STEWART Family

The earliest known ancestor of this branch is 33 Aimon (viscount) de Dinan c973-1030 ~57yo (geni: map, son of ?, 13 kids) m. Hildeburge de Belleme. A family anecdote of this branch is that members have the right to wear the "Stewart plaid", having descended from that royal line. I'm still researching these "royal" roots. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

The wiki Clan_Stewart page says the Earls of Galloway are today seen as the principal branch of the STEWART Clan (which has no ofcl clan ldr). The 2 other major branches are Bute and Appin. The Royal STUARTs of Dol (in Brittany) acquired English estates as FitzALANs and Earls of Arundel e.g. Walter Flaad aka Walter FitzAlan. In the 14-5C 3 main branches of STEWARTs settled in the Scottish highlands: Appin, Atholl and Balquhidder. Appin fdnr was Sir John S of Bonkyl, son of Alexander 4th High Steward of Scotland. Atholl fndr was the Wolf of Badenoch. Balquhidder fndr Sir Wm S of Baldorran c1440-c1500 arrived there c1490, ggson of 2nd DoA Murdoch S (this is the Perthshire branch of the STEWARTs). Wm was fleeing from persecution by KoS James I. Finally, Bute fndr John was the younger son of KoS Robt II.

In 1513 KoS James IV invaded England, seeking to take advantage of KoE Henry VIII's absence on a campaign in France. Bad idea as he and his army were destroyed at Flodden (in Northumberland) 9/9, one of the most cataclysmic events in Scottish history. Scotland was now again under the nominal rule of an infant (James V) and run in fact by feuding families, notably the STEWARTs, DOUGLASes and HAMILTONs (tTLP p3).

Notes from MM Scot: After KoS Malcolm III r1058-93 was k. Nov 1093 (ambushed near Alnwick Castle by the Norman Earl of Northumbria, Robt de MOWBRAY), his death threw Scotland into a virtual civil war (67-8). His younger bro 60yo Donald III claimed the throne, backed by the native aristocracy as a Celtic backlash against the anglicization of Malcolm's court (assoc. w/Malc's Q Margaret). Malc's surviving children (by Marg.) fled to the English court for safety. But Duncan, Malc's son by Ingibjorg of Orkney, got Wm Rufus' (WmConq's son) support to invade Scotland and oust Donald. He was accepted as Duncan II only by agreeing to oust his alien supporters. A fatal promise since he was murdered Nov 1094, Donald III resuming his reign (r1094-7). Wm Rufus then sent his next candidate, Edgar, oldest son of Malc/Marg. This time he and his army defeated Donald's, hunted down and captured him, blinded and threw him into prison (at his d. he was the last KoS to be buried on Iona). The accession of KoS Edgar 'the Peaceable' r1097-1107 began rule by 3 bros (Alex I 'the Fierce' r1107-24, David I 'the Saint' r1124-53) there, a period of stability in English/Scottish relations (i.e. all vassals of KoE). Their sister Edith (Matilda) m. KoE Henry I r1100-35, youngest and only English-born son of WmConq (69). Scotland was voluntarily 'normanizing'. David was the most 'English' of the 3 bro kings. He'd spent most of his youth in England, groomed as a Norman knight and an 'insider' there. He m1114 Maud de SENLIS, C of Northampton and a ward of the KoE, a wealthy 40yo widow and dau (and heiress) of Waltheof, E of Huntingdon. This made David one of the greatest barons in England. When he became KoS, David brought many friends from England to help him run the country, so we meet for the 1st time the families who were to mold Scotland's future e.g. the BRUCEs, BALLIOLs and STEWARTs (David's 1st 'Steward' in Scotland was Walter FitzALAN, originally brom Brittany, whose dad had acquired lands in Norfolk and Shropshire). David granted them huge land grants to est. their authority: to the BRUCEs Annandale around the river Annan (runs from S uplands to Solway Firth), to the STEWARTs what is modern Renfrewshire (73 i.e. the area to the W and S of Glasgow). The 1138 Battle of the Standard (aka Northallerton) was David's attempt to add lands in N England to Scotland in the general chaos and confusion created by KoE Henry's d1135 i.e. 19yr civil war among forces supporting Henry's dau Matilda and KoE Stephen ('when God and his Saints slept'). David lost that battle (but lived, the English viewed it as a 'holy war') and it cemented deep-rooted English prejudices of Scots (and Picts, who participated) as backward, murderous barbarians (78). Some of David's own knights (Robt de BRUS, Bernard de BAILLEUL, both ancestors of future Scot ldrs) were so appalled they deserted to the English.


