Alexander (Stewart) Stewart IIIrd of Garlies (1443 - 1500)

Born 1443 in Garlies, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Douglas — married 1459 in Wigtownshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1500 at about age 57 in Trabzon, Trabzon, Ottoman Empire [uncertain]

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Biography

Alexander (Stewart) Stewart IIIrd of Garlies is a member of Clan Stewart.

This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.

Sir Alexander Stewart, 3rd of Dalswinton and Garlies was born about 1443 in Garlies, Wigtownshire, Scotland. He was the son of Sir William Stewart (2nd of Dalswinton and Garlies) ^[1]

He lived at Garlies, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

He held the office of Scottish Ambassador to England in 1485.

He fought in the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488.

He died circa 1500 in the Ottoman Empire at Trebizond (Trabzon).

He married Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of Sir Archibald Douglas (3rd of Cavers). ^[1] They had issue:

1. John. d. c. 1500^[1]
2. Sir Alexander, 4th of Garlies. d. 9 Sep 1513.^[2]
3. Archibald. of Fintalloch.^[2]
4. Agnes d. a 25 Jul 1530. m. John Lord Maxwell about 1491.^[2]
5. Janet^[2]

Research Notes

• Geni. Sir Alexander Stewart, 3rd of Garlies & Dalswinton

• The Peerage. http://thepeerage.com/p12133.htm#i121321

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 151
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 152

See also:

• Johnston, W. & A.K. (1906). The heraldry of the Stewarts, with notes on all the males of the family, descriptions of the arms, plates and pedigrees. p. 69. Edinburgh.

• The Heraldry of the Stewarts. Page 70.