What is Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland?
{{ infobox nobility | name = Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland | image = | caption = | father = [[James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland]] | mother = Gilles de Burgh | spouse = Marjorie Bruce<br/>Isabel de Graham | birth_date = 1292 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date|1327|4|9|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bathgate]] Castle }} '''Walter Stewart''' (1292–1327) a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[nobleman]] and [[knight]], he was the 6th hereditary{{efn|Hereditary meaning the title and job of High Steward of Scotland was passed down from father to son to [[:wikt:grandson|grandson]], and so on.}} [[High Steward of Scotland]].{{efn|The king of Scotland had several royal officers. The High Steward's main job was to protect the royal family.<ref>Joseph Haydn, ''The book of Dignities; containing rolls of the official personages of the British Empire'' (London: Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851), p. 407</ref>}} He was also the father of King [[Robert II of Scotland]]. ==Biography== Walter was born in 1292.<ref name=SPI1314>''The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'', Vol. I, ed. James Balfour Paul (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904), pp. 13-14</ref> He was the son of [[James Stewart, 5th High Steward of Scotland]] and Gilles (or ''Egidia'') de Burgh.<ref name=SPI1314/> Walter was one of the Scottish [[:wikt:leaders|leaders]] at the [[Battle of Bannockburn]]. Just before the battle began Walter along with his [[:wikt:cousin|cousin]] [[James Douglas, Lord of Douglas]] were [[knight]]ed by [[Robert I of Scotland|King Robert the Bruce]]along with many others. Both he and James Douglas were both [[leader]]s of the left [[battalion]] in the battle.<ref>William Fraser, ''The Douglas Book'', Vol. I (Edinburgh: 1885), p. 126</ref> He took part of all the [[Wars of Scottish Independence]] between Robert the Bruce and [[Edward II of England]].<ref name=SPI14>''The Scots Peerage, Founded on Wood's Edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland'', Vol. I