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Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, called the Wolf of Badenoch (1343 – July 1394), was a Scottish royal prince, the third son of King Robert II of Scotland by his first wife Elizabeth Mure. He was Justiciar of Scotia and held large territories in the north of Scotland.
The Mormaer ( / mɔːrˈmɛər /) or Earl of Buchan ( / ˈbʌxən /) was originally the provincial ruler of the medieval province of Buchan. Buchan was the first Mormaerdom in the High Medieval Kingdom of the Scots to pass into the hands of a non-Scottish family in the male line.
Alexander Stewart died in 1394 (or, according to some sources, 1405) and he was then buried in Dunkeld Cathedral. His tomb, topped by an effigy in armour, is one of the few Scottish royal monuments to have survived from the Middle Ages.
Alexander Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (died 1505) was the only son of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan, and Margaret Ogilvy. Alexander succeeded to the Earldom and the Barony of Kingedward and other lands, probably in 1499, as he got sasine of the Earldom on 23 January 1499/1500.
Dec 11, 2022 · Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Alexander (Stewart) Stewart Earl of Buchan born abt. 1343 Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland died 1406 Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland including ancestors + descendants + 3 photos + 4 genealogist comments + Y-chromosome DNA + more in the free family tree community.
Buchan, Alexander Stewart, 1st earl of [S] (d. c. 1406). Lord of Badenoch. The fourth son of Robert II, he was made a justiciar in northern Scotland (1372), in which post he earned his nickname of ‘Wolf of Badenoch’.
1343 - 20 June 1405. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, known as the Wolf of Badenoch, was the third surviving son of Robert II, King of Scots and Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan, he was legitimated in 1349 after his parents married.
If so, the king was to be disappointed, for Alexander Stewart, later nicknamed ‘the Wolf of Badenoch’, would go on to become one of the most notorious figures of the entire Middle Ages. Throughout the 1370s and 1380s, Alexander consolidated his power in the Highlands.
Sep 11, 2023 · Alexander Stewart first intervened in Moray politics in 1370, and became king's lieutenant in the north two years later. Lord of Badenoch and earl of Buchan in 1382 through his marriage to the widowed countess of Ross, he continued his reign of violence (including feuds, cattle-raids, and protection rackets) at a time of marked Highland ...
SIR ALEXANDER STEWART, fourth son of King Robert II. Father, was recognised as EARL OF BUCHAN (S.) in 1382. He was known as "The_Wolf_of_Badenoch," and died without legitimate issue probably in 1406. He left several illegitimate sons.
