Alexander Stewart of Darnley (d.1404)

Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley (d. 1404) was a Scottish nobleman.

Life

He was the son of Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley. It is not known who his first wife was, but evidence that his son John Stewart of Darnley bore the emblems of Clan Turnbull as a quartering on his arms, suggests that she was of that blood. By this unknown spouse Darnley had six children:

• John Stewart of Darnley, Lord of Aubigny and Concressault, Count of Évreux (k. 12 February 1429) killed at the Battle of the Herrings.
• Sir William Stewart of Garlies (k.c.14 September 1402) killed in captivity by Sir Henry Percy following the Battle of Humbleton Hill. Ancestor to the present day senior branch of non "Royal" Stewarts, the Earls of Galloway.
• Alexander Stewart of Torbane and Galston
• Robert Stewart of Newtoun and Westoun
• James Stewart
• Janet Stewart, married Thomas Somerville, 1st Lord Somerville

Darnley, married secondly Janet Keith, widow of David Hamilton of Cadzow, and daughter of Sir William Keith of Galston, and was granted his wife's lands of Galston by John Stewart, Earl of Carrick. They had a son:

• William Stewart, (k.12 February 1429) killed at the Battle of the Herrings with his elder half-brother

References

Balfour Paul, Sir James, Scots Peerage, IX vols. Edinburgh 1904.