Clan Information ~ Stewart
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The Stewarts are one of the most famous families in Scotland, existing, at one time, as Scotland s monarchs. The clan is thought to have descended from the seneschals of Dol, Brittany; they settled in England around the time of the Norman Conquest. During this time David I, King of Scotland, was trying to unify his fragmented kingdom and usurp the powerful Somerled, Lord of the Isles. To establish his control David recruited new, loyal subjects to his country by rewarding them with lands. Walter Fladd was created as the 1st High Stewart of Scotland, holding lands in Refrewshire and Lothian, hence the Stewarts became established in Scotland.
The Appin Stewarts descend from Sir John Stewart of Bonkyl, son of Alexander the fourth High Steward.
The Stewarts of Appin came out in 1715 for the Old Pretender , and fought at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. The chief was attainted for treason and fled into exile.
Charles Stewart of Ardsheal led the men of Appin during the rising of 1745, and many fell at the grim field of Culloden, having first gained glory by breaking the Redcoat ranks.
The Stewarts of Atholl descend from a son of the Wolf of Badenoch.
Many Stewart families continued to live around the Atholl lands, many of them claiming direct descent from the numerous illegitimate progeny of the Wolf of Badenoch. They largely transferred their allegiance to the new Murray Earls of Atholl, calling themselves Athollmen. This is commemorated by the right still exercised by the present Duke of Atholl to maintain the Atholl Highlanders as the only private army in the kingdom.
The Crown lands were eventually divided and granted to various noble families, and William s grandson, Alexander, settled in Ardvorlich at the end of the sixteenth century. It is generally accepted that the Earls of Galloway now head the principal house of this great name.
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