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STEWART, Alexander of Dundonald, 4th High Steward of Scotland, Regent
(1214-1283)
Jean
(About 1225-)
Alexander de Bonkyl (Berwickshire), Sir
(About 1220-)
STEWART, John of Bonkyl, jure uxoris, Sir
(About 1245-1298)
Margaret heiress of Bonkyl
(About 1254-)
STEWART, Alan of Dreghorn, ancestor of Stewarts of Darnley, Sir
(About 1280-1333)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Unknown

STEWART, Alan of Dreghorn, ancestor of Stewarts of Darnley, Sir 1 2 3 4

  • Born: About 1280
  • Marriage (1): Unknown
  • Died: 19 July 1333, Battle of Halidon Hill, Berwick on Tweed, England 1 4

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  General Notes:

"The Stewarts of Garlies, Earls of Galloway, descend from Sir John Stewart, commonly called ' of Bonkyl, through his second son Sir Alan (in the male line) and his fourth son Sir Walter (in a female line) ..."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)



"Sir Alan Stewart, second son of Sir John Stewart of Bonkyll, accompanied Edward Bruce to Ireland in 1315, and next year was taken prisoner by the English, but was soon released, and continued to fight against them. He received from King Robert I. the lands of Dreghorn, in Ayrshire, and fell with his two brothers, James and John Stewart, at the battle of Halidonhill in 1333, having had issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 2 4


Alan married.


Sources


1 ancestry.co.uk, Dictionary of National Biography.

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

4 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

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