Individual Details
Robert DE BRUSEE II
(1030 - 1094)
from Bruis in Normandy, came to England with or shortly after William I [Ref: Paget p155]
Bruce family: also spelled BRUIS, BRIX, or BROASE, an old Scottish family of Norman French descent, to which two kings of Scotland belonged. The name is traditionally derived from Bruis or Brix, thesite of a former Norman castle between Cherbourg and Valognes in France.
The family is descended from Robert de Bruce (d. 1094?), a Norman knight who came to England with William I the Conqueror and who was awarded by the gift of many manors, chiefly in Yorkshire, of which Skelton was the principal. [Ref: Ency Britannica Online]
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Robert de Brus was a wealthy baron in Yorkshire in the reign of William the Conqueror, with whom he had come from Normandy. He had thecastle and manor of Skelton, in Yorkshire, and Hert and Hertness, inthe Bishopric of Durham, and before the end of the reign of the Conqueror was possessed of ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire. His was by his son, Robert de Bruce (or, by some accounts, the son of his son Adam). [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 80, Bruce,Baron Bruce, of Anandale]
from Curt_Hofemann@yahoo.com Post-em (accessed 3/12/08):
ROBERT de BRUCE I (d. 1094?), was an ancestor of the king of Scotland who made the name of Bruce or Brus famous. The family is a singular example of direct male line descent in the Norman baronage, and it is necessary to distinguish with care the different individuals who bore the same surname, and during eight generations the christian name of Robert. The surname has been traced by some genealogists beyond Normandy to a Norse follower of its conqueror Rollo, a descendant of whose brother, Einar, earl of Orkney, called Brusi (which means in old Norse a goat), it said to have accompanied Rollo and built a castle in the diocese of Coutances. A later Brusi, son of Sigurd the Stout, was Earl of Orkney, and died 1031. But the genealogy cannot be accepted.The name is certainly territorial, and is most probably derived from the lands and castle of Brix or Bruis, of which a few remains in the shape of vaults and foundations can still be traced between Cherbourg and Vallonges. More than one de Bruce came with the Conqueror to England, and the contingent of 'li sires de Bréaux' is stated at two hundred men (Leland, _Collectanea_, i. 202). Their services were rewarded by forty-three manors in the East and West, and fifty-one inthe North Riding of Yorkshire?upwards of 40,000 acres of land, which fell to the lot of Robert de Bruce I, the head of the family. Of the Yorkshire manors the chief was Skelton in Cleveland, not far from Whitby, the seat of the elder English branch of the Bruces after the younger migrated to Scotland and became lords of Annandale.
[Orkneyinga Saga; Ord's History of Cleveland, p. 198; Domesday,Yorkshire, 332 b, 333, and Kelham's Illustrations, p. 121; Dugdale's Baronage, i. 447. Registrum Honoris de Richmond, p. 98, gives the sealof Robert.] Æ. M.* [Ref: Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee, Eds., _The Dictionary of National Biography_, The MacMillan Co., New York &Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1908, vol. ii, p. 114]
* Æneas Makay, LL.D., author of this article.
FROM BARONAGE PRESS:
Robert de Brusee is said to have built the castle there (Bruise, Brix,Brux) and to have married Emma, daughter of Alan, Count of Brittany. His son Alan succeeded him as Lord of Brix, while another son, Robert,married Agnes, daughter of Waldo, Count of St Clair, and crossed to England in the company of several of the family. (A contemporary roll mentions li sires de Brius et due sens des Homez but it is unclear whether these crossed in 1066 or later, and the way in which the family estates in Yorkshire are entered in Domesday in 1086 suggests the Bruces there may have been late arrivals.)
