| Murdoch (Stewart) Stewart Second Duke of Albany, Earl of Fife and Menteith was descended from a signer of the Declaration of Arbroath. Join: Scotland Project Discuss: Scotland |
Preceded by Robert Stewart |
2nd Duke of Albany 1398-1420 |
Succeeded by Isabella Stewart |
Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany (Scottish Gaelic: Muireadhach Stiubhart) (1362 – 24 May 1425) was a leading Scottish nobleman, the son of Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany and Margaret Graham and the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland, who founded the Stewart dynasty.[1]
In 1389, he became Justiciar North of the Forth. In 1402, he was captured at the Battle of Homildon Hill and would spend 12 years in captivity in England.
After his father died in 1420, and while the future King James I of Scotland was himself held captive in England, Stewart served as Governor of Scotland until 1424, when James was finally ransomed and returned to Scotland. However, in 1425, soon after James's coronation, Stewart was arrested, found guilty of treason, and executed, along with two of his sons. His only surviving heir was James (Big James), who escaped to Antrim, Ireland, where he died in 1451.
He married firstly, Joan Douglas before 1389. They had i ssue:
He married secondly. Isabella of Lennox daughter of Duncan (8th Earl of Lennox) and Helen Campbell, from 17 February 1391/92 to 8 November 1392.. She survived the destruction of her family, and she would live to see the murder of James I and the restoration of her title and estates. They had issue:
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