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THE ROYAL LINE OP SCOTLAND. xxix JOHN BALIOL, who was accordingly declared KING OF SCOTLAnD in 1292. In the reign of this nionareh lived the renowned SIR WILLIAM WALLACE. Baliol ci. in 1296, when an interregnnm of ten years ensued; at length, ROBERT BRUCE, eon of Robert Brnce, Earl of Carrick, and grandson of Robert Brnce who contended for the throne against John Baliol, was declared King, as Ronaag I. This illuotrions monarch at. let, Isabel, dan. of DONALD, Earl of Afar, and had one danghter, Mssjoay, who ta. Walter, Lord High Steward of Scotland,5 and had a son, RoBERT STewsaT, ef whom hereafter, as first of the Royal STUART5. The King in. 2ndly, Ellen, dan. of Ricnaan DE Bunon, 2nd Earl of Ulster, and had issne, Davso, his enceessor. Margaret, ,a. to William, 4th Earl of Sntberland, ancestor of the Dnke of Sutherland. Matilda, at. to Thomae do limo. Elizabeth, as. ta Sir Walter Oliphant. On the death of this renowned monarch, in 1329, the administration was aasnmed by JonN TLtyo.ra 3rd Earl of Moray, as RE0RET OF SCOTLAND, during the minority of DAVID TILE SECOND, who was crowned at Scone in 1331, With this monarch EDWARD BALIOL, aided by the Enghsh king, dispntod the throne. King DAVID ci. in 1370, and was a by his nephew-, ROBERT STUART. ROBERT THE SECOND. In this reign was fonght tho celebrated battle of Otterbonrn, wherein the Earl of Donglas fell, and the English, nnder the Earl Percy, sustained a total defeat. King R0ULRT in. 1st, Elizibeth, dan. of Sir Adam More, of Rowallan, in the county of Ayr, and had, with otheU issne, J0nN, Earl of Can1ck, who changed his name to ROBERT 00 snocoodiog to the throne. ROBERT, Poke of Albany, who was REGENT OT ScoTLAND during the minority of his nephsw, King JAMes I. Alexander, Earl of Dochan and Ross; known as “The Wolf of Bsdcnoch.” Margery, ,s, to John Dunbss’, Earl of Moray. Jane, Ia. 1st, to Sir John Lyon, ancestor of the Earls of Strathmsre; snd lndly, to Sir James Sandilando, of Caldee ancestor of the Lords Torphichon. Elizabeth, to. to Sir Thomas Hay, of Erroll, anoester of the Earls of Errol!. Margaret, as. to John, Lord of the Isles. Catherine, to. to David Lindsay, Earl of Crawfurd. Egiclia, as. to William Douglas, Lord of Galloway. The King in. 2ndly, Enphomia, conntess of Moray, dan. of Hogh, Earl of Ross, and had, with fcnr dana. of whom the yoongost os. Sir John Swinton, two sons, DAvID, Earl of Caithnsss and Strathorn. Walter, Earl of Atheil. This nobloman was beheaded at Edinburgh in 1137, for the murder of his nephew, King JAMES I., and his title and extensive estates became forfeited. RoaEnT II. ci. in 1390, and was s. by his eldost son, ROBERT THE TIFIRD, who at. Annabeila, dan. of Sir John Dru.mmond of Stobhail, and had issue, DAvID, Earl of corriec, who was crested DUKE or RoTusart in- 1200. This prince foil a victim to the ambition of his uncle, the POKE or ALBANY, by wham ho was starved to death in Falkiand Castle, ease 1402. JAMEs, who euccosdod his father. MART, as. 1st, to Sir George Douglas, Earl of Angus, by whom she had issue; lndiy, in 2404, to Sir James Kennedy, and the lineal descendaut sf this marriage is thc lro5cnt AacusnALn KENNEDY, Marquess of Ailsa. Her ladyship so. Srdly, Sir William Graham, of Kiucardins, from which union descended the GaAuAass of Claverbssee (the gallant Loeo DUNDEE, aud THOMAS ilaAnAac, the equally galbmt Loan LYNEDOCn. The Princess Mary, no. 4thly, Sir William Edmondstono. Margaret, so. to Archibald, Earl of Douglas, DUKE or TOURAINE, Marshal of France, who fell at Vorneull, in 1414. Elizabsth, as. to James, Lord Dalkeith, grandfather of James, 1st Earl of Morton. ROBERT III. ci. in 1406, and was a by his only surviving son, JAMES THE FIRST, I. in 1394, who in. Lady Jane Boatsfort, dan. of John, 1st EASeL OF SoMEnsar, and granddao. of JOHN OF GAunT, aud by her (who ci. 2ndly, Sir James Stewart, Knight of Loin) had issue, ALAN, the son of Flaald, a Norman, obtained sonu after the Conquest a grant of the castle of Oswestry, ce. Salep, and occurs as “Alouns Flaaldt Shoe.” . He to. tho dan. and heir of Warine, Sherid’ of Shropshire, temp. W5LLIAM lbs Conqueror, snd had three sons, vie., WILLIAM, who cc. Isabel do Say, Lady of Clun, dan. and heir of bias de Say, and was father of JonN FITEALAN, Lord of Clan and Ooweotry, who became Earl of Arundol by marrying Isabel, siotor of Wihiana do Albini, Earl thereof; aud was auoostor of the Fitealane, Earls of Arundol, now rsprsoontod by the DUKE OF NORFOLK. WALTER FITZALAN, witness to a charter by King DAvID I. in favour of the church of illasgow, datsd at Cadzow, in the earlier part of the 12th csutury. He had grantod to him by the santo monarch tim high 015cc of STEWARD OF ScOTLAND. He 4. in 1177, Isaviug, by Esohina his wife, dan. of Thomas do Loudemos, and heiress of idolia and H,,ntlaw, in Roxburghshire, an only son, ALAN, whose son, WALTER, was father of ALoxaNnese, High Steward, whose son, JAMES, was father of WALTER, High Steward, husband of the PcssNcnsa MAsejosey. Simon, who is said to have aecompaniod his brother Walter to Scotland, and to have founded the family of Eeyd, whones the EARL OF EnRoLL dorivos. It is understood that, from this poriod, the PcasNcIrALtTv and STeWARTRT or ScortAwo, the DuKEDOM or lloTnsAv, the EARLOOM or Carascese, the Loansn,r OF THE loans, and BARONY or RnNnew, hays been costed in the lirat-born son md heir-apparent of the sovereign, who, from the moment of his birth, or of his father’s accession to the throne, enjrys those bonours. ROBERT III. left a natural son, Joins STEUAaT of Dlaekhai and Ardgawsu, ancestor ef S’s lltcnAnt, Snaw-SesnasaT, Dart, of Dlaekiaall.