Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland

Coat of arms of the House of Stewart

Sir Walter Stewart (* around 1296 ; † April 9, 1327 in Bathgate ) was a Scottish nobleman.

origin

Walter Stewart came from the Scottish Stewart family . He was the second son of James Stewart and his wife Egidia de Burgh . When his father died in 1309, he was still a minor. Since his older brother Andrew had died, he inherited the family's estates in Scotland and the inheritance of the Stewart of Scotland .

Military activity

In the war against England Stewart nominally commanded one of the Scottish Schiltrons at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 , but since he was still very young and inexperienced, the experienced James Douglas was actually in command. After the Scottish victory in battle, he was knighted by King Robert I. In April 1318 he played an important role in the conquest of the strategically important border town of Berwick . As a result, he became the commander of the city's garrison, which he successfully defended against a strong English army in 1319 . In early 1322 he led a raid to Richmondshire , which he did not plunder only in return for high ransom payments.

Confidante and son-in-law of Robert I.

Of the confiscated lands of the Comyn family , who had belonged to the domestic political opponents of Robert I, Stewart received about three-quarters of the barony of Dalswinton . An even more important reward for his service, for the support of his late father, and for the long friendship between the Stewart and Bruce families, was the king's permission to marry his daughter Marjorie in 1315 . She was a few years older than him, but at the time the king's only child. Marjorie died in 1316, but she had previously given birth to a son. This was determined during a parliament in December 1318 to heir to the throne, in case Robert I should die without a male heir. Stewart, along with James Douglas, Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray and John of Menteith , was now one of the king's closest advisers and friends. During the king's campaign to Ireland in 1316 , Stewart served with James Douglas as Warden of Scotland , effectively serving as the king's governor. As the leading Scottish baron, he sealed the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320 immediately after the Scottish Earls . He died unexpectedly at Bathgate Castle , which had been his first wife's dowry, and was buried in the Paisley Abbey Family Foundation .

family

Stewart had a son with his first wife, Marjorie Bruce:

Robert Stewart (1316-1390)

After the death of his wife in 1316, Walter Stewart was second married to Isabella , a daughter of Sir John Graham . He had at least three children with her:

Andrew Stewart
John Stewart of Ralston
Egidia Stewart (around 1327 – around 1406), ⚭ I) Hugh Eglinton of that Ilk ; ⚭ II) 1346 James de Lindsay of Crawford ; ⚭ III) James Douglas of Dalkeith

In his third marriage, Walter Stewart married Alice, daughter of John Erskine with whom he had a daughter:

Jean Stewart, ⚭ Hugh de Ross, 4th Earl of Ross

His heir became his eldest son Robert. Since Robert I had a son, he was named David II after the king's death. After the childless death of David II. In 1371, however, according to the agreement of 1318, Walter's son as Robert II inherited the Scottish throne.

Web links

Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland on thepeerage.com , accessed September 10, 2016.
GWS Barrow: Stewart, Sir Walter (c. 1296-1327). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004

Individual evidence

^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 299.
^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 322.
^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 342.
^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 394.
^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 278.
^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 414.
↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 279.

predecessor	Office	successor
James Stewart	High Steward of Scotland 1309-1327	Robert Stewart

personal data
SURNAME	Stewart, Walter, 6th High Steward of Scotland
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stewart, Sir Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Scottish nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1296
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 1327
Place of death	Bathgate

[1] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 299.

[2] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 322.

[3] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 342.

[4] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 394.

[5] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 278.

[6] Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 414.

[7] Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 279.