Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan

Abt 1343 - Bef 1406  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Alexander Stewart
  Suffix	Earl of Buchan
  Born	Abt 1343	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Name	The Wolf of Badenoch
  Died	Bef 1406	Perthshire, Scotland
  Buried	Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I15068	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Stewart, King Robert II of Scots,   b. 2 Mar 1316, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 14 Apr 1390, Castle Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Mure, of Rowallan,   b. Abt 1320, Rowallan, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. 1353, Scotland  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1347
  Family ID	F4678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Atheyn,   b. Abt 1345,   d. 20 Feb 1395  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Children	1. Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar,   b. Abt 1365, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Duncan Stewart,   b. Abt 1367, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. Sir Andrew Stewart,   b. Abt 1369, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Walter Stewart,   b. Abt 1371, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. James Stewart,   b. Abt 1373, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Robert Stewart,   b. Abt 1375, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   7. Margaret Stewart,   b. Abt 1377, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Euphemia Leslie,   b. Abt 1350,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	1382
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4066	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander Stewart, Lord of Badenoch, Earl of Ross, and Earl of Buchan, was known as the "Wolf of Badenoch". Alexander Stewart first intervened in the politics of Morayshire, Scotland in 1370. He became the king's lieutenant in the north two years later. In 1382 he married Euphemia Leslie, Countess of Ross, and thus acquired the title of Earl of Ross. His reign in Morayshire was one of violence, including feuds, cattle raids, and protection rackets. This was at a time marked by Highland lawlessness. In 1388 was unseated by his three estates and abandoned his wife, Euphemia. Alexander was censured by the Bishops of Moray and Ross, but this was not the first time that Alexander had been on the bad side of these bishops. In 1390, in response, Alexander and a host of "wild, wicked, Highland men" burned the villages of Forres and Elgin in Morayshire, along with the cathedral of Elgin. It was after this attack that he became known as the "Wolf of Badenoch". Alexander was forced to appear before his brother, King Robert III, to answer for his crimes, and as penance he was required to help rebuild the cathedral. Alexander was progenitor to several Stewart families in the north and east, including the Stewarts of Atholl.