Life

Menteith was the son of Alexander, Earl of Menteith

Alexander, Earl of Menteith

Alexander of Menteith , son of Mary I, Countess of Menteith and Walter Bailloch Stewart, her husband, was a Mormaer or Earl of Menteith for most of the 1290s. He is first noted with his brother John de Menteith in a compact between Bruce and the Stewarts on 20 September 1286, at Turnberry, Carrick...

, and is first on record as a hostage in England, to ensure the good behaviour of his father in 1296. He and his brother Peter Menteith, accompanied the English King as esquires, on his expedition to Flanders in 1297.

He supported King Robert the Bruce in his initial attempt to seize power following the deposition of John Balliol. Menteith was declared forfeit by Edward I of England

Edward I of England

Edward I , also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. The first son of Henry III, Edward was involved early in the political intrigues of his father's reign, which included an outright rebellion by the English barons...

, and his lands and title given to John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings

John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings

John Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings was an English peer and soldier of the Middle Ages. Hastings was a competitor for the Scottish throne in 1290/92 in the Great Cause.- Baron :...

 . He was captured at the Battle of Methven

Battle of Methven

The Battle of Methven took place at Methven in Scotland in 1306, during the Wars of Scottish Independence.-Comyn's Death:In February 1306, Robert Bruce and a small party of his followers killed John Comyn, also known as the Red Comyn, before the high altar of the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries...

, and given to Hastings' disposal. Menteith was committed to Abergavenny Castle

Abergavenny Castle

Abergavenny Castle is a castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire in south east Wales.- A naturally fortified site :The castle was sited above the River Usk overlooking the river valley and the confluence of the rivers Gavenny and Usk. The site would have been naturally defensible in...

 where he died a prisoner before 1310.

Menteith was succeeded in his Earldom by his brother, Muireadhach III, Earl of Menteith

Muireadhach III, Earl of Menteith

-Life:He was the third son of Alexander, Earl of Menteith. Like his father and brothers, his "surname" was "Menteith" rather than Stewart, even though he could claim agnatic descent from the Stewarts...

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Marriage and issue

Alan, Earl of Menteith married Marjory, a lady of unknown parentage, by whom he had a daughter:

• Mary, Countess of Menteith

External links

• history of Menteith family