Individual Details

Elizabeth Burgh

(Abt 1284 - 26 Oct 1327)

[[Category:Bigod-1 Descendants]][[Category:Bigod-2 Descendants]]}
Elizabeth de Burgh is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons
[[Bigod-1|Hugh Bigod]] and [[Bigod-2|Roger Bigod]]

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== Biography==Second wife of Robert the Bruce, crowned Queen of Scots with her husband in 1306.
Sources describe little of her life. She was imprisoned by the English,along with her daughter and two of Robert Bruce's sisters on Nov. 7, 1306, but
was released in Jan. 1315.
Attributed son Walter is not listed by any source and likely bogus. Daughter Elizabeth is not listed in Richardson.

==Sources==
*Ashley, Mike (2008). ''A Brief History of British Kings & Queens''. pp.485. Philadelphia: Running Press Book Publishers.

*Douglas Richardson, "Royal Ancestry", 2013, Vol. 1 pp. 605-606

*James Balfour Paul, "Scots Peerage", 1904, Vol. 1, p. 8.
*Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain Vol. 1. 2001, p. lxv, for her date of death
* [[Wikipedia: Elizabeth de Burgh]] for her place of death and a larger biography, describing her imprisonment. (As of 28 Nov 2015, the pedigree chart shows the wrong mother.)
* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p113.htm#i3385 Marlyn Lewis].

    Events

    BirthAbt 1284Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    BirthAbt 1284
    Marriage1302Robert "The Bruce, King of Scotland" Bruce
    Death26 Oct 1327Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland
    Death26 Oct 1327
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    Families

    SpouseRobert "The Bruce, King of Scotland" Bruce (1274 - 1329)
    ChildWalter Bruce ( - 1329)
    ChildMatilda "Maud" Bruce (1303 - 1353)
    ChildMargaret Bruce (1307 - 1347)
    ChildDavid "King of Scots" Bruce (1324 - 1371)
    ChildJohn Bruce (1327 - )
    FatherSir Richard "3rd Earl of Ulster, Lord of Connacht" Burgh Knt (1259 - 1326)
    MotherMargaret Guines (1263 - 1304)
    SiblingAveline "Avelina" Burgh (1280 - 1320)
    SiblingEleanor Burgh (1282 - 1322)
    SiblingWalter Burgh (1285 - 1304)
    SiblingThomas Burgh (1288 - 1316)
    SiblingJohn "Earl of Ulster" Burgh (1290 - 1313)
    SiblingMaud Burgh (1291 - 1315)
    SiblingKatherine Burgh (1296 - 1331)
    SiblingSir Edmond Burgh (1298 - 1338)
    SiblingJoan Burgh (1300 - 1359)