Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan

Alexander Stuart [ Stewart ] (* 1343, † July 24, 1394 ) Gaelic: Alisdair Mor mac Righ on, Lord of Badenoch, Earl of Buchan, Earl of Ross, called the Wolf of Badenoch.

Alexander Stewart was the third surviving son of Robert II, King of Scotland, and the first marriage with his first wife Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan.

Life

On the basis of resistance to the pro-British policy of the Scottish king David II, were Alexander, three of his brothers and their father Robert in 1368 jailed on Loch Leven Castle; until 1372, the year of the death of David and the coronation Roberts, they were released.

In 1382 he married Euphemia Ross, Countess of Ross. This he left but later because of a lover. However, his wife did not submit herself to her fate, but turned to the Church in the person of the Bishop of Moray. From him she was right, Alexander was excommunicated.

The "Wolf of Badenoch " took vengeance and burned the cities of Forres and Elgin, and later the cathedral of Elgin, down. His father, the king, forcing him to make amends, as a result, the Excommunication was finally repealed.

To the death of the " wolf " is entwines the legend that he had played chess with the devil: in Ruthven Castle, its last ruler's residence, he was visited by a large, dark-clad man. This wish a game of chess with Alexander to play, with Alexander lost. When his opponent put him matt, a perfect storm arose; Wind, thunder and lightning buffeted the castle. The next morning the storm abated. Alexander's men were found outside the castle, all the burned black, as if struck by lightning. The "Wolf " self lay dead in the hall, outwardly intact, albeit from his boot soles all the nails were pulled out. Two days later, the procession took place at his funeral. The coffin took the first place in the procession, after which again arose a terrible storm. Only when the coffin was " moved " to the last place, the storm abated.

Alexander Stewart, Wolf of Badenoch, located in Dunkeld Cathedral buried ( now a ruin ).