Individual Details

Walter Stewart

(Abt 1170 - Abt 1241)

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[[Category:High Stewards of Scotland]]
[[Category:Stewart Name Study]]
==Biography==

ALT DEATH DATE: 1204, 1236
b. ABT 1180 Occupation: 3rd Great Steward of Scotland
Walter, Steward of Dundonald (c. 1198-1246)
[1] was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia.
[2]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".
[3]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".

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===Marriage===Walter is said to have 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. While no proof has been found of this marriage it is thought to be valid.

===Children===They were parents of: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#Walter3Stewartdied1241B Foundation for Medieval Genealogy] [FMG] and [http://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01pauluoft#page/12/mode/2up The Scots Peerage] [SP] state they only had seven children.
1. [[Stewart-296|Alexander Stewart]], 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.
2. [[Stewart-964|Sir Robert]], of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.
3. [[Stewart-997|John]], killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.
4. [[Stewart-1198|Walter Bailloch]] ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.
5. William, not recognized by FMG or SP.
6. [[Stewart-1195|Beatrix]], [Elizabeth] married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.
7. Christian, not recognized by FMG or SP. Recognized by Richardson in Royal Ancestry, Vol 1, p 588 as wife of [[Brus-85|William de Brus]], 3rd Lord Annandale.
8. [[Stewart-993|Margaret]], married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.
9. Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail. not recognized by FMG or SP.
10. [[Stewart-557|Un-named daughter]] recognized by FMG married to [[Ragnaldsson-1|Donald, Lord of the Isles]]- not recognized by SP.

==Sources==

* http://www.thepeerage.com/p10785.htm#i107850* http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7122213&pid=2968
* http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/stewart_16.html

    Events

    BirthAbt 1170Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    DeathAbt 1241Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
    MarriageBethóc Angus
    Alt nameof Dundonald 3rd High Steward of Scotland
    Reference No289661
    Reference No305251
    Reference No60

    Families

    SpouseBethóc Angus (1174 - )
    ChildMargaret "Isabel FitzAlan, Countess of Carrick" Stewart (1206 - 1255)
    ChildEuphemia Stewart (1195 - 1267)
    ChildElizabeth "Beatrix" Stewart (1210 - 1250)
    ChildAlexander Stewart (1214 - 1283)
    ChildUnknown Stewart (1200 - 1267)
    ChildSybella Stewart (1200 - 1267)
    ChildWilliam Stewart (1210 - 1260)
    ChildJohn Stewart (1216 - 1249)
    ChildWalter "Ballioch (the Freckled)" Stewart (1219 - 1296)
    ChildSir Robert Stewart (1223 - 1283)
    SpouseJean "Countess Bute Marchioness" Macrory (1211 - 1297)
    ChildChristian Stewart (1227 - )
    FatherAlan FitzWalter (1150 - 1204)
    MotherMargaret Galloway (1130 - 1182)
    SiblingWilliam Stewart ( - 1160)
    SiblingSimon Boyd (1160 - )
    SiblingSir Simon FitzAlan (1165 - )
    SiblingDavid FitzWalter (1182 - 1220)