donated property to Paisley monastery by undated charter[1067]. The seal of "Walteri filii Alani" is appended to a charter under which "Walter son of Alan the Stuart" confirmed the donation of land at Edmonstone to Melrose by "Walter the son of Alan his grandfather"[1068]. Alexander II King of Scotland confirmed the donation of land "in Tibermur" made by "Walterus filius Alani", in confirmation of a donation by "Suanus filius Thori avus eiusdem Walteri", by undated charter[1069]. "Walterus filius Alani" confirmed the donation of "Tubermure" made to Scone abbey by "Swan filius Thory auus meus" by undated charter, dated to before 1221, witnessed by "Gilbto comite de Stathern dño Robto filio ei, Rogero de Mortimer, Galfrido de Inutunglas vic de Pth, Dunecano fil Moregrund, Reginaldo de Warenn, Walto filio Swani, Henr fil Alani fil Wani…"[1070]. He adopted the name Stewart. The Melrose Chronicle records the death in 1241 of "Walterus filius Alani junioris"[1071].

m ---. The name of Walter´s wife is not known.

Walter Stewart & his wife had [seven] children

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Walter, Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland by his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar. He was the first to use Steward as a surname, and was designated "of Dundonald".

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. They were parents of:

Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.

Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.[6]

John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.

Walter Balloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.

William

Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.

Christian

Eupheme, married Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, who also fell at Damietta.

Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.

Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail.


http://www.vandeleurcreagh.org/b464.htm#P21681

Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith also went by the nick-name of Walter 'Ballach' (or in English, Walter 'the Freckled').

http://thepeerage.com/p511.htm#i5109

ALTER STEWART, a son of the High Steward of Scotland, who obtained the title. The new Earl of Menteith, surnamed Bailloch, or ‘the Freckled,’ was a famous warrior. He joined the disastrous expedition under St. Louis of France, called the Third Crusade, for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre, and fought with great distinction at the battle of Largs in 1263, at which his elder brother defeated the Norwegians under King Haco. He took a prominent part in the proceedings connected with the contest for the Scottish crown after the death of the ‘Maiden of Norway,’ and was one of the commissioners nominated by Robert Bruce in his competition with John Baliol. The Earl left two sons, who dropped their paternal surname of Stewart, and assumed that of Menteith.

http://www.electricscotland.com/WEBCLANS/families/menteith.htm

Walter Bailloch or Walter Bailloch Stewart (1225 x 1230 – 1293 x 1294), was third son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. His wife was Mary I, Countess of Menteith. Characteristically of the Stewart family by the thirteenth century, he was distinguished by the sobriquet Bailloch or Balloch, a Gaelic nickname roughly translated as "the freckled".

He is said to have gone to Egypt under Louis IX of France, but there is no certain evidence of this. After the death of King Alexander II of Scotland he favoured the Durward faction, and by a stratagem in 1255 secured the persons of the young King and Queen, but he was not at this time admitted to a share in the government. It was about 1260, when the Countess Isabella and her husband were forced to renounce the earldom, that the King and barons of Scotland declared the lands and title to belong to the wife of William Stewart, and he was invested therein. He was certainly using the title "comes" (earl or mormaer) before 17 April 1261, when he was witness to a grant to the Paisley Abbey.

In the following year Dughall MacSuibhne granted to the Earl the lands of Skipnish, Killislate, and others, being that part of Kintyre called South Knapdale and the parish of Kilcalmonell. Following on this, the Earl granted the church of Kilcalmonell to the monks of Paisley. He also made grants to Kilwinning Abbey of churches in Knapdale, which show that he had possession of North Knapdale also. About 1263 the Earl was Sheriff of Ayr, and aided in making preparations to repel the expected invasion of King Haakon IV of Norway. He is said to have taken part in the battle of Largs. The Earl was Sheriff of Dumbarton in 1271. On 25 July 1281 he was one of the witnesses to and guarantors of the marriage contract of the Princess Margaret with Eirik II of Norway. In 1285 he and his Countess were again attacked by the rival claimants William Comyn and his wife, their claim having been in 1282 pressed upon King Alexander III of Scotland by the English King, and in a Parliament at Scone it was decided that the earldom should be divided into two portions.