The family is descended from Robert de Bruce (d. 1094?), a Norman knight who came to England with William I the Conqueror and who was awarded by the gift of many manors, chiefly in Yorkshire, of which Skelton was the principal. [Ref: Ency Britannica Online]
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Robert de Brus was a wealthy baron in Yorkshire in the reign of William the Conqueror, with whom he had come from Normandy. He had the castle and manor of Skelton, in Yorkshire, and Hert and Hertness, in the Bishopric of Durham, and before the end of the reign of the Conqueror was possessed of ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire. His wass. by his son, Robert de Bruce (or, by some accounts, the son of hisson Adam). [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, andExtinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 80, Bruce,Baron Bruce, of Anandale]
from Curt_Hofemann@yahoo.com Post-em (accessed 3/12/08):
ROBERT de BRUCE I (d. 1094?), was an ancestor of the king of Scotlandwho made the name of Bruce or Brus famous. The family is a singularexample of direct male line descent in the Norman baronage, and it isnecessary to distinguish with care the different individuals who borethe same surname, and during eight generations the christian name ofRobert. The surname has been traced by some genealogists beyondNormandy to a Norse follower of its conqueror Rollo, a descendant ofwhose brother, Einar, earl of Orkney, called Brusi (which means in oldNorse a goat), it said to have accompanied Rollo and built a castle inthe diocese of Coutances. A later Brusi, son of Sigurd the Stout, wasEarl of Orkney, and died 1031. But the genealogy cannot be accepted.The name is certainly territorial, and is most probably derived fromthe lands and castle of Brix or Bruis, of which a few remains in theshape of vaults and foundations can still be traced between Cherbourgand Vallonges. More than one de Bruce came with the Conqueror toEngland, and the contingent of 'li sires de Bréaux' is stated at twohundred men (Leland, _Collectanea_, i. 202). Their services wererewarded by forty-three manors in the East and West, and fifty-one inthe North Riding of Yorkshire?upwards of 40,000 acres of land, whichfell to the lot of Robert de Bruce I, the head of the family. Of theYorkshire manors the chief was Skelton in Cleveland, not far fromWhitby, the seat of the elder English branch of the Bruces after theyounger migrated to Scotland and became lords of Annandale.
[Orkneyinga Saga; Ord's History of Cleveland, p. 198; Domesday,Yorkshire, 332 b, 333, and Kelham's Illustrations, p. 121; Dugdale'sBaronage, i. 447. Registrum Honoris de Richmond, p. 98, gives the sealof Robert.] Æ. M.* [Ref: Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee, Eds., _TheDictionary of National Biography_, The MacMillan Co., New York &Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1908, vol. ii, p. 114]
* Æneas Makay, LL.D., author of this article.
FROM BARONAGE PRESS:
Robert de Brusee is said to have built the castle there (Bruise, Brix,Brux) and to have married Emma, daughter of Alan, Count of Brittany.His son Alan succeeded him as Lord of Brix, while another son, Robert,married Agnes, daughter of Waldo, Count of St Clair, and crossed toEngland in the company of several of the family. (A contemporary rollmentions li sires de Brius et due sens des Homez but it is unclearwhether these crossed in 1066 or later, and the way in which thefamily estates in Yorkshire are entered in Domesday in 1086 suggeststhe Bruces there may have been late arrivals.)
Bruce family: also spelled BRUIS, BRIX, or BROASE, an old Scottish family of Norman French descent, to which two kings of Scotland belonged. The name is traditionally derived from Bruis or Brix, thesite of a former Norman castle between Cherbourg and Valognes in France.
The family is descended from Robert de Bruce (d. 1094?), a Norman knight who came to England with William I the Conqueror and who was awarded by the gift of many manors, chiefly in Yorkshire, of which Skelton was the principal. [Ref: Ency Britannica Online]
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Robert de Brus was a wealthy baron in Yorkshire in the reign of William the Conqueror, with whom he had come from Normandy. He had thecastle and manor of Skelton, in Yorkshire, and Hert and Hertness, inthe Bishopric of Durham, and before the end of the reign of the Conqueror was possessed of ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire. His was by his son, Robert de Bruce (or, by some accounts, the son of his son Adam). [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 80, Bruce,Baron Bruce, of Anandale]
from Curt_Hofemann@yahoo.com Post-em (accessed 3/12/08):
ROBERT de BRUCE I (d. 1094?), was an ancestor of the king of Scotland who made the name of Bruce or Brus famous. The family is a singular example of direct male line descent in the Norman baronage, and it is necessary to distinguish with care the different individuals who bore the same surname, and during eight generations the christian name of Robert. The surname has been traced by some genealogists beyond Normandy to a Norse follower of its conqueror Rollo, a descendant of whose brother, Einar, earl of Orkney, called Brusi (which means in old Norse a goat), it said to have accompanied Rollo and built a castle in the diocese of Coutances. A later Brusi, son of Sigurd the Stout, was Earl of Orkney, and died 1031. But the genealogy cannot be accepted.The name is certainly territorial, and is most probably derived from the lands and castle of Brix or Bruis, of which a few remains in the shape of vaults and foundations can still be traced between Cherbourg and Vallonges. More than one de Bruce came with the Conqueror to England, and the contingent of 'li sires de Bréaux' is stated at two hundred men (Leland, _Collectanea_, i. 202). Their services were rewarded by forty-three manors in the East and West, and fifty-one inthe North Riding of Yorkshire?upwards of 40,000 acres of land, which fell to the lot of Robert de Bruce I, the head of the family. Of the Yorkshire manors the chief was Skelton in Cleveland, not far from Whitby, the seat of the elder English branch of the Bruces after the younger migrated to Scotland and became lords of Annandale.
