Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan [SEP] mother
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan
Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, Alasdair Mór mac an Rígh, and called the Wolf of Badenoch (1343 – 20 June 1405), was the third surviving son of King Robert II of Scotland and youngest by his first wife, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan. He was the first Earl of Buchan since John Comyn, from 1382 until his death. Alexander married the widowed Euphemia I, Countess of Ross, but they had no children. He did have a large family by his longtime
, on his natural son, James Stewart (see below). Buchan died in 1499, and was succeeded by his son, Alexander, 2nd Earl of Buchan.
Family.
Before 1467 James Stewart married Margaret Ogilvie, the heiress of Sir Alexander Ogilvie of Auchterhouse. They were parents to two children:
- Alexander Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan (d. 1505)
- Isabel Stewart of Buchan, a mistress of James IV of Scotland, and mother of Lady Janet Stewart, who was in turn a