Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland

Walter Stewart
3rd High Steward of Scotland
Tenure	1204–1246
Predecessor	Alan fitz Walter
Successor	Alexander Stewart
Other names	Walter Steward of Dundonald
Born	1180
Died	1246
Nationality	Scottish
Offices	Justiciar of Scotia
Spouse(s)	Béthoc (Beatrix) Mac Gille Críst
Parents	Alan fitz Walter

Walter Steward of Dundonald (died 1246) ^[1] was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia. ^[2]

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 House of Stuart to use Stewart as a surname and was designated "of Dundonald". ^[3]

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" ^[4] 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". ^[5]

Family

Walter married Bethóc or Beatrix, 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 Ada de Warenne.

They were parents of:

• Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland, sometime Regent of Scotland.
• Sir Robert, of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley. ^[6]
• John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.
• 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, Laird of Riccarton.
• Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.
• Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail.

References

1. G. W. S. Barrow, 'Stewart family (per. c.1110–c.1350)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
2. Anderson (1867) vol.ix, p. 512
3. Simpson, David, The Genealogical and Chronological History of the Stuarts, 1713, p. 38
4. Burke, Messrs., John and John Bernard, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales &c., volume 2, London, 1851, pps: xl and xli
5. Nisbet, Alexander, A System of Heraldry volume 1, Edinburgh 1722, facsimile 1984, part 1, p. 43,
6. 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.

Bibliography

• Burke, Sir Bernard, Ulster King of Arms, 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.

Court offices
Preceded by Alan Fitzwalter	High Steward of Scotland 1204–1246	Succeeded by Alexander Stewart
Legal offices
Preceded by William Comyn	Justiciar of Scotia 1233–1241	Succeeded by Philip de Melville and Robert de Monte Alto