Marjorie, the daughter of Robert the Bruce, and her husband Walter, 6th High Steward
(or Stewart) of Scotland, produced the line of Stewart monarchs of Scotland and of Great
Britain.
Dougal Stewart founded the mighty Clan Stewart of Appin, Argyll. After the murder of
Dougal's father, John Stewart of Lorn was only able to salvage from his inheritance the
district of Appin in 1463.
If the tartan known as Prince Charles Edward really was worn by Bonnie Prince Charlie
and his followers in 1745, then this would be the earliest form in which the Royal Stewart
tartan appeared. The Royal Stewart tartan is not a clan tartan, but the property of the
Royal Family.
