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Sir Walter Of Scotland

Male 1292 - 1327  (35 years)


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  • Name Walter Of Scotland 
    Prefix Sir 
    Born 1292  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 9 Apr 1327  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Paisley, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7147  MyTree
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2009 

    Father Sir James Stewart Of Scotland,   d. 1309 
    Mother Jill du Bourg Of Ulster 
    Family ID F3368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marjory Of Bruce,   b. 1296, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1316, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years) 
    Married 1315 
    Children 
    +1. Robert II Of Scotland,   b. 2 Mar 1316, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1390, Dundonald Castle, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F1973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Walter Stewart, the 6th Great Steward of Scotland, commanded the left
      wing of the Scottish army at the Battle of Bannockburn (with his
      cousin, Sir James Douglas), in 1314, when he was age twenty-one.
      Walter was knighted by King Robert Bruce for his bravery at
      Bannockburn. At the end of 1314, Walter was sent by Robert Bruce to
      the English to retrieve the king's wife and other members of his
      family who had been held prisoners of the English for many years.

      In 1315, King Robert Bruce gave his daughter Marjory in marriage to
      the now twenty-two year-old Walter, and with her gave in free marriage
      the barony of Bathgate, with Riccarton and Ratho, and other lands.
      Before that marriage, the issue of who would succeed to the Crown of
      Scotland had been settled. If the brother of Robert Bruce, Edward
      Bruce, had no male heirs (which he died in Ireland without male
      heirs), then the Crown went to Marjory. After Robert Stewart was born
      to Marjory and Walter Stewart, he (Robert) was made the heir to the
      Crown (parliament held at Scone 3 Dec 1318).

      At the death of King David Bruce, Robert Stewart (Robert II) became
      the King of Scotland, and the first of the Stewart line.

      Walter was Regent of Scotland during Robert Bruce's expedition into
      Ireland in 1316. He defended Berwick, Scotland, against an English
      army. Walter made a raid into Yorkshire, in England, in 1322, with Sir
      James Douglas, that nearly resulted in the capture of King Edward II
      of England.



      Commander at Bannockburn in 1314. He was Regent of Scotland.