James Stewart , 5th High Steward of Scotland 
James was born about 1243 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. James' father was Alexander Stewart , 4th High Steward of Scotland and his mother was Jean Heiress of Arran & Bute. His paternal grandparents were Walter Stewart , 3rd High Steward of Scotland and Beatrix de Angus; his maternal grandparents were James Earl of Bute and Ragnhild of the Isles. He had a brother and four sisters, named John, Mary, Elizabeth, Hawise and Alice. He was the oldest of the six children. He died on July 16th, 1309 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.General Notes
James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland, b. c 1243, d. 1309. [Magna Charta Sureties]
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James Stewart, 5th Great Steward of Scotland; Regent of Scotland as one of the six Guardians of the Realm 1286, supported the claims of the elder Robert The Bruce to the throne, opposed Edward I's attempts to dominate Scotland and ratified the treaty with France 1295; forced to submit to Edward I in 1297 and sent by the English to negotiate with Sir William Wallace but joined him instead and fought for him at the rout of the English at Stirling Bridge 1297, Supported Robert The Bruce and attended his Parliament at St Andrews; married Jill du Bourg (Egidia de Burgo), daughter of Walter, 1st Earl of Ulster, and died 17 July 1309. [Burke's Peerage]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1126 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- b.~ 1160 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1241 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.1214 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d.~ 1282 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1154 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.< 1211
- b.~ 1174 in Forfar, Angushire, Scotland
- b.~ 1155 in Caithness-shire, Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d.16 Jul 1309 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1152 in Morven, Argyllshire, Scotland d.1210 in Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland (killed by men of Skye)
- b.~ 1188 in Isle of Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland d.1210 in Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland (killed by men of Skye)
- b.< 1211 in Isle of Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland
- b.~ 1160 in Isle of Man, British Crown dependancy
- b.~ 1195 in Isle of Man, British Crown dependancy
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