When Alexander Stewart 4th High Steward Of Scotland was born on 1 May 1216, in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Walter Stewart 3rd High Steward of Scotland, was 36 and his mother, Lady Beatrix de Angus, was 32. He married Countess Jean Macrory in 1242, in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. In 1308, his occupation is listed as member of parliament in Scotland, United Kingdom. He died on 16 June 1283, in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 67, and was buried in Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: originally an occupational name for an administrative official of an estate, from Middle English stiward, Old English stigweard, stīweard, a compound of stig ‘house(hold)’ + weard ‘guardian’. In the Anglo-Saxon period this title was used of an officer controlling the domestic affairs of a household, especially of the royal household; after the Norman Conquest it was also used more widely as the native equivalent of Seneschal, for the steward of a manor or manager of an estate. In Scotland the term was also used of a magistrate originally appointed by the king to administer crown lands, forming a stewartry.
History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland, the royal family of Scotland from the 14th century, and of England from 1603, when James VI of Scotland acceded to the English throne as James I. There were many minor branches of the family left in Britain after the flight of James II in 1688, but not every bearer of the surname can claim relationship with the royal house, even in Scotland. Every great house in medieval England and Scotland had its steward, and in many cases the office gave rise to a hereditary surname. The fall of the house of Stuart in Britain, conversely, led to the establishment of several highly placed branches bearing this surname in continental Europe, which are in most cases related to the old Scottish royal family.
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Possible Related NamesBIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#AlanStewartDreghorndied1333A as of 12/9/2018 ALEXANDER Stewart, son of WALTER FitzAlan High Steward of Scotland & his wife --- (-1283). The Li …
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