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Persoonlijke gegevens Alexander 'The Wolf of Badenoch' Stewart 1st Earl Of Buchan 

• Alternatieve namen: Wolf Of Badenoch, The Wolf
• Hij is geboren op 14 juni 1350 in Badenoch, Ayrshire, Scotland.
• (Alt. Birth) op 14 juni 1350: Alt. Birth.
• (Alt. Death) op 24 juli 1394: Alt. Death.
• (Alt. Death) rond 1406: Alt. Death.Bron 3
• Hij is overleden op 24 juli 1394 in (24 Jul 1394) Dunkeld, Perth, Scotland, Great Britain, hij was toen 44 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire, Scotland.
• Een kind van Robert II Stewart en Elizabeth Mure
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 4 december 2022.

Gezin van Alexander 'The Wolf of Badenoch' Stewart 1st Earl Of Buchan

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Euphemia Countess of Ross.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 24 juli 1382 te Scotland, hij was toen 32 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Margaret Stewart  ± 1380-± 1439 

(2) Hij heeft/had een relatie met Margaret Atheyn.

Kind(eren):

1. Margaret Stewart  ± 1380-± 1439 
2. Alexander [illegitimate] Stewart  ± 1375-1435 
3. Duncan Stewart  ± 1375-???? 
4. James Stewart  ± 1385-???? 

Notities over Alexander 'The Wolf of Badenoch' Stewart 1st Earl Of Buchan

Alexander STEWART, Comte of BUCHAN - né vers 1343 - + 1394 - m. Euphemia, Comtesse of ROSS - 7 enfants illégitimes dont:

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E: Alexander Stewart, 'The Wolf of Badenoch', Earl of Buchan (d 1394/1406)
m. Euphemia, Countess of Ross (dau of William, 5th Earl of Ross, Lord of Skye)
TSP (Stewart of Buchan) reports that Alexander had 6 bastard sons and 1 daughter, as reported below, but no legitimate issue. TSP (Mackay of Reay) reports that the following Mariota "is supposed to be the 'Mariota filia Athyn' handfasted to Alexander Stewart, Lord of Badenoch, and to be the mother of his children."
p. Mariota Mackay (dau of Iye Mackay) 
A. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar and Garioch, Lord of Duffel (d 1435)
m1. (c12.1404) Isabel, Countess of Mar (dsp 1408, dau of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, Earl of Mar)
m2. (1411) Maria de Hoorne, heiress of Duffel (d before 06.1436, dau of William van Hoorne)
partner(s) unknown
i. Thomas Stewart, younger of Mar and Garioch (dvpsp by 1435) m. Elizabeth Douglas (d c1451, dau of Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Tourraine)
ii. Janet Stewart m. Lachlan Bronnach Maclean of Dowart (d after 1472)
B. Sir Andrew Stewart of Strathaven
C. Sir James Stewart, 1st of Garth
.. m. Janet de Menzies (dau of Alexander de Menzies of Forthergill)
..
Possibly daughter of one of the above, being "brother's daughter of the Earl of Mar", was ...
i. Marjorie Stewart, heiress of Echt m Thomas Forbes ;
D. Margaret Stewart
.. m. Robert Sutherland, 6th Earl of Sutherland (d 1442)
..
E.+ other issue - Duncan, Walter, Robert of Athol

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Alias: The /Wolf/   Alexander, Earl of Buchan, 1374, and j ure uxoris, Earl of Ross, known as “The Wolf of Badenoch” m Euphemia, Countes s of Ross, widow of Sir Walter Leslie, and dau. and heiress of William, 5th E arl of Ross, and d.s.p. 24 July, 1394, leaving several illegitmate children. He was ancestor of the Stewarts of Fothergill, STEWART-MEIKLEJOHN of Edradyna te (see that family) and STEWART-WILSON of Balnakeilly (see that family). fr om Burkes Peerage Vol 3 of 6, House of Stewart

The Wolf of Badenoch, is one of the most memorable historical characte rs of Strathspey.

The son of King Robert II, he was one of the most blackest, most evil char acter in Scotland's history.  Alexander Stewart, Alisdair Mor mac an Rig h, was better know as Big Alexander, or the Wolf of Badenoch.

The times in which he lived were barbarous, but even by their standar ds he stood out, and was feared over a considerable distance.

Throughout his life he was Lord of Badenoch around 1371, Earl of Buchan an and was also his brother's royal deputy in the north of Scotland.

The Wolf ruled the lands of Badenoch in a cruel way, burning the hom es of those who crossed or displeased them. ; Taking labour and goods way b eyond any reason.

His wife, Countess of Ross, was deserted by him.  His wife appealed to t he Bishop of Moray, who unfortunately for him, gave judgement in her favou r.

The Wolf was outraged.   All out for revenge, he came down from his strong hold, the castle of Lochindorb and ransacked and burned Forres and Elgi n.   Elgin of course, being the ecclesiastical centre of the Bishopr ic of Moray.   Setting off fires, mainly in the College, the Canon's hous es and the Hospital of the Maison Dieu, he terrified the people of Elgi n, forcing them to flee with their families into the countryside.

In 1390 he burned Elgin Cathedral, destroying many of its records includi ng family, legal and monastic - irreplaceable.  A terrible loss.

The Wolf was called upon by his father to do penance for this heinous crim e.  This he did under the watchful eye of his father the King, nobles a nd many dignitaries of the church.  The King, believing that his son had l earnt his lesson, finally pardoned him, and his was received back into t he Church.   Unfortunately, his repentance was superficial.

Throughout his reign he extended and reinforced his castles at Loch-an-Eil ein and Lochindorb, and yet hardly changed Castle Roy at Nethy Bridge.

Legend has it that The Wolf of Badenoch died in 1394, although others main tain is was in 1406, when it is believed that he played chess with the dev il.  He had been visited at Ruthven Castle by a man, who was tall, and dre ssed in black.  The man wished to play a game of chess with the Wolf.   T he game went on for several hours until the tall, darkly dressed man mov ed one of the chess pieces and called 'check' and then 'checkmate'.  The m an rose from the table.  On calling these words there was a terrible sto rm of thunder, hail and lightening.  The storm continued through the nig ht until silence befell the castle in the morning.  In that morning silenc e, it was then that the Wolf's men were discovered outsiDe the castle wall s, dead and blackened as if they had all been struck by the lightening.  T he Wolf was found in the banqueting hall, and although his body appeared u nmarked, the nails in his boots had all been torn out.

The funeral procession was held two days later, led by the Wolf's coffi n.  Terrible storms started over and over again as the coffins were add ed to the procession. ; It was only after the Wolf's coffin was carri ed to the back of the procession did the storms cease.  The storms did n ot return. The Wolf of Badenoch was not buried locally, but is buried in Dunkeld Cath edral.

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