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Alexander Stewart or Stuart, nicknamed the Wolf (1343 - July 24, 1394), was a Scottish prince and the first Earl of Buchan of the second creation of the title, from 1382 to his death.
Alexander was the son of king Robert II of Scotland by his first wife, Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan. He married Euphemia, countess of Ross but had no children. His nickname was earned due to his notorious cruelty.
The Earls of Buchan sat in the House of Lords by virtue of the UK title until the passage of the Peerage Act 1963.
John Comyn's wife, Isabel, as Countess of Buchan, crowned Robert the Bruce king at Scone in 1306, and afterwards suffered imprisonment at Berwick; not, however, in a cage hung on the wall of the castle, as legend would have it.
The most celebrated of the Stewartearls included the Scottish regent, Robert, duke of Albany, and his son John Stewart, who became a constable of France and was killed at the Battle of Verneuil in 1424.
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