James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland

Abt 1260 - 1309  (~ 49 years)

• Name	James Stewart
  Suffix	5th High Steward of Scotland
  Birth	Abt 1260
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	5th Hereditary High Steward of Scotland and a Guardian of Scotland during the First Interregnum (1286?1292).
  	In 1286 James was chosen 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 Sir William Wallace. After Wallace's defeat at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, he gave his support[citation needed] to Robert Bruce, later King Robert I of Scotland, grandson of the competitor. In 1302, with six other ambassadors including John Comyn II of Badenoch, he had been sent to solicit the aid of the French king against King Edward. After the victory of England against Scotland, Stewart would be compelled to swear fealty to King Edward again at Lanercost Priory on 23 October 1306. To render his oath inviolable, it was taken upon the two crosses of Scotland most esteemed for their sanctity, on the consecrated host, the holy gospels and on various relics of saints and he agreed to submit to instant excommunication if he should break his allegiance to Edward. However, convinced that his faith was primarily to his country in spite of all, he once again took up the Scottish patriotic cause and died in the service of Robert the Bruce in 1309.
  _UID	4CACAAA888984ACBB75033FDF3B19E1008CD
  Death	16 Jul 1309
  Person ID	I70245	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander Stewart, of Dundonald, 4th High Steward of Scotland,   b. Abt 1210   d. 1282 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Family ID	F24466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Alexander Stewart, of Dundonald, 4th High Steward of Scotland,   b. Abt 1210   d. 1282 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Jean   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Egidia de Burgh   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland,   b. Abt 1296, Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland d. 9 Apr 1327, Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (Age ~ 31 years)   2. Egidia Stewart   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F24240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Cecelia Patrick   d. 1289
  Family ID	F24966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Muriel Malise,   b. 1244   d. 1271 (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F24968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2024