Alexander Stewart | |
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| 4th High Steward of Scotland | |
 Coat of arms of Stewart, High Stewards of Scotland: Or, a fess chequy argent and azure. The fess is an allusion to the chequered tablecloth used by the High Steward in the Court of Exchequer for counting money. | |
| Tenure | 1246–1282 |
| Predecessor | Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland |
| Successor | James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland |
| Born | c. 1210 |
| Died | 1282 |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Parents | Walter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland |
Alexander Stewart (c. 1210 – 1282), known as Alexander of Dundonald, was a Scottish magnate who in 1241 succeeded his father as hereditary High Steward of Scotland.[1][2]
- ^ G. W. S. Barrow (23 September 2004). "Stewart family (c. 1110–c. 1350)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49411. Retrieved 12 September 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Paul, James Balfour, ed. (1904), The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, p. 13, retrieved 12 September 2022