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. 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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