Alexander of Albany Stuart Duke of Albany [29343] ²⁴

   Cause of his death was Killed by the splinter of a lance at a tournament.

  General Notes:

Killed by the splinter of a lance at a tournament between the Duke of Orleans
and another knight.

Divorced from Catherine due to the propinquity of blood.
Baron of Annandale, Earl of March, Earl of Mar and Garioch.

The Complete Peerage v.VIII p.416.

Alexander married Catherine Sinclair Duchess of Albany [29342] [MRIN: 13382], daughter of William of Orkney and Caithness Sinclair 3rd Earl of Orkney and Caithness [29339] and Lady Elizabeth Douglas [16844], about 1475.

Alexander next married Anne d'Auvergne de la Tour [41061] [MRIN: 551608709], daughter of Bertrand VI d'Auvergne de la Tour Count of Boulogne [41057] and Louise de la Trémoïlle [41058], on 16 Feb 1479. (Anne d'Auvergne de la Tour [41061] was born in 1412, died on 13 Oct 1512 in La Rochette Castle, Savoy and was buried in Carmelite Monastry de la Rochette, Savoy.)