Walter Stewart 6th High Steward 1296-1327

Paternal Family Tree: Walter Stewart 6th High Steward

Maternal Family Tree: Walter Stewart 6th High Steward

In or before 1296 [his father] James Stewart 5th High Steward and [his mother] Egidia Burgh were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster and [his grandmother] Aveline Fitzjohn Countess Ulster. They were fourth cousin twice removed.

Around 1296 Walter Stewart 6th High Steward was born to James Stewart 5th High Steward and Egidia Burgh.

On 16th July 1309 [his father] James Stewart 5th High Steward died. His succeeded son Walter [aged 13] succeeded 6th High Steward of Scotland.

Battle of Bannockburn

The Bruce 1306. [24th June 1314] Lines 4.39-58:

The Queyn, and als dame Marjory,	The Queen [aged 30]¹, and also Lady Marjory [aged 18],
Hyr dochtyr that syne worthily	Her daughter who later worthily
Wes coupillyt in-to Goddis band	Was joined into God's bond
With Walter, Stewart off Scotland;	With Walter [aged 18], Stewart of Scotland;
That wald on na wys langar ly	Who would not in any way longer stay
In the castell off Kyldromy,	In the castle of Kildrummy,
To byd a sege, ar ridin raith	To await a siege, but riding quickly
With knychtis and with squyeris bath,	With knights and with squires both,
Throw Ros, rycht to the gyrth off Tayne.	Through Ross, right to the girth of Tayne².
Bot that travaill thai maid in vayne;	But their efforts were in vain;
For thai off Ros, that wald nocht ber	For the men of Ross³, who would not bear
For thaim na blayme, na yheit danger,	Any blame or even danger for them,
Owt off the gyrth thame all has tayne;	Out of the girth, they all have been taken;
And syne has send thaim evirilkane	And then they have sent them all
Rycht in-till Ingland, to the King,	Right into England, to the King,
That gert draw all the men, and hing;	Who ordered all the men to be drawn and hanged;
And put the ladyis in presoune,	And put the ladies in prison⁴,
Sum in-till castell, sum in dongeoun.	Some in a castle, some in a dungeon.
It wes gret pite for till heir	It was a great pity to hear
Folk till be troublyt on this maneir.	People being troubled in this manner.

Note 1. dame Marjory. Bruce's daughter by his first wife, Isabel, daughter of Donald Earl of Mar. She afterwards married Walter, the High Steward (see Bk. XIII. 689).

Note 2. the gyrth of Tayne. The enclosure or "sanctuary" attached to the chapel of St. Duthac, at Tain, Ross-shire, a favourite place of pilgrimage with the Scottish kings, especially James IV. There was, however, no privilege of sanctuary for treason. William Earl of Ross was in the English interest, and on May 20, 1308, is the recipient of thanks from Edward II. "for faithful service to his father and himself" (Bain, iii., No. 43). Hemingburgh says "the new Queen" was taken in Kildrummy (ii. 249); Gray that Cristina Bruce was captured there, and the Queen and Nigel Bruce in Dunaverty (Scala., p. 131); Trivet agrees with the second statement, but obviously confuses (p. 410); according to Fordun the Queen was taken at Tain, and many ladies at "Kyndrumy" (Gesta Ann., cxx.).

Note 3. thai of Ros. Fordun says the Queen was seized at St. Duthac's by the Earl of Ross (Gesta Ann., cxx.).

Note 4. put the ladyis in presoune. On November 7, 1306, there are "further orders for the custody of the Countesses of Carrick (the Queen) and Buchan, Marie, and Christine, the sisters, and Margerie the daughter, of Robert de Bruce ... three of the ladies to be in 'kages.'" (Bain, ii., No. 1851). The Countess of Buchan, who had crowned Bruce, was to be placed in a cage of wooden bars and lattice in one of the turrets of Berwick Castle (Palgrave, p. 358; Scala., p. 131); Marie Bruce in a "kage" in Roxburgh (Palgrave, 359); Marjory in a "kage" in the Tower of London (359); Cristina [aged 41] in ward in England (Palgrave, 359). The Queen was to be in custody at "Brustewik" (Palgrave p. 357); was removed thence by an order of June 22, 1308 (Bain, iii., No. 48). Marjory was in ward at Wattone in March, 1307 (Bain, ii., 1910). By 1311-1312 Maria de Brus is a prisoner in Newcastle (Bain, iii., 227, 340).