One half was retained by Walter Stewart, with the title of Earl, he having the principal residence on the territory, and the other half was erected into a barony in favour of William Comyn and his wife. The component parts of the earldom which remained to Walter Stewart are not known. The death of King Alexander in 1286 threw the kingdom again into confusion, and during the rivalry which ensued between the parties of Bruce and Balliol, the Earl of Menteith supported the cause of Bruce. In 1289 he was present at Birgham, and approved of the marriage proposed between Prince Edward of England and the young Margaret, Maid of Norway as she was called, the heiress of the Scottish Crown.

Her unhappy death renewed the contest between Bruce and Balliol, and when it was proposed that the King of England should arbitrate, Menteith was one of those named by Bruce as his commissioners. He was present at Norham on 20 November 1292 when the new king John Balliol swore fealty to Edward I of England. This is the last certain record of him, as although letters were addressed by the English King to Walter, Earl of Menteith, on 29 June 1294, it is not clear that he was then alive. He may even have been dead by 10 February 1293, when Balliol's Parliament directed the lands of Knapdale belonging to the Earl to be incorporated in the sheriffdom of Lorn under Alexander of Argyll.

The Countess Mary predeceased her husband, but at what date is not certain. Their tombstone is preserved in the Priory of Inchmahome, bearing the effigies of husband and wife, the former bearing on his shield the Stewart fess chequy with a label of five points, a device which also appears on his seal of arms in the Public Record Office, London. They had issue two sons named together by their father in a charter : •Alexander, Earl of Menteith, who succeeded to the earldom. •Sir John de Menteith, who has achieved an unenviable notoriety as the taker or betrayer of Sir William Wallace.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bailloch


Walter, Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland by his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar. He was the first to use Steward as a surname, and was designated "of Dundonald".

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. They were parents of:

Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.

Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.[6]

John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.

Walter Balloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.

William

Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.

Christian

Eupheme, married Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, who also fell at Damietta.

Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.

Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail.


Acceded August 24 1230
First to use Stewart name.

1230 Created Lord High Steward.

Led the Scottish division in the 6th crusade.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Stewart,_3rd_High_Steward_of_Sc...
Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland was the son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd Great Steward of Scotland and Eva.1 He married Beatrix of Angus, daughter of Gilchrist, 4th Earl of Angus.1 He died in 1241.1

He succeeded to the title of 3rd High Steward of Scotland in 1204.1 Circa 1219 he raised Paisley Priory to the rank of an abbacy.2 He held the office of Justiciar of Scotland in 1230, by King Alexander II.1

Children of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland and Beatrix of Angus •Euphemia Stewart+1 d. c 1267 •unknown daughter Stewart+3 •Sir Robert Stewart of Tarbolton and Cruxton1 •Margaret Stewart+4 b. c 1206 •Elizabeth Stewart+1 b. c 1210 •Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland+5 b. 1214, d. 1283 •John Stewart1 b. c 1216, d. c 1249 •Walter Stewart, Earl of Menteith+1 b. c 1218, d. bt 1 Sep 1294 - 28 Apr 1296

Citations 1.[S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 12. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage. 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2763. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. 3.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 1, page 449. 4.[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 206. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families. 5.[S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage, volume I, page 13.

Walter Bailloch or Walter Bailloch Stewart (1225 x 1230 – 1293 x 1294), was third son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and Earl of Menteith jure uxoris. His wife was Mary I, Countess of Menteith. Characteristically of the Stewart family by the thirteenth century, he was distinguished by the sobriquet Bailloch or Balloch, a Gaelic nickname roughly translated as "the freckled".

He is said to have gone to Egypt under Louis IX of France, but there is no certain evidence of this. After the death of King Alexander II of Scotland he favoured the Durward faction, and by a stratagem in 1255 secured the persons of the young King and Queen, but he was not at this time admitted to a share in the government. It was about 1260, when the Countess Isabella and her husband were forced to renounce the earldom, that the King and barons of Scotland declared the lands and title to belong to the wife of William Stewart, and he was invested therein. He was certainly using the title "comes" (earl or mormaer) before 17 April 1261, when he was witness to a grant to the Paisley Abbey.

