Walter fitz Alan
Videos
Walter FitzAlan was a twelfth-century Anglo-Norman baron who became a Scottish magnate and Steward of Scotland. which is where the Stewart house comes from. He was a younger son of Alan fitz Flaad and
David I, King of Scotland as he is depicted in a mid-twelfth-century royal charter
Walter's charter of Birkenside, Legerwood and Mow from Malcolm IV, King of Scotland
Ruinous Wenlock Priory. Walter appears to have been a devotee of this English Cluniac priory.
An early-twentieth-century depiction of the Siege of Lisbon in 1147. There is reason to suspect that Walter was amongst the Scots who took part in the campaign to liberate Lisbon from the Moors.
Ragnall mac Somairle
Videos
Ragnall mac Somairle was a significant late-twelfth-century magnate, seated on the western seaboard of Scotland. He was probably a younger son of Somairle mac Gilla Brigte, Lord of Argyll and his wife
Nineteenth-century depiction of the seal of Alan fitz Walter, Steward of Scotland
front
reverse
Inscription of a galley depicted on Hedin Cross, a Manx runestone. The power of the kings of the Isles laid in their armed galley-fleets.