Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward Of Scotland

1214 - 1283  (69 years)

• Name	Alexander Stewart  [1]
  Title	4th High Steward Of Scotland
  Birth	Jan 1214	Aryshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jun 1283	Refrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  Death	16 Jun 1283	Aryshire, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I7674	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Walter Fitzallen, 3rd High Steward Of Scotland ,   b. 1182, Refrewshire, Scotland d. 1246, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Beatrix Of Angus, Countess Of Angus ,   b. 1 Jan 1184, Forfarshire, Scotland d. 1270, Forfarshire, Scotland (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1200	Refrewshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F1068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean MacRory, Countess Bute Chioness ,   b. 1218, Argyleshire, Scotland d. 1297, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1242	Aryshire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. James Stewart, 5th High Steward Of Scotland ,   b. 2 Mar 1243, Aryshire, Scotland d. 16 Jul 1309, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. John Stewart, Lord Of Bonkyll And Garlies ,   b. 1246, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 22 Jul 1298, Sterlingshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Hawise Stewart,   b. 1248, Aryshire, Scotland d. 18 Feb 1317, Scotland (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Elizabeth Stewart Of Crawford,   b. 1250, Aryshire, Scotland d. Abt 1297, Scotland (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Beatrix Alice Stewart, Countess of Mar ,   b. 1268, Aryshire, Scotland d. 1337, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F945	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Stewart (1214 - 1283) was 4th hereditary High Steward of Scot l a n d f r om his father's death in 1246. He was also known as Alexander of D u n d o n ald. A son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland by his wife Bethó c , d a u g h ter of Gille Crí st, Earl of Angus, Alexander is said to have ac co m p a n ied Louis IX of France on the Seventh Crusade (1248-1254). In 125 5 h e w a s o n e of the councillors of King Alexander III, though under age . He was the principal commander under King Alexander III of Scotland at t h e B a t t le of Largs, on 2 October 1263, when the Scots defeated the Norw e g i a n s under Haakon IV. The Scots invaded and conquered the Isle of Man t h e f o l l owing year, which was, with the whole of the Western Isles, then a n n e x e d to the Crown of Scotland.

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] Find A Grave Index. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.family s e a r c h.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29T-SMDJ : 9 June 2021), Alexander of Dundon a l d , ; B u rial, Paisley, , Renfrewshire, Scotland, Paisley Abbey; citing r e c o r d I D 151529594, Find a Grave,