Regents of Scotland:
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1513 KoS James IV k. at Flodden (wife Margaret TUDOR t/o but -> Civil War)
1515-28 John STEWART, 2 D Albany c1481-1536, gson of KoS James II
[tLTP p14 summer 1517 Albany to France to care for his sick wife, leaves James HAMILTON, 1st E of Arran as pres. of Scot Council (so Regent?) w/Angus also on Council, but 2 couldn't get along, constant feuding]
1528-42 KoS James V b1512 (he t/o at 16yo, right?)
1542-54 James HAMILTON, 2 E Arran, D of Chatelherault c1516-75
1554-60 Marie de GUISE 1515-60 (for dau Mary QoS)
1560-? LotC (Ch. figurehead, real pwr Moray and KNOX)
1570-1 Matthew STUART, 4 E Lennox 1516-71 m. MD
1571-2 John ERSKINE, 1st E of Mar d1572
1572-81 James DOUGLAS, Master of Morton, later 4 E Morton c1516-81
...

Lyman STEWART was the publisher of the early 20C series 'The Fundamentals'. Connected to this line?


Names

5 1808-1842 STEWART, Lucinda Emaline - KAYNER, Jacob
6 1763-1848 STEWART, John C - CASTLE, Phebe
7 1737-1775 STEWART, John A - STORY, Lois
8 1713-1770 STEWART, Alexander - SPAULDING, Amy
9 1675-1742 STEWART, Alexander b. Ireland d. CT [Winston Churchill desc. from older bro James b1673] - DIXON, Margaret (he m2 Jannet ROGERS)
10 1643-1690 STEWART, Alexander [of] Galloway 3 E Galloway 47yo b/d Galloway - DOUGLAS, Lady Mary 1655-94 39yo
11 1610-1671 STEWART, James 2 E G 61yo b/d Wigtown [Scotland] - GRIERSON, Nicola
12 1580-1649 STEWART, Alexander 1 E G 69yo b. Garlies d. Galloway (coa) - GORDON, Grizel
13 1551-1598 STEWART, Sir Alexander Lord S 6 E Garlies 47yo b/d Garlies, Wigtonsh, W Lothian, Scotland - DOUGLAS, Christiana of Drumlanrig
14 1527-1571 STEWART, Sir Alexander [Younger] of G 44yo b. Garlies d. Stirling (map) - HERRIES, Catherine
15 1507-1581 STEWART, Sir Alexander of G 74yo b/d Garlies - DUNBAR, Margaret of Clugston
16 1481-1513 STEWART, Sir Alexander 4th of G ~32yo b. Wigtown d. B of Flodden (aerial pic) - KENNEDY, Eliz of Blairquhan
17 1434-1500 STEWART, Sir Alexander 3rd of Dalswinton & Garlies ~66yo b/d Garlieston - DOUGLAS, Eliz of Cavers (dau of Sir Kgt Archibald D of Cavers
18 1408-1479 STEWART, Sir Wm S 2nd of D/G ~71yo b/d Garlieston (genealogy sheet) - ?, Eliz
19 1381-1420 STEWART, Sir John 1st of D/G ~39yo b. Garlies k. in action France (plaid, big note) - STEWART, Marion
20 1366-1402 STEWART, Sir Wm of Jedworth ~36yo b. Darnley d. 9/14 B of Homildon Hill, Northumberland, England (aka 'of Teviotdale', note) - ?
21 1342-1402 STEWART, Sir Alexander of Darnley 60yo (coa) - TURNBULL, Janet of Minto (he m1 Jonetta KEITH)
22 1320-1374 STEWART, Sir Alexander of Galston ~54yo (coa) [2c of KoS Robt II] - BAIRD, Joanna
23 1272-1333 STEWART, Sir Kgt Alan of Dreghorn 61yo b. Scotland d. B of Halidon Hill (coa, big note) [1c of Walter 6 HS m2 Marjorie BRUCE] - CAMERON, Marion
24 1246-1298 STEWART, John of Bonkyl & Garlies 52yo (plaid) [bro of James 5 HS] - de BONKYL, Margaret (i.e. how John got title)
25 1214-1283 STEWART, Alexander 4 HS of Scotland 69yo (coa, 9 kids) - ?
26 1183-1241 STEWART, Sir Walter 3 HS ~48yo (coa, 9 kids) - Bethoc nic Gille Crist, Countess of Angus
27 1150-1204 FitzWalter, Alain 2 HS ~54yo (pic, 8 kids) - Alesta nic Morggan of Mar
28 1106-1177 FitzAlan, Walter 1 HS ~71yo b. England d. Scotland (coin, 7 kids) - Eschyna de Londoniis
29 1078-1114 FitzFlaald, Alan Sheriff of Shropshire 36yo (Mont St Michel, 7 kids) - Avelina de HESDING, domina Norton
30 1050-1xxx Flaald, Seneschal de Dol en Bretagne (coa, 2 kids Alan & Sibil) - ? dau of Ava MacALPIN, domina Norton
31 1024-1080 FitzFlaald, Alain 'Dapifer' Seneschal de Dol ~56yo (coa, 1 kid) - ?
32 1005-1064 Flaald, seneschal de Dol ~59yo (coa, 1 kid) - ? (possibly dau of Crinan/Bethoc) and Constance
33 c973-1030 Aimon (viscount) de Dinan ~57yo (map, son of ?, 13 kids) - Hildeburge de Belleme


