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- 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.
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