In the following year Dughall MacSuibhne granted to the Earl the lands of Skipnish, Killislate, and others, being that part of Kintyre called South Knapdale and the parish of Kilcalmonell. Following on this, the Earl granted the church of Kilcalmonell to the monks of Paisley. He also made grants to Kilwinning Abbey of churches in Knapdale, which show that he had possession of North Knapdale also. About 1263 the Earl was Sheriff of Ayr, and aided in making preparations to repel the expected invasion of King Haakon IV of Norway. He is said to have taken part in the battle of Largs. The Earl was Sheriff of Dumbarton in 1271. On 25 July 1281 he was one of the witnesses to and guarantors of the marriage contract of the Princess Margaret with Eirik II of Norway. In 1285 he and his Countess were again attacked by the rival claimants William Comyn and his wife, their claim having been in 1282 pressed upon King Alexander III of Scotland by the English King, and in a Parliament at Scone it was decided that the earldom should be divided into two portions.

One half was retained by Walter Stewart, with the title of Earl, he having the principal residence on the territory, and the other half was erected into a barony in favour of William Comyn and his wife. The component parts of the earldom which remained to Walter Stewart are not known. The death of King Alexander in 1286 threw the kingdom again into confusion, and during the rivalry which ensued between the parties of Bruce and Balliol, the Earl of Menteith supported the cause of Bruce. In 1289 he was present at Birgham, and approved of the marriage proposed between Prince Edward of England and the young Margaret, Maid of Norway as she was called, the heiress of the Scottish Crown.

Her unhappy death renewed the contest between Bruce and Balliol, and when it was proposed that the King of England should arbitrate, Menteith was one of those named by Bruce as his commissioners. He was present at Norham on 20 November 1292 when the new king John Balliol swore fealty to Edward I of England. This is the last certain record of him, as although letters were addressed by the English King to Walter, Earl of Menteith, on 29 June 1294, it is not clear that he was then alive. He may even have been dead by 10 February 1293, when Balliol's Parliament directed the lands of Knapdale belonging to the Earl to be incorporated in the sheriffdom of Lorn under Alexander of Argyll.

The Countess Mary predeceased her husband, but at what date is not certain. Their tombstone is preserved in the Priory of Inchmahome, bearing the effigies of husband and wife, the former bearing on his shield the Stewart fess chequy with a label of five points, a device which also appears on his seal of arms in the Public Record Office, London. They had issue two sons named together by their father in a charter :

Notes ◦the younger son, succeeded as THIRD HIGH STEWARD, and adopted the name of his office as his surname.He was granted, together with his wife and their 2nd son John, all the lands held in Scotland by David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of Atholl.

Became Justiciar of Scotland Aug 24 1230. He witnessed charters of William I and Alexander II ; he died in 1246. His line became the Dukes of Albany.

Sources 1.[S250] http://www.clanstirling.org

2.[S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans

3.[S239] http://www.stewartsociety.org/lines.htm

4.[S599] http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/campbe01.html

5.[S264] House of Lennox, Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, p4 (Reliability: 3)

6.[S301] History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V, P. H. McKerlie, (James Bell, Kirkcudbright)

Notes ◦the younger son, succeeded as THIRD HIGH STEWARD, and adopted the name of his office as his surname.He was granted, together with his wife and their 2nd son John, all the lands held in Scotland by David de Strathbogie, 11th Earl of Atholl.

Became Justiciar of Scotland Aug 24 1230. He witnessed charters of William I and Alexander II ; he died in 1246. His line became the Dukes of Albany.

