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Lot Essay
For more than three hundred years, the Stewart kings ruled Scotland. This pictorial history book depicts twelve generations where the Scottish crown passed from father (or mother) to child or brother. The Stewarts first came to Scotland from France where they were stewards of the Archbishops of Dol, near Mont-St-Michel. They took up as stewards of the Scottish Kings and by the late 12th Century they were the hereditary High Stewards of Scotland. In 1314, Walter, sixth High Steward married Marjorie, the daughter of King Robert the Bruce. Marjorie died in 1315 from a fall from her horse but was in the final stages of her pregnancy and her son survived and lived to become Robert II, King of Scots.
The Earls of Galloway can trace their lineage back to Sir John Stewart (known as Bonkyl) who was killed at the battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298. His son Sir Alan, was granted the lands of Dreghora, Ayrshire for his services to Robert the Bruce in 1330 and bought the lands at Crookston, including the (territorial) Lordship of Darnley. His son, Alexander, left a son Alexander whose son, John of Darnley was killed at Orleans in 1429 and was the ancestor of the Stewart, Earls and Dukes of Lennox and Lord Darnley, ancestor of the Stuart sovereigns of England and Scotland.
The Earls of Galloway can trace their lineage back to Sir John Stewart (known as Bonkyl) who was killed at the battle of Falkirk on 22 July 1298. His son Sir Alan, was granted the lands of Dreghora, Ayrshire for his services to Robert the Bruce in 1330 and bought the lands at Crookston, including the (territorial) Lordship of Darnley. His son, Alexander, left a son Alexander whose son, John of Darnley was killed at Orleans in 1429 and was the ancestor of the Stewart, Earls and Dukes of Lennox and Lord Darnley, ancestor of the Stuart sovereigns of England and Scotland.