Sir John Of Menteith^[1]

Abt 1265 - Abt 1323  (58 years)

• Name	John Of Menteith
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	Abt 1265	Loch Rusky, Stirling, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1323	Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland (As Guardian)
  Person ID	I70001	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Sir Walter "Ballioch" Stewart,   b. Abt 1218, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Bef 28 Apr 1296, Inchmoh Island, Loch Rusky, Stirling, Scotland (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Countess Mary Of Menteith,   b. Abt 1238, Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland d. Bef 1286, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F30397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marjorie Stirling,   b. Abt 1268, Ochiltree Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Joan (Joanna) Menteith,   b. Abt 1310, Loch Rusky, Stirling, Scotland d. Aft 20 Mar 1367, Strathearn, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 57 years)   2. John Menteith Of Arran   d. 1344
  Family ID	F30373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1265 - Loch Rusky, Stirling, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John (Sir) of Menteith; Sheriff of Dunbartonshire owing fealty to Edward I 1304 and as such captured the Scottish national hero Sir William Wallace, whom he took in chains to London; named Earl of Lennox by Edward I but joined Robert the Bruce, for whom he fought in the War of Scottish Independence and acted as Guardian of the Earldom of Menteith 1320; ancestor of the Menteith's of Rusky and Kerse (including some of the Dalyell of the Binns Bts). [Burke's Peerage]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 3:159 (Reliability: 3).