Individual Details
Sir Robert "Earl of Carrick, 6th Lord of Annadale, Lord of Hartness, Writtle and Hatfield Broad Oak" Bruce
(Jul 1243 - Apr 1304)
[[Category: Earl of Carrick]]
[[Category: Lord of Annandale]]
[[Category: Ninth Crusade]]
[[Category: Battle of Dunbar]]
[[Category: Clan Bruce]]
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Robert Bruce is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons
[[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]] . [[Category:Clare-673 Descendants]][[Category:Clare-651 Descendants]]
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==Biography==
Sir Robert de Brus, Earl Carrick, Lord Annandale, Sheriff of Cumberland, Governor of Carlisle Castle was born in July 1243 at Writtle, Essex, England.
He married, first, Margaret of Carrick, daughter of Neil, 2nd Earl of Carrick and Isabel, circa 1273 at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland; They had 5 sons:
*Sir Robert, King of Scotland;
*Sir Edward, Lord of Galloway, Earl of Carrick, King of Ireland;
*Thomas;
*Alexander, Dean of Glasgow;
*Sir Neil)
and 5 daughters
*Isabel, wife of Eric II Magnusson, King of Norway; *Mary, wife of Sir Neil Campbell, & of Sir Alexander Fraser, Chamberlain of Scotland; *Christian, wife of Sir Christopher de Seton, & of Sir Andrew de Moray;
*Maud, wife of Hugh, 4th Earl of Ross;
*Margaret, wife of Sir William de Carlyle).
He married, second, Maud FitzAlan by license dated 19 September 1295. They had no issue. He and Maud FitzAlan were divorced between 6 May 1299 and 1 June 1299.
He married, third, Alianora (or Eleanor) after 1 June 1299. They had no issue.
He died on 13 January 1304 at England at age 60 and was buried at Holm Cultram Abbey, Cumberland.
He was summoned to the English Parliament on June 24, 1295, whereupon he became deemed Lord Bruce. He fought for the English under Edward I at the Battle of Dunbar, April 28, 1296. He died in England on his way to Annandale shortly before April 4, 1304.
===Sources===
* '''Royal Ancestry by D. Richardson Vol. I p. 596'''
*G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000) Vol. 2. p 360
*Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999)
* Leslie Stephen, editor, Dictionary of National Biography (London, U.K.: Smith, Elder & Company, 1908), volume III, page 116-7
*James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, 1904-1913, Vol. 2 pp 432-435
* Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 436-437, Vol. II, p. 59, Vol. III, p. 271-272
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 515-521.
* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 596-605, Vol. II, pp. 31-32 and 599.
* [[Wikipedia: Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale]]
* http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ff/fraser01.php
* http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray01.php
[[Category: Lord of Annandale]]
[[Category: Ninth Crusade]]
[[Category: Battle of Dunbar]]
[[Category: Clan Bruce]]
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[[Clare-673|Gilbert de Clare]] and [[Clare-651|Richard de Clare]] .
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==Biography==
Sir Robert de Brus, Earl Carrick, Lord Annandale, Sheriff of Cumberland, Governor of Carlisle Castle was born in July 1243 at Writtle, Essex, England.
He married, first, Margaret of Carrick, daughter of Neil, 2nd Earl of Carrick and Isabel, circa 1273 at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland; They had 5 sons:
*Sir Robert, King of Scotland;
*Sir Edward, Lord of Galloway, Earl of Carrick, King of Ireland;
*Thomas;
*Alexander, Dean of Glasgow;
*Sir Neil)
and 5 daughters
*Isabel, wife of Eric II Magnusson, King of Norway; *Mary, wife of Sir Neil Campbell, & of Sir Alexander Fraser, Chamberlain of Scotland; *Christian, wife of Sir Christopher de Seton, & of Sir Andrew de Moray;
*Maud, wife of Hugh, 4th Earl of Ross;
*Margaret, wife of Sir William de Carlyle).
He married, second, Maud FitzAlan by license dated 19 September 1295. They had no issue. He and Maud FitzAlan were divorced between 6 May 1299 and 1 June 1299.
He married, third, Alianora (or Eleanor) after 1 June 1299. They had no issue.
He died on 13 January 1304 at England at age 60 and was buried at Holm Cultram Abbey, Cumberland.
He was summoned to the English Parliament on June 24, 1295, whereupon he became deemed Lord Bruce. He fought for the English under Edward I at the Battle of Dunbar, April 28, 1296. He died in England on his way to Annandale shortly before April 4, 1304.
===Sources===
* '''Royal Ancestry by D. Richardson Vol. I p. 596'''
*G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000) Vol. 2. p 360
*Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999)
* Leslie Stephen, editor, Dictionary of National Biography (London, U.K.: Smith, Elder & Company, 1908), volume III, page 116-7
*James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, 1904-1913, Vol. 2 pp 432-435
* Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 436-437, Vol. II, p. 59, Vol. III, p. 271-272
* Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 515-521.
* Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 596-605, Vol. II, pp. 31-32 and 599.
* [[Wikipedia: Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale]]
* http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ff/fraser01.php
* http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/murray01.php
Events
| Birth | Jul 1243 | Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 1271 | Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland - Marjorie "Countess of Carrick" Carrick | |||
| Marriage | 19 Sep 1295 | Maud FitzAlan | |||
| Death | Apr 1304 | England | |||
| Marriage | Allanora Bruce | ||||
| Alt name | AKA "The Elder" | ||||
| Reference No | 10537088 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Marjorie "Countess of Carrick" Carrick (1252 - 1292) |
| Child | Matilda "Countess of Ross, Mary" Brus (1272 - 1326) |
| Child | Robert "The Bruce, King of Scotland" Bruce (1274 - 1329) |
| Child | Isabel Brus (1272 - 1358) |
| Child | Christina Bruce (1273 - 1356) |
| Child | Mary Bruce (1275 - 1323) |
| Child | Edward "Earl of Carrick" Brus (1276 - 1318) |
| Child | Princess Margaret Brus (1276 - 1325) |
| Child | Nigel Brus (1279 - 1306) |
| Child | Thomas Brus (1284 - 1307) |
| Child | Alexander Brus (1285 - 1307) |
| Child | Elizabeth Bruce (1286 - ) |
| Spouse | Allanora Bruce (1250 - ) |
| Spouse | Maud FitzAlan (1263 - 1302) |
| Father | Sir Robert "5th Lord of Annandale in Scotland, the Competitor, the Claimant" Bruce The Compet (1210 - 1295) |
| Mother | Isabel Clare (1226 - 1264) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Bruce (1245 - ) |
| Sibling | Isabel Brus (1245 - 1285) |
| Sibling | Richard Bruce (1249 - 1287) |
| Sibling | John Bruce (1252 - ) |
| Sibling | Christiane Bruce (1280 - 1357) |