4th High Steward of Scotland Alexander Stewart 
Alexander was born in 1214 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.1 Alexander's father was 3rd High Steward of Scotland Walter Stewart and his mother was Beatrix de Angus. His paternal grandparents were 2nd Hereditary Steward Alan FitzWalter of Scotland and Margaret de Galloway; his maternal grandparents were 4th Earl Gilchrist of Angus and Majory Canmore de Huntington. He had three brothers and five sisters, named John, Ballioch, Robert, Elizabeth, Margaret, Euphemia, Majory and Sybella. He died at the age of 69 in 1283.2 General Notes
Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland
Born in 1214 Died in 1283
Alexander attended St. Louis of France to the Holy War (see picture to the right), and he was the principal commander under King Alexander III at the Battle of Largs October 2, 1263 when the Scottish army defeated the Norwegians. He received from Alexander III a grant of the Barony of Garlies in Galloway on November 30, 1263. In 1264 he invaded the Isle of Man.
Alexander Stewart married to Jean MacRorie, daughter and heiress of James MacRorie, Lord of Bute and Arrah, son of Angus MacRorie, Lord of Bute Alexander and Jean had the following children:
James Stewart
John Stewart of Bonkyl who died at the Battle of Falkirk on July 22, 1298 fighting for Sir William Wallace. John Stewart married Margaret de Bonkle, daughter and heiress of Sir Alexander of Bonkle. Their daughter:
Isabel Stewart who married Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray; their daughter:
Agnes Randolph who was known as ...Black Agnes.... She defended the Castle of Dunbar and repulsed the English under the Earl of Salisbury in 1338.
Elizabeth Stewart who married Sir William, 3rd Lord of Douglas
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1046 in Dol-De-Bretagne, Ille-Et-Vilaine, France d.1110
- b.1078 in Dol, Normandy, France d.1114
- b.1081 in Hesdin, Pas-De-Calais, Normandy, France
- b.1105 in Oswestrie, Shropshire, England d.1177
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- b.1081
- b.1126 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- d.1090
- b.1100 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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- b.1125 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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- b.1180 in Scotland d.1246
- b.1025 in Scotland
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- b.1090 in Galloway, Scotland d.1161 in Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
- b.1046 in Bergen, Norway d.25 Sep 1086 in Orkney Islands, Scotland
- b.1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.14 Oct 1024 in Falaise, Normandie, France d.10 Sep 1087 in Hermenbraville, Rouen, Normandie
- b.21 Feb 1069 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St. Dennis, France
- b.1031 in Flanders, France d.02 Nov 1083 in Caen, Calvados, France
- b.1095 in Talby, Yorkshire, England
- b.1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.1079 in Dumferline, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- b.1214 in Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d.1283
- b.1060 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland
- b.1090 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.1150
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- b.1118 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.1187
<Unknown>- b.1090 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland
- b.1154 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland d.1210 in Forfar, Angushire, Scotland
- b.1039 in Northumberland, England d.15 Dec 1072 in Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1062 in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland d.23 Aug 1138
- b.1042 in Wessex, England d. in Dunbar, East Lothian Scotland
- b.1118 in Northumberland, England
- b.1010 in East Lothian, Scotland d.1095
- b.1074 in Bearley, Dunbar, Burgh, Scotland
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- b.1184 in Forfar, Angusshire, Scotland
- b.1031 in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland d.13 Nov 1093 in Alnwick, Northumberland, England
- b.1085 in Scotland d.23 May 1153 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, England
- b.1045 in Hungary d.16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- b.1114 in Huntingtonshire, Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Huntingtonshire, Scotland
- b.1036 in Northumberland, England d.31 May 1085 in Winchester, England
- b.1072 d.23 Apr 1130
- b.1054 in Lens, Artois, France d.1086
- b.1152 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.1213
- b.1055 in Bellebcombe, France d.24 Jun 1088 in Pevensey, Sussex, England
- b.1083 in Sussex, England d.11 May 1138 in Lewes, Surrey, England
- b.1055 in Normandie, France d.27 May 1085 in Castle Acre, Norfolk, England
- b.1104 in Huntingdon, England d.1178 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England
- b.1057 in France d.18 Oct 1101 in Tarsus, Asia Minor
- b.1081 in Vermandois, Normandy d.17 Feb 1130 in St. Nicaise, Meulan, France
- b.1062 in France d.23 Sep 1120 in Vermandois, Normandy, France
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Details of Alexander's family with Jean MacRorie of Bute
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I37196
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I32640&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I24342
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I32640&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I24342
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