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

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and Justiciar of Scotia. He was the eldest son of

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but which wife of Alan's was his mother is not clear. 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, daughter of

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by his wife, Marjorie, youngest daughter of

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and his wife, Ada de Warenne. They were parents of: *

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, 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,

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, London, 1897, pps: 7 - 11. *John, killed at

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in 1249,

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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,

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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,

, 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 0330-337X * 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 Walter High Stewards of Scotland Year of birth unknown {{Scotland-noble-stub