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Persoonlijke gegevens Walter STEWART 

• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1292 in Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.
• Titel: 6th High Steward of Scotland
• Hij is overleden op 9 april 1326 in Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, hij was toen 34 jaar oud.
• Een kind van James STEWART en Gille Egidia BURGH

Gezin van Walter STEWART

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Alice ERSKINE.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1314, hij was toen 22 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Jean STEWART  1315-????

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Marjorie de BRUS.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1315 te Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, hij was toen 23 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Robert STEWART  -1390 

(3) Hij is getrouwd met Isabel GRAHAM.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1317 te Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, hij was toen 25 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. John STEWART  1318-???? 
2. Andrew STEWART  1321-????
3. Gille Egidia STEWART  1325-1406 

Notities over Walter STEWART

Walter Stewart (c. 1296 - 9 April 1327 at Bathgate Castle) was the 6th hereditary High Steward of Scotland. He was also the father of King Robert II of Scotland.

He was the son of James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland and Giles (or Egidia) de Burgh, daughter of Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster. Walter's mother is sometimes identified as Cecily or Cecilia de Dunbar (his father's first wife), but this identification is erroneous.

Walter fought on the Scottish side at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 commanding, with Douglas, the left wing of the Scots' Army. According to another version of events, he was the nominal leader of one of the four Scottish schiltrons, but because of his youth and inexperience, its effective leader was his cousin James Douglas, Lord of Douglas. This is, however, disputed, as some claim that there were only three Scottish schiltrons at Bannockburn. For his services at Bannockburn, Walter was appointed Warden of the Western Marches and rewarded with a grant of the lands of Largs, which had been forfeited by John Balliol. In 1316, Stewart gifted these lands to Paisley Abbey.

Upon the liberation of Robert the Bruce's wife, Elizabeth de Burgh, and daughter Marjorie from their long captivity in England, the High Steward was sent to receive them at the Anglo-Scottish Border and conduct them back to the Scottish court. He later married Marjorie, receiving the Barony of Bathgate in Linlithgowshire as part of his wife's dowry.

During the Bruce's absence in Ireland the High Steward and Sir James Douglas managed government affairs and spent much time defending the Scottish Borders. Upon the capture of Berwick-upon-Tweed from the English in 1318 he got command of the town which, on 24 July 1319 was laid siege to by King Edward II of England. Several of the siege engines were destroyed by the Scots' garrison and the Steward suddenly rushed in force from the town to drive off the enemy. In 1322, with Douglas and Thomas Randolph, he made an attempt to surprise the English King at Byland Abbey, near Malton, Yorkshire. Edward, however, escaped, pursued towards York by the Steward and 500 horsemen.

Walter, Steward of Scotland, made a charter to John St. Clair, his valet, of the lands of Maxton, Roxburghshire, circa 1320/1326, one of the witnesses being "Roberto de Lauwedir (Robert de Lauder) tunc justiciario Laudonie" (Justiciar of Lothian).

Family and issue
Walter married, in 1315, Marjorie, only daughter of Robert I of Scotland by his first wife Isabella of Mar. Walter and Marjorie had one son:

Robert II of Scotland

Walter later married Isabel de Graham, frequently identified as a daughter of Sir John Graham of Abercorn. They had three children:

John Stewart of Ralston or Cunninghame.
Andrew Stewart, knight.
Egidia Stewart, who married, first, Sir James Lindsay of Crawford; second, Sir Hugh Eglinton; and third, Sir James Douglas of Dalkeith.

Death and burial
Walter, 6th High Steward of Scotland, died 9 April 1326 at Bathgate Castle. He was buried at the Abbey Church of Paisley, alongside his first wife, Marjorie Bruce, and the previous five high stewards. An engraved memorial on the floor of the abbey reads in part:
"In everlasting memory of the high stewards of Scotland. Here rest their bodies where stood the high altar of this Abbey Church of Paisley."
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Stewart,_6th_High_Steward_of_Scotland

Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland was born in 1292. He was the son of James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland and Gille de Burgh. He married, firstly, Alice Erskine, daughter of Sir John Erskine, before 1315. He married, secondly, Margorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland, daughter of Robert I Bruce, King of Scotland and Isabella of Mar, in 1315.3 He married, thirdly, Isabella Graham, daughter of unknown Graham. He died on 9 April 1327.

He succeeded to the title of 6th High Steward of Scotland in 1309. He fought in the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, where he commanded one of the divisions of the Scottish Army. He held the office of Regent of Scotland in 1316, during King Robert I's absence in Ireland. In 1322 he made a raid with Douglas that nearly captured King Edward II from Yorkshire
SOURCE: www.thepeerage.com

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