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In 1315 Walter Stewart 6th High Steward [aged 19] and Marjorie Bruce [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [aged 40] and Isabella Mar. They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King John of England.

After 1316 Walter Stewart 6th High Steward [aged 20] and Isabel Graham of Abercorn [aged 18] were married.

On 2nd March 1316 [his son] King Robert II of Scotland was born to Walter Stewart 6th High Steward [aged 20] and [his wife] Marjorie Bruce [aged 20] at Paisley Abbey. His mother Marjorie Bruce died in childbirth. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England. He married (1) 1336 Elizabeth Mure Queen Consort Scotland and had issue (2) 1356 Euphemia Ross Queen Consort Scotland, daughter of Hugh 4th Earl Ross and Margaret Graham Countess Ross, and had issue.

Around 1320 [his daughter] Egidia Stewart was born to Walter Stewart 6th High Steward [aged 24] and [his wife] Isabel Graham of Abercorn [aged 22]. She married before 1406 James Douglas of Dalkeith.

Around 1324 [his son] John Stewart of Ralstoun was born to Walter Stewart 6th High Steward [aged 28] and [his wife] Isabel Graham of Abercorn [aged 26].

In 1325 [his wife] Isabel Graham of Abercorn [aged 27] died.

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After 1325 [his son] Andrew Stewart was born to Walter Stewart 6th High Steward [aged 29] and [his former wife] Isabel Graham of Abercorn [deceased].

On 9th April 1327 Walter Stewart 6th High Steward [aged 31] died.

Death of David II of Scotland

On 22nd February 1371 [his former brother-in-law] King David II of Scotland [aged 46] died without issue at Edinburgh Castle [Map]. He was buried at Holyrood Abbey [Map]. His succeeded nephew Robert [aged 54] succeeded II King Scotland. He, David, was the last of the male line of the House of Bruce. Robert, the first of the House of Stewart, being the son of his sister Marjorie Bruce who had married Walter Stewart 6th High Steward.

Ancestors of Walter Stewart 6th High Steward 1296-1327

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Fitzalan 1st High Steward

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alan Fitzwalter 2nd High Steward

Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward

GrandFather: Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward 2 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: Gille Críst Angus 4th Earl Angus

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bethóc Angus Great Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria Son of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marjorie Dunkeld Countess Angus Grand Daughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria 3 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey 2 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Father: James Stewart 5th High Steward 3 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Walter Stewart 6th High Steward 4 x Great Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Burgh

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Burgh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Unknown

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Mór Burgh 1st Baron Connaught

GrandFather: Walter Burgh 1st Earl of Ulster 8 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Lacy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Lacy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Lacy Lord Meath

Great x 4 Grandfather: Baderon Monmouth Lord Monmouth

Great x 3 Grandmother: Rohese Monmouth Baroness Lacy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Rohese de Clare

Great x 1 Grandmother: Egidia Lacy Baroness Connaught 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 3rd Baron Bramber

Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 4th Baron Bramber 5 x Great Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bertha Gloucester Baroness Bramber 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret de Braose 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard St Valery

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud "Lady of Hay" St Valery Baroness Bramber

Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Unknown

Mother: Egidia Burgh 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Fitzpeter 1st Earl Essex

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fitzgeoffrey

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Clare 2nd Earl Hertford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Gernon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Aveline Clare Countess Essex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud St Hilary Countess Hertford

GrandMother: Aveline Fitzjohn Countess Ulster 8 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Bigod 1st Earl Norfolk

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Bigod 2nd Earl Norfolk

Great x 4 Grandmother: Juliana de Vere

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Bigod 3rd Earl Norfolk 6 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Tosny 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beaumont 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Bigod 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Marshal Countess Norfolk and Surrey 6 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke 4 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham

Walter Stewart 6th High Steward 1296-1327