Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay

Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay(16 October 1430 – 16 October 1430) was the eldest of a pair of twins. He died in infancy, and his younger twin brother becameJames II of Scotland.The twins were born inHolyrood Palace,Edinburgh.

The titleDuke of Rothesayis thehonourtaken by theheir apparentto the Scottish throne, and so it was given to this boy, the fifth child but first son ofJames I of ScotlandandJoan Beaufort.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
8.Robert II of Scotland 4.Robert III of Scotland 9.Elizabeth Mure 2.James I of Scotland 10. Sir John Drummond, 11th of Lennox 5.Anabella Drummond 11. Mary Montifex 1.Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay 12.John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster 6.John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset 13.Katherine Swynford 3.Joan Beaufort 14.Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent 7.Margaret Holland 15.Alice FitzAlan