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NameWalter Stewart 
[54, His son's article], [73, Scots Kings, Vol I, p.8], [73, Scots Kings, Vol I, p.14]
[54, His son's article], [73, Scots Kings, Vol I, p.8], [73, Scots Kings, Vol I, p.14]Birth1292
Death1326 [54, His son's article]
General6th High Steward. Baron of Bathgate & of Linlithgow.
FatherJames Stewart (ca1243-1309)
MotherEgidis de Burgh
Spouses
FatherRobert I Bruce King of Scotland (1274-1329)
MotherIsabel (-<1302)
Marriage1315 [54, Her son's article]
ChildrenRobert II (1316-1390)
2Isobel Graham [73, Kings of Scotland, Vol I, p. 14], [73, Graham dukes of Montrose article, Vol 6, p. 197]
[73, Kings of Scotland, Vol I, p. 14], [73, Graham dukes of Montrose article, Vol 6, p. 197]FatherSir John Graham (ca1278-1337)
MotherIsabella
Notes for Walter Stewart
2nd s. but 1st surviving. m.(2) Isabel Graham.
He signed the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. confirmed by McAndrew, p. 139.
He signed the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. confirmed by McAndrew, p. 139.
Armorial Blazon notes for Walter Stewart
Or a fess chequy Argent and Azure.
Blazon source notes for Walter Stewart
Bruce A McAndrew, “Scotland’s Historic Heraldry”, p. 139.
DNB Main notes for Walter Stewart
Co-subject: Stewart, Walter
Dates: 1293-1326
Active Date: 1326
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Royalty and Society
Occupation: High steward of Scotland
Walter Stewart 1293-1326, the eldest son, who succeeded his father as high steward, distinguished himself under Bruce in the English wars. At the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, though then, according to Barbour, `but a beardless hyne,' he, with Sir James Douglas, commanded the left wing. In the following year Robert Bruce gave him his daughter Marjory in marriage, along with the barony of Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, and other lands; and in 1316, during the absence of Bruce in Ireland, he was, with Sir James Douglas, entrusted with the government of the kingdom. On the capture of Berwick from the English, Bruce entrusted the defence of the town and castle to Stewart, who, after repelling all the efforts of Edward to take them by assault, until the defeat of the English at Mitton, eventually compelled Edward to raise the siege. He signed the letter to the pope on 6 April 1320 asserting the independence of Scotland (Acta Parl. Scotl. i. 474). In 1322 he was engaged with Douglas and Randolph in the attempt to surprise Edward at Byland Abbey near Malton, Yorkshire, and after the escape of Edward pursued him with five hundred horse to the gates of York. He died on 9 April 1326, and was buried at Paisley. By his wife, Marjory Bruce, who died in 1316, he had a son Robert, who succeeded to the Scottish throne as Robert II [q.v.]. After her death he married Isabel, daughter of Sir John Graham of Abercorn, by whom he had two sons, Sir John of Ralston and Sir Andrew. He is also stated to have married as his first wife Alice, daughter of Sir John Erskine, and to have had by her an only child Jean, the first wife of Hugh, earl of Ross; but this must be regarded as doubtful.
Dates: 1293-1326
Active Date: 1326
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Royalty and Society
Occupation: High steward of Scotland
Walter Stewart 1293-1326, the eldest son, who succeeded his father as high steward, distinguished himself under Bruce in the English wars. At the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, though then, according to Barbour, `but a beardless hyne,' he, with Sir James Douglas, commanded the left wing. In the following year Robert Bruce gave him his daughter Marjory in marriage, along with the barony of Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, and other lands; and in 1316, during the absence of Bruce in Ireland, he was, with Sir James Douglas, entrusted with the government of the kingdom. On the capture of Berwick from the English, Bruce entrusted the defence of the town and castle to Stewart, who, after repelling all the efforts of Edward to take them by assault, until the defeat of the English at Mitton, eventually compelled Edward to raise the siege. He signed the letter to the pope on 6 April 1320 asserting the independence of Scotland (Acta Parl. Scotl. i. 474). In 1322 he was engaged with Douglas and Randolph in the attempt to surprise Edward at Byland Abbey near Malton, Yorkshire, and after the escape of Edward pursued him with five hundred horse to the gates of York. He died on 9 April 1326, and was buried at Paisley. By his wife, Marjory Bruce, who died in 1316, he had a son Robert, who succeeded to the Scottish throne as Robert II [q.v.]. After her death he married Isabel, daughter of Sir John Graham of Abercorn, by whom he had two sons, Sir John of Ralston and Sir Andrew. He is also stated to have married as his first wife Alice, daughter of Sir John Erskine, and to have had by her an only child Jean, the first wife of Hugh, earl of Ross; but this must be regarded as doubtful.