Alexander Stewart (c. 1214 – 1283), known as Alexander of Dundonald, was a Scottish magnate who in 1241 succeeded his father as hereditary High Steward of Scotland.

Origins

He was the son of Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland.

Career

He fought on the Seventh Crusade under King Louis IX of France, during which his younger brother John was killed at Damietta in Egypt in 1249.

References

Bibliography

  • Lauder-Frost, Gregory, F.S.A.Scot., "East Anglian Stewarts" in The Scottish Genealogist, Dec.2004, vol.LI, no.4., pps:151-161.
  • Nisbet, Alexander, 1722. Vol.1,p. 48; and appendix, page 149.
  • Burke, Messrs., John and John Bernard, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, and Their Descendants &c., volume 2, London, 1851, p. xlii.
  • Anderson, William, "The Scottish Nation", Edinburgh, 1867, vol.vii, p. 200.
  • Mackenzie, A. M., MA., D.Litt., The Rise of the Stewarts, London, 1935, pp. 13–14.
  • The Marquis de Ruvigny & Raineval, The Jacobite Peerage &c., London & Edinburgh (1904), 1974 reprint, p. 8n. Agnatic ancestor of British kings.