Steward of Scotland

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The Steward of Scotland was a hereditary noble office that evolved into the powerful Stewart/Stuart dynasty, whose holders eventually became the kings of Scotland and later of England and Ireland.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
High Steward of Scotland 2
Steward of Scotland canonical 2
Great Stewardship of Scotland 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Scotland ⓘ
court office ⓘ
hereditary noble office ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
alsoKnownAs High Steward of Scotland ⓘ
associatedDynasty House of Stewart ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart

House of Stuart ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
developedInto Stewart monarchs of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Kings of Scotland

Stuart monarchs of England ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart

Stuart monarchs of Ireland ⓘ
royal dynasty of Scotland ⓘ
familyNameDerived Stewart ⓘ
Stuart ⓘ
firstHolder Walter fitz Alan ⓘ
heldByFamily Stewart family ⓘ
Stuart family ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart
hereditaryFrom Walter fitz Alan and his descendants ⓘ
linked to: Walter fitz Alan
historicalSignificance office that produced the Stewart royal line ⓘ
house House of Stewart ⓘ
linked to: House of Stuart
inception 12th century ⓘ
jurisdiction royal demesne of Scotland ⓘ
languageOfTitle Latin ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
LatinForm senescallus Scotiae ⓘ
linkedToTitle Duke of Albany ⓘ
Duke of Rothesay ⓘ
Earl of Lennox ⓘ
monarchServed David I of Scotland ⓘ
notableHolder Robert II of Scotland ⓘ
officeStatusByLateMiddleAges subsumed into royal dignity ⓘ
officeTransformedInto basis of royal surname Stewart ⓘ
positionHeld Steward of Scotland ⓘ
region Scotland ⓘ
reignEnd 1390 ⓘ
reignStart 1371 ⓘ
relatedOffice Lord High Steward of England ⓘ
linked to: Lord High Steward

Seneschal ⓘ
role administrator of the royal revenues ⓘ
chief steward of the royal household of Scotland ⓘ
senior officer of the Scottish crown ⓘ
ScotsForm Hie Stewart of Scotland ⓘ
successionType hereditary primogeniture within Stewart family ⓘ
titleHeldBy James I of Scotland before accession ⓘ
Robert II of Scotland before accession ⓘ
Robert III of Scotland before accession ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walter fitz Alan → title → Steward of Scotland ⓘ
Paisley Abbey → founderTitle → High Steward of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Steward of Scotland
Elizabeth Mure → spouseOfTitle → High Steward of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Steward of Scotland
Walter fitz Alan → positionHeld → Steward of Scotland ⓘ
subject linked to: Steward of Scotland
High Steward of Scotland → ScotsName → Hie Steward o Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Steward of Scotland
Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby → isCoHeirTo → Great Stewardship of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Steward of Scotland