 He was buried, not in the Isles of his ancestors, but at Fortrose Cathedral in his mainland Earldom of Ross.Alexander was the great grandson of King Robert II of Scotland and inherited his father Domhnall's alliance with King James I of Scotland against the power of the Albany Stewarts, who by the time James returned to Scotland from English captivity in 1424 ruled more of Scotland than King James could.By 1425 James had decided to destroy the Albany Stewarts once and for all.