!SOURCE: George Crawfurd, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh,
1716, p. 229ff.
!SOURCE: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Esq., THE PEERAGE OF SCOTLAND,
Edinburgh, 1764?, p. 358ff.
Alexander, of whom the MacAlasters of Loup in Argyleshire, and the
Alexanders of Menstrie, in Stirlingshire, are descended.
!BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, Bart., THE PEERAGE OF
SCOTLAND, Vol. 2, Second Edition, John Philip Wood, Esq., Editor,
Edinburgh, 1813, p. 6.
2. Alexander [probably the same Alexander de Ergadia, one of the
Scotish nobles who became bound to receive Margaret of Norway as their
sovereign, in the event of the demise of King Alexander III. 1284.
Foeder, II. 266. According to Barbour, III.1. Alexander of Argyll married
a daughter of Red John Cumyn, and was father of John of Lorn. Among the
missing charters of King Robert I., is one to Alexander, younger, lord of
the Isles, of the lands of Ulks and Tyringis, with the Isle of Mull and
other lands. Robertson''s Index, 26. King David II., in 1344, granted a
charter to Alexander Macnauctane, of all the lands quae fuerunt quondam
Joannis, fillii Duncani, fillii Alexandre de Yle. Rec. Parl. 89.] said to be
the ancestor of the Macalisters of Loup, and Alexanders of Menstrie,
Earls of Stirling.