Sources 1.[S250] http://www.clanstirling.org

2.[S265] Colquoun_Cunningham.ged, Jamie Vans

3.[S239] http://www.stewartsociety.org/lines.htm

4.[S599] http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/campbe01.html

5.[S264] House of Lennox, Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, p4 (Reliability: 3)

6.[S301] History of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway, Vols III, IV and V, P. H. McKerlie, (James Bell, Kirkcudbright)

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae"[4] and it may be that seal which Nisbet described pertaining to Walter Hereditary High Steward of Scotland. Around the seal it states "Sigill. Walteri filii Allani".[5]

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon


When Sir Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward of Scotland was born in 1180, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, his father, Sir Alan Fitz Walter 2nd High Steward of Scotland, was 40 and his mother, Alesta nic Morggan of Mar, was 30. He married Beatrix nic Gille Crist Countess of Angus in 1205, in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died in February 1246, in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland, at the age of 66, and was buried in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Biographical Summary

WALTER FitzAlan, son of ALAN FitzWalter High Steward of Scotland & his wife --- (-1241). He succeeded his father as High Steward of Scotland. "Walterus filii Alani domini regis Scotie senescallus" donated property to Paisley monastery by undated charter[1140]. The seal of "Walteri filii Alani" is appended to a charter under which "Walter son of Alan the Stuart" confirmed the donation of land at Edmonstone to Melrose by "Walter the son of Alan his grandfather"[1141]. Alexander II King of Scotland confirmed the donation of land "in Tibermur" made by "Walterus filius Alani", in confirmation of a donation by "Suanus filius Thori avus eiusdem Walteri", by undated charter[1142]. "Walterus filius Alani" confirmed the donation of "Tubermure" made to Scone abbey by "Swan filius Thory auus meus" by undated charter, dated to before 1221, witnessed by "Gilbto comite de Stathern dño Robto filio ei, Rogero de Mortimer, Galfrido de Inutunglas vic de Pth, Dunecano fil Moregrund, Reginaldo de Warenn, Walto filio Swani, Henr fil Alani fil Wani…"[1143]. He adopted the name Stewart. The Melrose Chronicle records the death in 1241 of "Walterus filius Alani junioris"[1144].

m ---. The name of Walter’s wife is not known. Balfour Paul says that Walter “is said by Duncan Stewart to have married Beatrix, daughter of Gilchrist Earl of Angus, but no proof has been found of this”[1145].

Walter Stewart & his wife had [seven] children:

1. ALEXANDER Stewart (-1283). The Liber Pluscardensis names "dominus Alexander Stevart de Dundonald, pronepos primi Walteri Stewart"[1146]. He succeeded his father as High Steward of Scotland.

- see below.

2. JOHN Stewart (-killed in battle Damietta, Egypt 1249). The Visitation of Cambridge 1575 records that "Johannes Stuart primogenitus Walt" was killed "apud Massour", adding that "Gualto patre et Patricio Marchie comite" fought under "Lodovico Francor’ Rege"[1147]. It is unlikely that John was the oldest son of Walter as no record has been found of his having been appointed High Steward after his father’s death.

3. WALTER Stewart "Bailloch/Freckled" (-before 28 Apr 1295). "Dominis Waltero fratre nostro…" subscribed the undated charter under which "Alexander filius Walteri senescalus regis Scotie" donated "ecclesiam de Dundonald…de Sanchar…de Awchinlac" to Paisley monastery[1148]. Earl of Menteith [1260], de iure uxoris.

- EARLS of MENTEITH.

4. [ROBERT Stewart . The Visitation of Cambridge 1575 names "Robertus Stuart iunior filius Gualteri" adding that his father granted him "agro de Tourbourton" and that he married "heredem --- Roberti Crux de Cruxton" from whom descended "Barones de Derule et tandem etiam comites a Lennex", naming their son "Johannes de Stuart de Dernle" and his son "Robertus Styward de Dernle" (adding that the latter was a hostage in England for "Rege David Brus" in 1357)[1149]. m --- Crux, daughter of ROBERT Crux of Cruxton & his wife ---. The Visitation of Cambridge 1575 records that "Robertus Stuart iunior filius Gualteri" married "heredem --- Roberti Crux de Cruxton" from whom descended "Barones de Derule et tandem etiam comites a Lennex"[1150].]

