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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:

1. Unknown

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:

1. Lady Isabella, m. Walter Buchanan of that Ilk^[1]
2. Robert, Master of Fife. b. bt 1393 - 1407, d. bt 1416 - 1421.^[1]
3. Walter, Master of Fife. b. bt 1394 - 1410, d. 24 May 1425.^[1]
4. Sir Alexander. b. bt 1395 - 1410, d. 25 May 1425.^[1]
5. Sir James Mor, 1st of Baldorran. b. bt 1395 - 1426, d. 18 May 1451.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} 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, 1904, Vol. I, Archive.org, pp. 148-151

See also:

• "The Origins of the Balquhidder Stewarts" and Descendants of James Mhor Stewart (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 16 Mar 2023.)

• Peerage

• Wikipedia: Murdoch, Duke of Albany

• Wikidata: Item Q335804, en:Wikipedia

• The Complete Peerage. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 78.