[1] The effigy is placed on top of the altar tomb and shows Stewart in full and highly detailed knightly armour, with a lion (or dog) resting at his feet.
He is known to history as the deeply unpopular "Wolf of Badenoch," a name given due to his notorious cruelty, in particular for his destruction of the royal burgh of Elgin and its 13th-century cathedral on June 17, 1390,[2] for which he earned a reputation as "an enemy of the Church".
[7] The monument remains in its original position behind the choir screen at the east end of the cathedral,[1] while Stewart's grave is underneath.
The altar (or "chest") tomb contains 22 pleurants (or "weepers", that is, sculpted figures representing mourners) dressed in armour; eight on each long side and three at each end.
It reads, "His Jacet Domninus Alexander Senescallus, Dominus De Badenoch, Bonæ Memorle, Qui Obit 24 Die Mensis Julii, Anno Domini 1394".