Clan Stewart

[6] Walter was created High Steward of Scotland and was granted large estates in Renfrewshire and East Lothian.

[5] Walter was one of the commanders of the royal army which defeated Somerled of the Isles (ancestor of Clan Donald) at the Battle of Renfrew in 1164.

[7][8][9] During the Wars of Scottish Independence, James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland swore fealty to Edward I of England.

[5] Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland married Marjory, daughter of king Robert the Bruce.

[5] As a family the Stewarts (Stuarts) held the throne of Scotland and later England until the death of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in 1714.

[5] The Dukedom of Albany is a peerage title that was bestowed on some younger sons in the Scottish and later the British royal family, particularly in the House of Stuart.

[5] Robert II's fourth son was Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, who was famed as the Wolf of Badenoch and was responsible for the destruction of Elgin Cathedral.

[5] Sir John's younger son, James Stewart, was killed in 1333 at the Battle of Halidon Hill.

[5] Queen Joanna, widow of James I of Scotland married the Black Knight of Lorne who was descended from the fourth High Steward.

[5] Their son was John Stewart of Balveny who was granted the Earldom of Atholl by his half-brother, James II of Scotland.

The Earls Castle Stewart claim to be the head representatives in the pure male line of the Scottish Royal House of Stuart.

undiffered arms of stewart
undiffered arms of stewart
Arms of Stuart of Albany
Arms of Stuart of Albany
Arms of Stuart of Buchan
Arms of Stuart of Buchan
Arms of Stewart of Barclye
Arms of Stewart of Barclye
Arms of Stewart of Garlies
Arms of Stewart of Garlies
Arms of Stewart of Minto
Arms of Stewart of Minto
Arms of Stewart of Physgill
Arms of Stewart of Physgill
Arms of Stewart of Bute
Arms of Stewart of Bute
Arms of Stuart of Bute
Arms of Stuart of Bute
Arms of Stewart of Moray
Arms of Stewart of Moray
Arms of Stewart of Atholl
Arms of Stewart of Atholl
Arms of Stewart of Rothesay
Arms of Stewart of Rothesay
Arms of Stewart of Carrick
Arms of Stewart of Carrick
Arms of Stewart of Ross
Arms of Stewart of Ross
Arms of Stewart of Strathearn
Arms of Stewart of Strathearn
Arms of Stewart of Galloway
Arms of Stewart of Galloway
Arms of Stuart of Darnley
Arms of Stuart of Darnley
Arms of Stuart, Earl of Lennox
Arms of Stuart, Earl of Lennox
Arms of Stewart of Ardvorlich
Arms of Stewart of Ardvorlich
Arms of Stewart of Avandale
Arms of Stewart of Avandale
Arms of Stuart, Lord Ochiltree
Arms of Stuart, Lord Ochiltree
Castle Stalker , a seat of the Stewarts of Appin
Doune Castle , seat of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany
A Victorian era , romanticised depiction of a member of the clan by R. R. McIan , from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands , published in 1845.