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He was born at Bathgate Castle, [1] West Lothian, Scotland, the eldest son and heir of James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland (c. 1260-1309) by his third wife Giles (Latinised to Egidia) de Burgh, a daughter of the Irish nobleman Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster.
Marjorie's marriage to Walter, High Steward of Scotland, gave rise to the House of Stewart. Her son was the first Stewart monarch, King Robert II of Scotland . Early life
Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of Stewart. Upon the death of his uncle David II, Robert succeeded to the throne.
Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl, Strathearn and Caithness (c. 1360 – 26 March 1437) was a Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert II of Scotland. Stewart advocated for the ransom and return to Scotland of the future king in exile, James I, in 1424. In 1425 he served as a member of the jury of 21 which tried and executed his nephew Murdoch Stewart ...
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 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]
Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (died 1437), sixth and youngest son of Robert II, was attainted (his honours forfeit) and executed for his part in the murder of James I Earls of Atholl; Eighth creation (1457)
Walter was a younger son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland, and his wife Bethóc or Beatrix of Angus, daughter of Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, and wife Marjorie of Huntingdon. [1] In 1258-59, Walter accompanied Louis IX of France on his Crusade, according to tradition. [1]
Her husband died in 1346, and she remained a widow for nine years. On 2 May 1355, Euphemia married Robert Stewart, sole son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Marjorie Bruce. Marjorie was a daughter of Robert I of Scotland (Robert The Bruce), and his first wife, Isabella of Mar. Over a decade earlier, her second husband, Robert ...