Biography of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Paternal Family Tree: Stewart

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar 1360

On 28 Sep 1361 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 21) and [his mother] Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife (age 27) were married. He by marriage Earl Menteith. She the daughter of [his grandfather] John Graham Earl Menteith and [his grandmother] Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar. He the son of [his grandfather] King Robert II of Scotland (age 45) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.

In 1362 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany was born to Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 22) and Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife (age 28).

Around 1380 [his mother] Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife (age 46) died.

In 1381 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 41) and [his step-mother] Muriella Keith Duchess Albany (age 23) were married. He the son of [his grandfather] King Robert II of Scotland (age 64) and [his grandmother] Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England.

Before 1400 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 37) and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany were married. She by marriage Duchess Albany. She the daughter of Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox (age 54). He the son of Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 59) and Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England.

In or after 1400 [his son] Walter Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 38) and [his wife] Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany at Lennox.

On 03 Sep 1420 [his father] Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany (age 80) died at Stirling Castle [Map]. His son Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 58) succeeded 2nd Duke Albany. His son [his half-brother] John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan (age 39) succeeded 2nd Earl Buchan. Elizabeth Douglas Countess Buchan and Orkney and Caithness by marriage Countess Buchan.

1425 Purge of the Albany Stewarts

Following the Battle of Verneuil at which [his half-brother] John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan, brother of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63) and key ally of the Albany Stewarts, was killed, King James I of Scotland (age 30) felt able to take action against the Albany Stewarts for their protracted regency whilst James was hostage in England.

Before 18 May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63) and his younger son [his son] Alexander Stewart were arrested and confined in St Andrew's Castle then moved to Caerlaverock Castle. His [his wife] wife was arrested at the family's home of Doune Castle and imprisoned at Tantallon Castle.

Murdoch's son [his son] James "Fat aka Seamas Mòr" Stewart led the men of Lennox and Argyll in open rebellion against the crown. He attacked and burned the burgh of Dumbarton with much loss of life.

On 18 May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63), his two sons [his son] Walter Stewart (age 25) and [his son] Alexander Stewart, and [his father-in-law] Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox (age 80) were tried at Stirling Castle [Map] in the presence of King James I of Scotland (age 30).

The jury which condemned them was composed of 21 knights and peers, including Albany's half-uncle [his uncle] Walter Stewart 1st Earl Atholl 3rd Earl Caithness (age 65), first cousin Alexander Stewart 1st Earl of Mar (age 50), first cousins once-removed Archibald Douglas 2nd Duke Touraine (age 35), and Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles.

On 24 May 1425 Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany (age 63), [his son] Walter Stewart (age 25), [his son] Alexander Stewart and [his father-in-law] Duncan Lennox 8th Earl Lennox (age 80) were beheaded at Heading Hill at Stirling Castle.

In 1458 [his former wife] Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany died.

Scotichronicon Book 15 Chapter 14. [14 Sep 1402]. In that battle the following were captured: Sir Murdoch Stewart, eldest son of the governor; the second Sir Archibald earl of Douglas, who lost an eye; Thomas earl of Moray and George earl of Angus, the last of whom [soon] died from an epidemic of plague in England. Besides these the following knights were also taken prisoner there: Sir Robert Erskine of Alloa; Sir William Abernethy of Saltoun; Sir James Douglas master of Dalkeith and his two brothers James and William; Sir William Airth of that Ilk with his son and heir Hugh; Sir John Stewart of Lorn; Sir John Seton of that IIk; Sir William Sinclair of Herdmanston; Sir George Leslie of Rothes; Sir James Sinclair of Longformacus with his son John; Sir Patrick Dunbar of Biel; Sir Alexander Home of Dunglass; Sir Adam Forrester of Corstorphine; Sir William Stewart of Angus; Sir Robert Stewart of Durisdeer; Sir Walter Bickerton of Luffness; Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig; Sir John Ramsay of Carnock; Sir Elias de Kinninmonth of that Ilk; Sir Laurence Ramsay of Clatto; Sir John Ker of Samuelston; Sir Fergus MacDowall of Galloway, with various others, on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. What more can be said? The flower as it were of the fighting men of the whole realm of Scotland was captured and ransomed.

[his son] Isabel Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

[his son] James "Fat aka Seamas Mòr" Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

[his son] Alexander Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

[his son] Robert Stewart was born to Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany and Isabel Countess Lennox Duchess Albany.

Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

King Robert II of Scotland 1316-1390

King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland 1274-1329

Royal Ancestors of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Kings Wessex: Great x 10 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 6 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 7 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 5 Grand Son of King John of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 10 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 1362-1425

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bethóc Angus

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Stewart 5th High Steward

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 6th High Steward

GrandFather: King Robert II of Scotland 3 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bruce Earl Carrick 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Lady Annandale 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Niall Carrick 2nd Earl Carrick

Great x 3 Grandmother: Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Stewart Countess Carrick

Great x 1 Grandmother: Marjory Bruce 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Donald Mar 6th Earl Mar

Great x 3 Grandfather: Donald Mar 7th Earl Mar

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabella Mar Great Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar Grand Daughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John of England

Father: Robert Stewart 1st Duke Albany 4 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Adam Mure

GrandMother: Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland

Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke Albany 5 x Great Grand Son of King John of England

GrandFather: John Graham Earl Menteith

Mother: Margaret Graham Countess Menteith and Fife

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alexander Menteith I Earl Menteith

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Menteith I Countess Menteith

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan I Earl Menteith

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alan II Earl Menteith

GrandMother: Margaret Graham 2nd Countess Menteith and Mar