5. ELIZABETH Stewart (-before her husband). "Maldovenus comes de Levenax" donated "terram de Drumthocher et…de Drumthecglunan" to Paisley monastery, for the soul of "Elizabeth sponse mee", by undated charter, witnessed by "Macolmo filio meo, Amelec, Macolmo, Duncano fratribus meis…"[1151]. m MALDOUEN of Lennox, son of ALWYN Earl of Lennox & his wife Eve of Menteith (-after 12 Mar 1251). He succeeded his father in [1224] as Earl of Lennox.

6. [MARGARET Stewart . The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m NEIL Earl of Carrick, son of DUNCAN Earl of Carrick & his wife --- (-1256).]

7. daughter . Balfour Paul states that Donald married "a daughter of Walter High Steward of Scotland", but he does not cite the corresponding primary source[1152]. m DONALD Lord of the Isles, son of REGINALD Lord of the Isles & his wife --- (-Island of Kerrara 1249, bur Iona).

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#Alexander4Stewartdied1...


REGINALD, son of SOMERLED Lord of Argyll & his wife --- of Man (-after 1192). The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum names “Dulgallum, Reginaldum, Engus et Olavum” as the four sons of “Sumerledo regulo Herergaildel” and his wife the daughter of Olav King of Man[1355]. Balfour Paul states that Reginald inherited "Kintyre and Isla" but drove his brother Angus out of Bute and Arran, but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1356]. Lord of the Isles. "Reginaldus filius Sumerled dominus de Inchegal…et uxor mea Fonie" donated cows and other revenue to Paisley monastery by undated charter[1357]. Balfour Paul dates this charter to [1180], although he does not state the basis for this speculation[1358]. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Engus, son of Somerled, defeated his brother Reginald in 1192[1359]. The Book of Clanranald records the death of Reginald in 1207[1360]. m FONIE, daughter of ---. "Reginaldus filius Sumerled dominus de Inchegal…et uxor mea Fonie" donated cows and other revenue to Paisley monastery by undated charter[1361]. Reginald & his wife had [three] children:

  • 1. DONALD (-Island of Kerrara 1249, bur Iona). He succeeded his father as Lord of the Isles. "Douenaldus filius Reginaldi filii Sumerled…et uxor mea" confirmed his father’s donation of cows and other revenue to Paisley monastery by undated charter[1362]. The Annals of Ulster record that "the sons of Raghnall, son of Somurlech” fought "the men of Sciadh" [Skye] in 1209 "wherein slaughter was inflicted on them"[1363]. The Chronicle of John of Fordun records that King Alexander II led an army into Argyll, dated to 1221 from the context, and subdued the land[1364]. Balfour Paul states that Donald died "in the island of Kerrara in 1349" and was buried "in Iona", but he does not cite the corresponding primary source[1365]. m --- Stewart, daughter of WALTER FitzAlan Stewart High Steward of Scotland & his wife ---. Balfour Paul states that Donald married "a daughter of Walter High Steward of Scotland", but he does not cite the corresponding primary source[1366]. Donald & his wife had [three] children:
  • a) ANGUS Macdonald (-[1296]). He succeeded his father as Lord of the Isles. A charter dated 1292 records safe conduct granted to "Anegus filius Dovenaldi et Alexander filius eius"[1367]. "Angus filius Douenaldi" donated revenue to Paisley monastery by undated charter, witnessed by "Alexandro fratre meo…"[1368]. Balfour Paul says that the Lord of the Isles became the vassal of the Scottish king under the terms of the treaty with Magnus IV King of Norway in 1266[1369]. m --- Campbell, daughter of COLIN Campbell of Lochow & his wife ---. Balfour Paul says that Angus married "a daughter of Sir Colin Campbell of Lochow" but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1370]. Angus & his wife had three children:
  • i) ALEXANDER Macdonald (-after 1308). A charter dated 1292 records safe conduct granted to "Anegus filius Dovenaldi et Alexander filius eius"[1371]. He succeeded his father as Lord of the Isles. He opposed Robert Bruce and was appointed Admiral of the Western Isles under the English crown[1372]. A charter dated [Jun 1297] records the crimes committed by "Alexandrum de Ergadia" against the English, signed by "Julianæ sponsæ nostræ"[1373]. m JULIANA, daughter of --- (-after [Jun 1297]). A charter dated [Jun 1297] records the crimes committed by "Alexandrum de Ergadia" against the English, signed by "Julianæ sponsæ nostræ"[1374]. Balfour Paul says that Alexander married "Juliana of Lorn, and by her had six sons John Dubh, Reginald, Somerled, Angus, Godfrey and Charles", adding that "these sons found their way to Ireland where they left numerous descendants", but does not cite the corresponding primary sources[1375].
  • ii) ANGUS Macdonald (-Finlaggan Castle, Isla 1330). He succeeded his brother as Lord of the Isles.
  • iii) JOHN Macdonald . Balfour Paul names "John known as Iain Sprangach" as the third son of Angus and his wife, adding that he was the ancestor of "the Macdonalds of Ardmamurchan", but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1376].

