Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland

Alexander Stewart
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.
Tenure1246–1282
PredecessorWalter Stewart, 3rd High Steward of Scotland
SuccessorJames Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland
Bornc. 1210
Died1282
NationalityScottish
ParentsWalter 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]

  1. ^ 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.)
  2. ^ 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