Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland

Walter, Steward of Dundonald (or Walter Óg) (d. 1246) [ Anderson, William, "The Scottish Nation", Edinburgh, 1867, vol.ix, p.512] was 3rd hereditary High Steward of Scotland and Justiciar of Scotia. [ Anderson (1867) vol.ix, p.512]

He was the eldest son of Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland by his second wife Alesta, daughter of Morggán, Earl of Mar. He was the first to use Steward as a surname, and was designated "of Dundonald". [ Simpson, David, "The Genealogical and Chronological History of the Stuarts", 1713, p.38]

He witnessed a charter by King Alexander II, under the designation of "Walterus filius Alani, Senescallus, Justiciar Scotiae" [ Burke, Messrs., John and John Bernard, "The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales" &c., volume 2, London, 1851, pps: xl and xli] 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". [ Nisbet, Alexander, "A System of Heraldry" volume 1, Edinburgh 1722, facsimile 1984, part 1, p.43,]

Walter married Bethóc, daughter of Gille Críst, Earl of Angus and his wife Marjorie, said to be a daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon. 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. [ 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.]
*John, killed at Damietta in 1249, Egypt during the Seventh Crusade.
*Walter Balloch ("the Freckled"), who married Mary de Menteith and became Earl of Menteith.
*William
*Beatrix, married Maol Domhnaich, Earl of Lennox.
*Christian
*Eupheme, married Patrick, 6th Earl of Dunbar, who also fell at Damietta.
*Margaret, married her cousin Niall, Earl of Carrick.
*Sybella, married Colin Fitzgerald, 1st Lord of Kintail.

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References

* Miller, James, "The History of Dunbar", Dunbar, 1830, p.18.
* 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.
* Mackenzie, A. M., MA., D.Litt., "The Rise of the Stewarts", London, 1935, pps.10-11.