2. RUAIRI . Balfour Paul states that "Roderick" inherited "North Kintyre, Bute and the lands of Garmoran, extending from Ardnamurchan to Gleneig", previously the possessions of his paternal uncle Angus, but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1379]. The Annals of Ulster record that "the sons of Raghnall, son of Somurlech” fought "the men of Sciadh" [Skye] in 1209 "wherein slaughter was inflicted on them"[1380]. m ---. The name of Ruairi’s wife is not known. Ruairi & his wife had two children:

  • a) DUGALD (-1268). The Saga of Eirspennill’s Hakon Hakon’s son records that "John, Duncan’s son, and Dugald, Ruadri’s son" met Alexander II King of Scotland in 1248 and "endeavoured…that the king should give them the title of king over the northern part of the Hebrides"[1381]. The Saga of Eirspennill’s Hakon Hakon’s son names "king Dugald, Alan Dugald’s brother, Angus and Murchaid" among those who met Haakon IV King of Norway when he invaded in 1263, adding in a later passage that the king gave "to [Dugald] the dominion that king John had had"[1382]. The Icelandic Annals record the death in 1268 of "Dubgallus rex Hebudum"[1383]. m ---. The name of Dugald’s wife is not known. Dugald & his wife had one child:
  • b) ALAN (-after 1263). The Saga of Eirspennill’s Hakon Hakon’s son names "king Dugald, Alan Dugald’s brother, Angus and Murchaid" among those who met Haakon IV King of Norway when he invaded in 1263[1384]. m ---. The name of Alan’s wife is not known. Alan & his wife had three children:
  • i) CHRISTIANA . Robert I King of Scotland confirmed land "de Knodworache" to "Roderico filio Alani" by charter dated to [1320], which names "Cristina de Mar filia quondam Alani filii Roderici"[1385]. m DUNCAN of Mar son of ---.
  • ii) RUAIRI . Robert I King of Scotland confirmed land "de Knodworache" to "Roderico filio Alani" by charter dated to [1320], which names "Cristina de Mar filia quondam Alani filii Roderici"[1386].
  • iii) LACHLAN .
  • 3. [[NN (Helen?) ---] (-before 1209). Balfour Paul says that Alan Lord of Galloway married first "a lady unknown, said to be a daughter of Reginald Lord of the Isles by whom he had two daughters"[1387]. He cites Chalmers’s Caledonia, but that says only that “the name of the first [wife] is unknown” without providing any indication of her family origin[1388]. Balfour Paul repeats his suggestion under the Lords of the Isles where he notes a daughter of Reginald Lord of the Isles "said to have married Alan of Galloway", without citing any source[1389]. There is no indication of the basis for Balfour Paul’s statements and no primary source which confirms this person’s parentage and marriage has been identified. Her existence should presumably be treated with caution until some such source emerges. If she did marry Alan, she was not the mother of his daughter Ellen. She was either married before his marriage to “--- de Lacy” or before he married Margaret of Huntingdon: she is shown here, for presentational purposes only, as Alan’s possible second wife. m as his [second] wife, ALAN Lord of Galloway, son of ROLAND Lord of Galloway & his wife Helen de Moreville (-[2] Feb 1234, bur Dundraynan).]