[Orkneyinga Saga; Ord's History of Cleveland, p. 198; Domesday,Yorkshire, 332 b, 333, and Kelham's Illustrations, p. 121; Dugdale's Baronage, i. 447. Registrum Honoris de Richmond, p. 98, gives the sealof Robert.] Æ. M.* [Ref: Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee, Eds., _The Dictionary of National Biography_, The MacMillan Co., New York &Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1908, vol. ii, p. 114]
* Æneas Makay, LL.D., author of this article.
FROM BARONAGE PRESS:
Robert de Brusee is said to have built the castle there (Bruise, Brix,Brux) and to have married Emma, daughter of Alan, Count of Brittany. His son Alan succeeded him as Lord of Brix, while another son, Robert,married Agnes, daughter of Waldo, Count of St Clair, and crossed to England in the company of several of the family. (A contemporary roll mentions li sires de Brius et due sens des Homez but it is unclear whether these crossed in 1066 or later, and the way in which the family estates in Yorkshire are entered in Domesday in 1086 suggests the Bruces there may have been late arrivals.)
The family is descended from Robert de Bruce (d. 1094?), a Norman knight who came to England with William I the Conqueror and who was awarded by the gift of many manors, chiefly in Yorkshire, of which Skelton was the principal. [Ref: Ency Britannica Online]
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Robert de Brus was a wealthy baron in Yorkshire in the reign of William the Conqueror, with whom he had come from Normandy. He had the castle and manor of Skelton, in Yorkshire, and Hert and Hertness, in the Bishopric of Durham, and before the end of the reign of the Conqueror was possessed of ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire. His wass. by his son, Robert de Bruce (or, by some accounts, the son of hisson Adam). [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, andExtinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 80, Bruce,Baron Bruce, of Anandale]
from Curt_Hofemann@yahoo.com Post-em (accessed 3/12/08):
ROBERT de BRUCE I (d. 1094?), was an ancestor of the king of Scotlandwho made the name of Bruce or Brus famous. The family is a singularexample of direct male line descent in the Norman baronage, and it isnecessary to distinguish with care the different individuals who borethe same surname, and during eight generations the christian name ofRobert. The surname has been traced by some genealogists beyondNormandy to a Norse follower of its conqueror Rollo, a descendant ofwhose brother, Einar, earl of Orkney, called Brusi (which means in oldNorse a goat), it said to have accompanied Rollo and built a castle inthe diocese of Coutances. A later Brusi, son of Sigurd the Stout, wasEarl of Orkney, and died 1031. But the genealogy cannot be accepted.The name is certainly territorial, and is most probably derived fromthe lands and castle of Brix or Bruis, of which a few remains in theshape of vaults and foundations can still be traced between Cherbourgand Vallonges. More than one de Bruce came with the Conqueror toEngland, and the contingent of 'li sires de Bréaux' is stated at twohundred men (Leland, _Collectanea_, i. 202). Their services wererewarded by forty-three manors in the East and West, and fifty-one inthe North Riding of Yorkshire?upwards of 40,000 acres of land, whichfell to the lot of Robert de Bruce I, the head of the family. Of theYorkshire manors the chief was Skelton in Cleveland, not far fromWhitby, the seat of the elder English branch of the Bruces after theyounger migrated to Scotland and became lords of Annandale.
[Orkneyinga Saga; Ord's History of Cleveland, p. 198; Domesday,Yorkshire, 332 b, 333, and Kelham's Illustrations, p. 121; Dugdale'sBaronage, i. 447. Registrum Honoris de Richmond, p. 98, gives the sealof Robert.] Æ. M.* [Ref: Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee, Eds., _TheDictionary of National Biography_, The MacMillan Co., New York &Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1908, vol. ii, p. 114]
* Æneas Makay, LL.D., author of this article.
FROM BARONAGE PRESS:
Robert de Brusee is said to have built the castle there (Bruise, Brix,Brux) and to have married Emma, daughter of Alan, Count of Brittany.His son Alan succeeded him as Lord of Brix, while another son, Robert,married Agnes, daughter of Waldo, Count of St Clair, and crossed toEngland in the company of several of the family. (A contemporary rollmentions li sires de Brius et due sens des Homez but it is unclearwhether these crossed in 1066 or later, and the way in which thefamily estates in Yorkshire are entered in Domesday in 1086 suggeststhe Bruces there may have been late arrivals.)
Events
| Birth | 1030 | Normandie, France | |||
| Death | 1094 | Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England |
Families
| Spouse | Lady Agnes DE ST. CLARE (1030 - ) |
| Child | Adelme or Adam DE BRUS (1050 - 1080) |
| Father | Robert DE BRUSI I (1015 - ) |
| Mother | Emma DE BRITTANY (1018 - ) |