STEWART, Alexander Earl of Mar and Garioch, jure uxoris 2
- Born: About 1377
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Marriage (2): DOUGLAS, Isabella Countess of Mar, and Garioch, suo jure by 2 January 1404(1405) 1
- Marriage (3): VAN HOERNE, Marie heiress of Duffel in Brabant by 1411 1
- Died: 1435 1
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Alexander married.
Alexander next married Isabella DOUGLAS Countess of Mar, and Garioch, suo jure, daughter of William DOUGLAS Earl of Douglas, 'Earl of Mar', jure uxoris and Margaret Countess of Mar, by 2 January 1404(1405).1 (Isabella DOUGLAS Countess of Mar, and Garioch, suo jure was born about 1365 and died by October 1408 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"The Countess was married, secondly, to Sir Alexander Stewart, eldest natural son of Alexander, Earl of Buchan, the 'Wolf of Badenoch,' a young man of wild tendencies, and a leader of 'caterans.' He is said to have seized the person of the Countess as well as her castle of Kildrummy, but on 12 August 1404 she conveyed to him and to his heirs to be born betwixt them, whom failing, to his lawful heirs whomsoever, her earldom of Mar and her other lands, on the footing of a contract of marriage betwixt them. This however, was probably compulsory, and the charter was never confirmed by the King, a fact which rendered it wholly invalid. On 19 September 1404, in presence of a distinguished company, Sir Alexander went through the form, for it was nothing more, of delivering up to the Countess her castle with all its contents. She then, with the keys in her hands, chose him publicly as her husband, and made over to him all her earldom and lands. This was followed by a charter by the Countess repeating the former grant, dated 9 December 1404, with a very different destination, namely, to his heirs to be born of the marriage, whom failing, to her heirs on either side. This important writ was duly confirmed by King Robert III. on 21 January 1404-5. The marriage apparently took place between 9 December 1404 and 2 January 1404-5, as on the latter date Sir Alexander Stewart is styled Lord of Mar, and after the royal confirmation he appears as Earl of Mar and Garioch."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1
Alexander next married Marie VAN HOERNE heiress of Duffel in Brabant by 1411.1 (Marie VAN HOERNE heiress of Duffel in Brabant was born about 1370 and died before June 1436 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"He (Alexander Stewart) returned to Scotland in the beginning of 1409. Some time between that and 1411 he married the heiress of Duffel in Brabant, and is styled Lord of Duffel in a writ of 17 March 1410-11, but it is said he was separated from her. An effort was certainly made in that direction, as in 1415, at the instance of Robert, Duke of Albany, Pope Benedict XIII. issued a commission to declare the marriage null which Alexander, Earl of Mar, had contracted in Brabant with Maria de Hoorne. He had lived with her eight days or so, and then returned to Scotland ; she having been previously married to one from whom she had separated without a judge's decree ; and the Earl now wished to marry another. The marriage, however, was not annulled, as on 18 December 1415 the Earl and Mary his wife received an indulgence to choose a confessor, and in a writ of 1432 she is described as Marie van Hoerne (daughter of William van Hoorne and Marie van Randerode), and it is said that her husband the Earl of Mar has not for a long time past been in Brabant, and is no more in a position to go there."
from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1
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