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    …THE WOLF OF BADENOCH

    Feb 08, 2020 2 minutes

    hen Robert II came to the throne as Scotland’s first Stewart king in 1371, he had a problem. Unusually for a Scottish monarch, he had many sons, and he needed to provide for them. He did so by handing out lands and titles, including to his third son, Alexander, who was given the highland lordships of Badenoch and Lochindorb. Doubtless Robert hoped that his son, at

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