Walter Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) was 3rd hereditary

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and Justiciar of Scotia.

Life

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland, by his second wife Alesta of Mar. He was the first member of the

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to use Stewart as a surname and was designated "of Dundonald". He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" 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".

Family

Walter married Bethóc or Beatrix Mac Gille Críst of Angus, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus, by his wife, Marjorie of Huntingdon, youngest daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, and his wife

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. They were parents of: * Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime

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of Scotland. *Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley.Clay, John W., FSA., editor, ''The Visitation of Cambridge, 1575 and 1619'' by Henery St.George, Richmond Herald, Harleian Society, London, 1897, pps: 7 - 11. *John, killed at

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in 1249,

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during the

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. * Walter Bailloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith. *William, *Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox. *Christian, *Eupheme, married Adam Wallace,

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of Riccarton. *Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick. *Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail.

References

Bibliography

* Burke, Sir Bernard,

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, ''Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages'', London, 1883, p. 606. * Clay, John W., FSA., editor, ''The Visitation of Cambridge, 1575 and 1619'' by Henery St.George, Richmond Herald, Harleian Society, London, 1897, pps: 7 - 11. * Lauder-Frost, Gregory, F.S.A.Scot., "East Anglian Stewarts" in ''The Scottish Genealogist'', Dec.2004, vol.LI, no.4., pps:151-161. ISSN 0300-337X * Mackenzie, A. M., MA., D.Litt., ''The Rise of the Stewarts'', London, 1935, pps.10-11. * Miller, James, ''The History of Dunbar'', Dunbar, 1830, p. 18. 1246 deaths Nobility from South Ayrshire

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