Walter FitzAlan , 1st High Steward of Scotland 
Walter was born about 1106 in Dol, Ille-et-Vilaine, St Malo, Bretagne, France. Walter's father was Alan FitzFlaald , Baron of Oswestry and his mother was Aveline de Hesdin. His paternal grandfather was Flaald FitzAlan Dapifer of Dol; his maternal grandparents were Arnulf (Ernulf) Seigneur de Hesdin and Emmelina de Normandy. He had a brother named William. He was the younger of the two children. He died in 1177 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.General Notes
Walter FitzAlan; made hereditary Great Steward of Scotland by David I, founder of Paisley Priory c 1163; lay brother of Benedictine Order; repelled an invasion of Renfrewshire by the Islesmen 1164; married Eschyne de Molle (widow of Robert de Croc), probably daughter of Thomas of the Lundins and sister of Malcolm, 1st hereditary Doorward of Scotland, and died 1177. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0970 in Dinan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.> 1030
- b.~ 1005 in Dol, St Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.> 1064
- b.~ 0980 in Bretagne, France
- b.1025 in Dol, St Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.> 1080
- b.~ 1046 in Dol, St Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.> 1101
- b.~ 1078 in Dol, St Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.> 1122 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 1106 in Dol, Ille-et-Vilaine, St Malo, Bretagne, France d.1177 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1015 in Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France
- b.~ 1038 in Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France d.> 1091 in England
- b.~ 1076 in Hesdin, Pas-de-Calais, France d.1126
- b.~ 1040 in Normandy, France
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‌Walter and Eschyne de were married in a religious ceremony before 1126 in 2nd husband. They had a son and a daughter, named Alan and Marjory.
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Children
Alan FitzWalter , 2nd High Steward of Scotland
Alan was born about 1126 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He died in 1204.
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