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1. SOMERLED (-killed in battle 1164). Balfour Paul says that the first reference to Somerled records him as living in the district of Morven with his father Gillebride, but he does not cite the precise source[1019]. Lord of Argyll. He acquired control of the Western Isles and assumed the title "King of the Isles". The Chronicle of Melrose records that Somerled Lord of Argyll landed at Renfrew in 1164, after 12 years of rebellion against Malcolm IV King of Scotland, with a large army from Ireland but was defeated and killed with his son[1020]. The Extracta ex Cronicis Scocie records that "Sumerlendus regulus Ergadie" rebelled against King Malcolm for 12 years, landed at Renfrew from Ireland, and was killed "et filium suum Gillecolanem", among passages dealing with events in 1164[1021]. The Annals of Ulster record that "Somharlidh Mac Gilla-Adhamhnain and his son were killed" in 1164[1022]. The Book of Clanranald records that that no battle was fought and that Somerled was killed in his tent, after which his followers dispersed[1023]. m --- of Man, illegitimate daughter of OLAV King of Man & his mistress ---. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that “Olavus filius Godredi Crovan” had many concubines by whom he fathered “filios tres…Reignaldum, Lagmannum et Haraldum et filias multas”, adding that one daughter married “Sumerledo regulo Herergaildel”[1024]. Balfour Paul names her "Ragnhildis" but he does not cite the corresponding primary source[1025]. Somerled & his wife had five children:

a) DUGALD (-after 1175). The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum names “Dulgallum, Reginaldum, Engus et Olavum” as the four sons of “Sumerledo regulo Herergaildel” and his wife the daughter of Olav King of Man[1026].

- see below.

b) REGINALD . The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum names “Dulgallum, Reginaldum, Engus et Olavum” as the four sons of “Sumerledo regulo Herergaildel” and his wife the daughter of Olav King of Man[1027]. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Engus, son of Somerled, defeated his brother Reginald in 1192[1028].

- LORDS of the ISLES.

c) ANGUS (-killed 1210). The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum names “Dulgallum, Reginaldum, Engus et Olavum” as the four sons of “Sumerledo regulo Herergaildel” and his wife the daughter of Olav King of Man[1029]. The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum records that Engus, son of Somerled, defeated his brother Reginald in 1192, adding in a later passage that Engus was killed in 1210[1030]. Balfour Paul states that Angus inherited "Bute, with a part of Arran, and the Rough Bounds (Garmoran) extending from Ardnamurchan to Gleneig"[1031]. m ---. The name of Angus’s wife is not known. Angus & his wife had one child:

i) JAMES . Balfour Paul names James as son of Angus, but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1032]. Lord of Bute and Arran. m ---. The name of James’s wife is not known. James & his wife had [one child]:

(a) [JEAN . Balfour Paul names Jean as daughter of James Lord of Bute and Arran, and records her marriage to Alexander Stewart, but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1033]. Andrew McEwen suggests that there is no evidence to indicate that the wife of Alexander Stewart was the daughter of James Lord of Bute[1034]. Heiress of the isles of Bute and Arran. m ALEXANDER Stewart High Steward of Scotland, son of WALTER FitzAlan High Steward of Scotland & his wife Beatrice of Angus (-1283).]

d) OLAV . The Chronicon Manniæ et Insularum names “Dulgallum, Reginaldum, Engus et Olavum” as the four sons of “Sumerledo regulo Herergaildel” and his wife the daughter of Olav King of Man[1035].

e) GILLECOLAN (-killed in battle 1164). The Chronicle of Melrose records that he was killed in battle with his father[1036]. The Extracta ex Cronicis Scocie records that "Sumerlendus regulus Ergadie" rebelled against King Malcolm for 12 years, landed at Renfrew from Ireland, and was killed "et filium suum Gillecolanem", among passages dealing with events in 1164[1037].

f) [GALL Macsgillin . Balfour Paul names "Olave and Gall Macsgillin" as two other possible sons of Somerled, but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1038]. Olav is named in the Chronicon Manniæ (see above) but not Gall.]

g) BEATRICE . Balfour Paul names "Beatrice prioress of Iona" as the daughter of Somerled, but does not cite the corresponding primary source[1039]. Olav is named in the Chronicon Manniæ (see above) but not Gall.]

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