Descent Chart


An online message on the STEWART (www.rootsweb.com) list said the STEWARTs fought at the AD 1296 Battle of Dunbar (v. K Edw I 'Hammer of the Scots') which occurred not long after the 1296 Battle of Berwick i.e. both part of K Edw I's successful effort to reduce Scotland to a British vassal state ('deliberately set[ting] out to destroy all symbols of Scottish sovereignty ... burning all the national records' HKV p0). The earlier 1138 Battle of the Standard was during the Scottish civil war and had forces loyal to Matilda defeating those loyal to Scot King David I 'The Saint' (cf David1St, Uhtred kinsmen Dolfin and Gospatric II both d. in that battle, and possibly some STEWARTs as well, cf Bamburgh). An even earlier 1045 Battle of the Standard (aka Battle of Dunkeld) involved a Scot challenge of KoS Macbeth (Uhtred kinsmen Crinan and his son Maldred were both k., and possibly some STEWARTs as well, cf Bamburgh.html). Another such message indicates that, much later, a Sir William STEWART went to Ireland (from Scotland) in 1608 with others as part of the Scot settlement of N Ireland. I wonder if he was perhaps an ancestor of my Capt. Alexander STEWART b. c1700?

The wiki site for 'List of London Lord Mayors', they show the 1st was named 1189, with subsequent interesting names Sir Robt de ROS, Baron Kendall 1321, Simon de MONTFORT 1368, Sir Wm CAPELL 1510 (ACB? no, that was 17C), Sir Thomas MIRFYN 1519 (skinner livery), Sir Thomas SEYMOUR 1526, Sir Ralph WARREN 1536 (mercer livery), Sir Richard MALLORY 1564 (mercer livery, fit into above line?), Sir John GERARD 1601 (haberdasher livery), Wm STEWART 1721, James TOWNSEND 1772 (mercer livery) and #688 The Lord Mountevans 2015. No 2016 name is listed, but if there were it would be #689. See MargSAW for SAWYER as AG of London, i.e. different wiki list.

See ScotKngs.html for more info.

Sources:
- MM Scot = Magnus MAGNUSSON's 'Scotland: The Story of a Nation', Grove (HarperCollins), 2000, 734pp, own
- tLTP = The Lost Tudor Princess, Alison WEIR, Ballantine (RandomHouse), 2015, 537pp, FHL
- DoWQ = Daughters of the Winter Queen: 4 Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bomemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary QoS, Nancy Goldstone, Little, Brown & Co (Hachette), 2018, 480pp, FHL

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