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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 the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland, who founded the Stewart dynasty. In 1389, he became Justiciar North of the Forth.
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.
Murdoch Stewart, duque de Albany (gaélico escocés: Muireadhach Stiubhart) (1362 -24 de mayo de 1425) fue un destacado noble escocés, hijo de Robert Stewart, duque de Albany y nieto del rey Roberto II de Escocia, quien fundó la dinastía Stewart. En 1389, se convirtió en Justiciar al norte del Forth.
When Murdoch Stewart 2nd Duke of Albany was born in 1362, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, his father, Sir Robert Stewart 1st Duke of Albany, was 23 and his mother, Margaret Graham Countess of Menteith, was 28. He married Isabella De Lennox on 17 February 1391, in Inchmurrin, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
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 the grandson of King Robert II of Scotland, who founded the Stewart dynasty. In 1389, he became Justiciar North of the Forth.
Son and heir of Robert, 1st duke of Albany (d. 1420), Murdac served as royal justiciar north of Forth. Captured by the English at Homildon Hill (1402), he spent more than thirteen years in captivity. Murdac returned to Scotland in 1416 and succeeded his father as governor in 1420.
It passed to Robert's son Murdoch Stewart, and was forfeited in 1425 due to the attainder of Murdoch. The title was again created in 1458 for Alexander Stewart but was forfeit in 1483. His son John Stewart was restored to the second creation in 1515 but died without heirs in 1536.
