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Methven Castle and Collegiate Church. Professor Richard Oram. In the third week of February 1437, ‘that old serpent and ancient of evil days’, Walter Stewart, earl of Atholl, James’s last surviving uncle, was probably deep in council with his fellow conspirators in his castle at Methven, just 10km west of Perth.
Fiona Stewart of Atholl was born in 1347, in The Lennox, Dunbartonshire, Scotland as the daughter of Walter Stewart Earl of Athol, brother of King Robert II. She married Ranald Reginald Macdonald 1st of Clanranald And Glengarry before 1386, in Scotland. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters.
KING ROBERT II. was born 1316; declared heir to the throne of Scotland 1318, created Earl of Atholl (S.)1342, and Earl of Strathearn (S.)1358, succeeded to throne in 1371 on the death of his uncle, King David II. (Bruce). He died 1390. The king married, first, Elizabeth Mure, daughter of Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan, and by her had, (1) John, who ...
Stewarts of Atholl are directly descended from one of the most notorious Stewarts of the fourteenth century Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, more commonly known as 'The Wolf of Badenoch'. Alexander is most widely known for leading the raid which led to the burning of Elgin Cathedral in 1391. Later he built his stronghold the Castle of Garth ...
Walter STEWART (Earl of ATHOLL) also Earl of Caithness; (helped foil Albany, becoming Heir Presumptive of Scotland after the Albany heirs were beheaded or attainted, later turned against his nephew King; Regicide)
He was created Earl of Atholl in around 1457, [3] the first earl of the eighth creation of the title. He is believed to have had a hand in suppressing the rebellion of John Macdonald, 11th Earl of Ross, the last of the Lords of the Isles. John Stewart became ambassador to England in 1484. According to 18th century historian William Guthrie ...
