STEWART, Sir James II

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• Name	STEWART, James
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	II
  Birth	2 Mar 1243	Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Jul 1309	Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
  Burial	19 Jul 1309	Abbey Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  WAC	30 Jun 1928
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  Person ID	I49885	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	STEWART, Sir Alexander ,   b. 1 May 1216, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotlandd. 16 Jun 1283, Dundonald Castle, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 67 years)
  Mother	MACRORY, Countess Jean ,   b. 1210, Bute, Strathclyde, Scotland Bute, Strathclyde, Scotlandd. 1300, Dundonald Castle, Irvin, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1240
  Family ID	F25357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	BASKERVILLE, Cecilia ,   b. 1260, Down Ampney, Ulster, Ireland Down Ampney, Ulster, Ireland
  Marriage	Bef 1280	England
  Children	4 sons and 1 daughter
  + 1. STEWART, Walter III ,   b. Dec 1280, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 9 Apr 1326, Bathgate, Lothian, Scotland (Age 45 years)   2. STEWART, Andrew ,   b. 1291, Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 1309, Argyllshire, Scotland (Age 18 years)   3. STEWART, Knight John ,   b. 1294, Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 14 Oct 1318, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland (Age 24 years)   4. STEWART, Egidia ,   b. 1298, Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland   5. STEWART, Knight James ,   b. Apr 1296, Dundonald Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Dundonald Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 9 Apr 1327, Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F25344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	BURGH, Lady Egidia de ,   b. 1263, Down Ampney, Ulster, Ireland Down Ampney, Ulster, Irelandd. 26 Oct 1327, Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1289	England
  Family ID	F25356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  In 1286 chosen as one of six Regents of Scotland. Progenitor of the royal line of Stewarts. Ref: http://olivercromwell.com/familytreestewards.html Alexander's son James, 5th High Steward of Scotland (died 16 July 1309) was chosen in 1286 as one of the six Guardians of Scotland. He subsequently submitted to King Edward I of England on 9 July 1297, and was one of the auditors for the competitor, Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale. However, during the Wars of Scottish Independence he joined the patriot Sir William Wallace. Following Wallace's defeat at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, he switched his support to Robert the Bruce, the grandson of the competitor who was later crowned King Robert I of Scotland. James, married firstly, Cecilia, daughter of Patrick de Dunbar, 7th Earl of Dunbar & March and secondly Gilles de Burgh, daughter of Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster. He had issue:- (1) Walter Stewart , 6th High Steward (1293-1326) (2) Sir John Stewart, killed 14 October 1318 at the battle of Dundalk. (3) Sir Andrew Stewart (4) Sir James Stewart of Durisdeer, Tutor to his nephew, the future King Robert II of Scotland, in 1327. (5) Egidia Stewart, who married Sir Alexander de Menzies, of Durisdeer. In 1302, along with six other ambassadors including John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, James was sent to solicit the aid of the French king against the English king Edward I, but was once again compelled to swear fealty to Edward at Lanercost on 23 October 1306. To render his oath secure, it was taken upon the two crosses of Scotland most esteemed for their sanctity, on the consecrated host, the holy gospels, and certain relics of saints. He also agreed to submit to instant excommunication if he should break his allegiance to Edward. Convinced that his faith was to his country in spite of all, he once again took up the Scottish patriotic cause and died in the service of The Bruce in 1309. Richard David farmed in Bland area and when his son Richard Lavern married he built his home on his dad's farm and joined farming with his father Richard David. Now one of Richard Lavern's sons is farming the place, so three generations have farmed that place.