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Personal data Murdach (Murdoch) Stewart , 2nd Duke of Albany 

• Also known as 2nd Duke of /Albany/, Murdach (Murdoch) Stewart.
• He was born about 1362 in Falkland Castle, Fifeshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2
• He died on May 24, 1425 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2

  Oorzaak: beheaded

• He is buried in Black Friars, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
• A child of Robert Stewart and Margaret Graham
• This information was last updated on June 21, 2009.

Household of Murdach (Murdoch) Stewart , 2nd Duke of Albany

(1) He is married to Isabel Countess of Lennox.

They got married on February 17, 1391/1392 at settlement date (2nd wife).Sources 1, 3

Child(ren):

1. Robert Stewart  ± 1393-????
2. Walter Stewart  ± 1395-1425 
3. Alexander Stewart  ± 1395-1425
4. James "Seumas Mor" Stewart  ± 1399-1451 
5. Daughter Stewart  ± 1401-????
6. Isabel Stewart  ± 1416-????
7. Alexander Stewart  ± 1395-1425
8. James Stewart  ± 1411-1451 

(2) He is married to Joan (Joanna) Douglas.

They got married at 1st wife.Source 3

Notes about Murdach (Murdoch) Stewart , 2nd Duke of Albany

Murchach Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany: b. c1362; Justiciar of Scotlandnorth of Fort 1389, captured by the Percys at Homildon Hill 1402 butreleased in exchange for the Earl of Northumberland 1415; Regen ofScotland 1420; secured James I's release from captivity in England and(as Earl of Fife heir of Clan MacDuff) enthroned him at Scone 1424, butwas considered over-powerful, arrested with his family, tried andbeheaded 25 May 1425, having married (indenture 17 Feb 1391/2) Isabel,Countess of Lennox in her own right (d c 1458) daughter and coheir ofDuncan 8th Earl of Lennox (Beheaded with the Albany family 1425).[Burke's Peerage]

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EARLDOM OF MENTEITH [SCT) (XI) 1380? to 1425

EARLDOM of FIFE (SCT) (XIII, 2) 1420 to 1425

DUKEDOM OF ALBANY [SCT] (II) 1420

MURDOCH (STEWART), 2nd DUKE OF ALBANY, EARL OF FIFE and EARL OF MENTEITH,son and heir by 1st wife, born probably 1362. justiciar North of theForth, 2 April 1389. He was taken prisoner at the Scottish defeat onHomildon Hill, 14 September 1402, and was detained in England till 1415,when he was exchanged for the Earl of Northumberland. He succeeded hisfather as REGENT [SCT] in 1420; and having accomplished the release ofhis cousin James I in 1424, attended him at his coronation at Scone. TheKing, however "was not slow in commencing the work of vengence on therace by whom he had been long supplanted," and, having obtained theirconviction, at a Parliament held at Perth 25 March 1425, caused the Dukehimself, his two elder surviving sons (Walter and Alexander), and hisfather-in-law the EARL OF LENNOX [SCT], to be beheaded on the Castle Hillof Stirling.

He m. 1stly Joan (?Douglas). He m. 2ndly (settlement 17 February1391/2), Isabel, suo jure COUNTESS OF LENNOX, 1st daughter and heir ofline of Duncan, EARL OF LENNOX [SCT], by Helen, daughter of GillespicCAMPBELL. She was heir presumptive to the Earldom of Lennox [SCT], herfather having resigned it (to Robert II), and obtained a new grantthereof to himself and the heirs male of his body with remainder to her,her husband and the heirs of their bodies. The Duke died when beheaded 24May 1425, and was buried in the Blackfriars Church, Stirling, when,having been attainted, all his honours were forfeited. His widow, suojure COUNTESS OF LENNOX [SCT], died s.p.s., at Inchmurrin Castle, LochLomond, probably in 1458. [Complete Peerage I:79, XIV:15, transcribed byDave Utzinger)]

Note: The indication of Joan ?Douglas as first wife was added as acorrection by XIV:15, based on 'Scots Peerage', vol v, p. 342, note.According to Shawn Potter, soc.genealogy.medieval, they had a daughterIsabella who m. Walter Buchanan.

Note: Although CP doesn't indicate any surviving issue of Murdoch &Isabel, BP does say that a son James escaped the extinction/executions ofthe family in 1425 and ended up in Ireland, and he had issue.

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Doune Castle is named for a dun, meaning fortified town, which stoodnearby. Doune was the Highland center for pistol making. There are tracesof prehistoric earthworks around this stone castle. This iteration of thecastle was built as a hunting lodge for Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany,who was the Regent of Scotland from 1396-1420. Much of the castle hasbeen restored in recent centuries, but it is still one of the leastchanged castles in Scotland.

Albany died in 1420, and his son, Murdoch, inherited the castle. Hedidn't have it for long, though. He was put to death by James I in 1425,and for more than a century, Doune Castle was held by the Crown. Itfinally passed to the Morays.

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