Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Buchan Earls--

Alexander Stewart
Earl of Buchan
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(1343-1405)
1382-1405

Physical appearance & personal qualities.
"Alexander Stewart was a vicious, bloodthirsty and brutal character, he abused his power and maintained a rule of terror across much of the Highlands by imprisoning and murdering those who offended him. He was said to be huge in stature with a florid complexion and jet black beard, he accompanied his men on missions to rape and pillage within villages in the surrounding countryside, and was merciless in his actions. He was consequently censured by the King's Council in 1388. . . ." (Scottish Monarchs)

His lovers were:
1) Mariota Athyn.
Lover in 1375-1390s

Natural offspring:
a. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar.
b. Sir Alexander Stewart of Sandhauch
c. Donnchadh Stewart
d. James Stewart
e. Walter Stewart
f. Robert Stewart
g. Margaret Stewart, Mar 6th Earl of Sutherland.

" . . . Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, had perceived its potentialities and made it his headquarters for the domination and control of the North-East, transferring here from Ruthven or upper Speyside the principal seat of his vast Lordship of Badenoch. Here he had installed Mariota de Athyn, his famous concubine and chief mistress, daughter of the chiefly house of Mackay of Strathnaver; and here were reared their five sons and one daughter.

"Alexander added considerably to his landholdings by marrying Eupheme de Ross, Countess of Ross in July 1382. They had no children: a fact that Alexander blamed on his wife (and, to be fair, as he was by then well on his way to fathering his total of around 40 illegitimate children by a large number of different women, he was probably right). In 1389 Alexander sought the intervention of the Bishop of Moray, Bishop Alexander Bur, to bring his marriage to an end. The Bishop came down on the side of Eupheme, and when Alexander then expelled her to make way for his mistress of the moment, Mariota Athyn, he was excommunicated by the Bishop of Moray." (undiscoveredscotland.co)

2) Mairead nighean Eachann.

Natural offspring:
a. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar
b. Sir Andrew of Sandhauch
c. Donnchadh
d. James
e. Walter
f. Robert
g. Margaret married Robert de Moravia, 6th Earl of Sutherland

"Alexander fathered no children with this wife, but did have seven with his longstanding mistress Mairead inghean Eachann, with whom he cohabited, further adding insult to injury. . . ." (Caledonian Mercury)

(1442-1499)
1469-1499
Scottish aristocrat
Chamberlain of Scotland.

Son of James Stewart, the Black Knight of Lorne, & Joan Beaufort, the widow of James I of Scotland.

Husband of: Margaret Ogilvie, mar 1467, heiress of Sir Alexander Ogilvie of Auchterhouse

Children:
a. Alexander Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (d.1505)
b. Isabel Stewart of Buchan, mistress of James IV of Scotland, and mother of Lady Janet Stewart, who was a mistress of Henri II of France.

His lover was:
Margaret Murray (1446-?). 

" . . . Although he had a wife and children, Hearty James inherited the Beaufort libido. He had a mistress, Mrs. Margaret Murray, by whom he had two children -- James Stewart, 1st Laird of Traquair and Agnes Stewart who continued in the tradition of his mother. . . ." (Some Royal Bastards with Magna Carta Roots)

Natural offspring:
a. James Stewart, 1st Laird of Traguair (1480-1513)

b. Lady Agnes Stewart (d.1557), wife of below:

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