Alexander (Stewart) Stewart Earl of Buchan (abt. 1343 - 1406)

Born about 1343 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mariota (Atheyn) Athyn — married 1368 in Strathnaver, Sutherland, Scotland

Husband of Euphame (Ross) Ross Lady Buchan — married Jun 1382 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 4 Apr 1406 at about age 63 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland

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Alexander (Stewart) Stewart Earl of Buchan is a member of the House of Stewart.

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Alexander, Prince of Looters: "An example of the general lawlessness prevalent in the Highlands towards the end of the fourteenth century was the behaviour of Robert III's younger brother Alexander, Earl of Buchan, whose nickname was 'the Wolf of Badenoch'. Although appointed Justiciary of the Northern Lowlands he led the Highlanders in raiding the area. He was eventually deprived ot the Justiciary, but in 1390 he sacked Elgin Cathedral. At the same time one of his bastards, named Duncan, led a force of Highlanders into Angus and killed the sheriff of the county along with other notables.

Armed with bows and well-barbed arrows, with broadswords and leather targes, or shields, the Highlanders were lightly equipped and could move fast and far. They usually fought only as long as was required to load themselves with enough booty to take home. They had brought the art of acquiring booty in battle to a high degree, usually vanishing from the scene when the fighting became too severe and the prospects of loot were-poor.

Presumeably because of his sacking of Elgin Cathedral he was reviled by the clergy and his body was refused entry through the front door of Dunkeld Cathedral and had to be carried in through the back door and left behind the high alter screen out of sight of the parishoners whose lives he had so terrorised." -Making of the Highlands, Michael Brander, (published 1980 by Guild Publishing Printed, London and Edinburgh.), pp. 42, 44.

Note: Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, son of Elizabeth Mure, should not be confused with Alexander Stewart, the former's half-brother by one of Robert's mistresses

Alexander Stewart (son of Marion Cameron)297 was born 1342 in Darnley, Renfreshire, Scotland, and died 1404 in Darnley, Renfreshire, Scotland. He married Janet Keith on 1381297, daughter of William De Keith and Margaret Fraser.

QUITE AN INTERESTING HISTORY: Sir Suffix Earl of Buchan Born 1342 of, Badenoch, Inverness-shire, Scotland Gender Male

Name AKA Alexander Stewart Died 24 Jul 1405, Scotland Buried Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire, Scotland Notes IDENTITY: Nicknamed "Wolf of Badenoch".

CONDITION: Deserted his wife for a woman named Marion; died without legitimate male issue, but had seven bastards. In Nov. 1389 he was reprimanded and excommunicated by the Bishops of Moray and Ross, and ordered to adhere to his wife, and not illtreat her, under penalty 200 pounds. In revenge he burned the church of Forres in May 1390 and, in the following month, he burned the town, cathedral, and monastery of Elgin.

ALTERNATE BIRTH: 1345. [11] Person ID I654 Europe: Royal and Noble Houses of Europe Last Modified 12 Sep 2012

Family 1 Euphame of Ross, b. 1345, of, , Ross & Cromarty, Scotland , d. Aft 4 May 1394, , , Scotland Married 25 Jun 1382 [4, 9] Type: Dispensation CONDITION: This couple had no issue. _STAT 1392 Dispensation Divorced 5-15 Dec 1392 Last Modified 16 Mar 2012 Family ID F1097 Group Sheet

Family 2 Katherine Beaumont, b. Abt 1354, d. 28 Aug 1435 Married 19 Oct 1411 Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Family 3 Mariota filia Athyn, b. Abt 1354, , , Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown

Children 1. Margaret Stewart, Countess of Southerland, b. Abt 1373, of, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland , d. Abt 1439 2. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar, b. 1375, Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. 25 Jul 1435

Family 4 [Unknown Mistresses], b. Abt 1356, , , Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown

Children 1. Sir Andrew Stewart, b. Abt 1375, of, Sandhauch, , Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown 2. Duncan Stewart, b. Abt 1376, of, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland , d. Aft 1391 3. James Stewart, b. Abt 1377, of, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown 4. Sir Walter Stewart, b. Abt 1378, of, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown 5. Robert Stewart, of, Athol, b. Abt 1379, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Yes, date unknown

More About Alexander Stewart: Date born 2: 1342 Date born 3: 1342, Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.297 Died 2: 1404, Darnley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.297

In 1404 Isabel Douglas Countess of Mar and Garioch held a major meeting in the fields in front of the gates of Kildrummy Castle. The purpose was to consider the needs of the state and local government with Alexander, Bishop of Ross, Andrew Leslie of Sydie, Walter Ogilvy of Carcary, William Chalmers, Richard Lovell, Thomas Gray and all the people of the neighbourhood. In presence of this assembly, Isabel announced she was to marry Alexander Stewart, son of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, and she hand over to her castle of Kildrummy, with all its charters and rich goods and the earldom of Mar to Alexander. ^[1]

Birth

Birth: ABT 1352 Dundonald, AYR, Scotland

Alternate Birth: ABT 1355 Badenoch, and Of Dundonald, Ayr

Death

Death:

Date: 04 APR 1406

Place: Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland

Burial

Burial:

Place: Dunkeld Cathedral, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland

Sources

1. ↑ NRS GD124/1/123 see [1]

• Sir James Balfour Paul, Ed., 1905, The Scots Peerage, Vol. 2, p. 262.
• Sir James Balfour Paul, Ed., 1907, The Scots Peerage, Vol. 1, p. 16.

See Also:

• Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, wikipedia