Talk:Earl of Buchan

Successors of the Wolf of Badenoch
According to The Complete Peerage, on the death of Alexander Stewart, 1st Earl of Buchan, his elder brother Robert, Duke of Albany claimed to have succeeded him. He then resigned this Earldom in 1406 to his second son John and his heirs male, failing which to his third son Andrew and his heirs male, failing which to his fourth son Robert and his heirs male, failing which to himself and his heirs male. John died s.p.m. in 1424, and Robert (not the elder brother Murdoch, as in the article) should have succeeded (Andrew had already died), but this was not confirmed by the returning James I, possibly because the Regent Albany's assumption of the Earldom in the first place had been rather dubious. In any case, most of the Albany family were attainted and executed the following year, and though Robert survived and was still living in 1431, he was never confirmed in either the Earldom of Buchan or the Earldom of Ross which his brother had also claimed. Opera hat 19:13, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Numbering of the earls of Buchan
There is an error in the numbering of the earls. The introduction of a countess should not alter the count of earls, thus Christina's husband, Robert, is the 4th earl.Shipsview 22:05, 5 July 2009

Mary Stewart
Mary was created countess at her marriage in 1444 per The Complete Peerage. PurpleHz (talk) 15:58, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Arms: According to Burkes Peerage the Inescutcheon shown in the 4th quarter, should in fact be en surtout, ie. at the fess point over all 4 quarters. 77.101.120.170 (talk) 10:44, 15 December 2011 (UTC)SJH

According to her article, the title was created for her husband – and this would be the third of four creations. But by his article he became earl by marriage. Either way, why is the king listed here as an earl of the second creation? —Tamfang (talk) 20:34, 22 January 2023 (UTC)