Individual Details
Sir Robert "2nd Lord of Annandale, le Meschin (the Cadet)" Brus
(Abt 1120 - Abt 1189)
[[Category:Lord of Annandale]]
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==Biography==He was a 12th century Norman noble and Lord of Annandale. He was the son, perhaps the second son, of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale.
The elder de Brus' allegiances were compromised when David I invaded England in the later 1130s, and he had renounced his fealty to David before the Battle of the Standard in 1138. The younger Robert however remained loyal and took over his father's land in Scotland, whilst the English territories remained with the elder Robert and passed to the latter's elder son Adam. Bruce family tradition has it that Robert II was captured by his father at the battle and given over to King Stephen of England.
A legend tells that in the 1140s, Robert II was visited at Annan by St. Malachy. St Malachy asked Robert to pardon a thief, but Robert hung him anyway, and for this the River Annan destroyed part of his castle and the de Brus line received a curse from the holy man. Robert made Lochmaben the centre of his lordship and constructed a new caputthere.
Robert was buried at Gisborough Priory in North Riding, Yorkshire, a monastery founded by his father Robert I de Brus. As his eldest son,Robert, predeceased him, he was succeeded by his second son William.
He married Euphemia, a daughter of Enguerrand Aumale, whose father was Stephen, Count of Aumale. :'''Euphemie Aumale''' Her origin is indicated by the charter dated to [1150/60] under which “W. comes Albemarle” granted property to ���Eufemie nepti mee uxori Roberti de Brus”[152]. Domesday Descendants speculates that she was the daughter of Guillaume’s brother Enguerrand[153], although there seems no reason to choose one of his brothers over any of the others. Another possibility is that she was the daughter of Guillaume’s sister Mathilde, whose husband Guermond de Picquigny is recorded with a sister named Euphemie. “Robertus de Brus��� notified his donation to the hospital of St Peter, York by charter dated to [1150/70], witnessed by “domina Eufemia…”[154]. m ROBERT de Brus Lord of Annandale, son of ROBERT de Brus Lord of Skelton and Annandale & his first wife Agnes de Payanell (-after [1170/90]).] cawley Medlands Norman Nobles, Chap 2, Section B; [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normacre.htm#_Toc479160659 Aumale descendants of Steven]
:'''five known children'''Wikipedia[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Brus,_2nd_Lord_of_Annandale# Robert Brus, 2nd Lord Annandale]
:Robert (d. 1191), eldest son.
:William (d. 1212).
:Bernard.
:Agatha.
:Euphemia.
== Sources ==
*https(://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Brus,_2nd_Lord_of_Annandale
==See Also and Acknowledgements==
* Ancestry.com family trees1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;, Database online., www.ancestry.com. "Record for William rd Lord Annandale deBrus."
2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;, Database online., www.ancestry.com. "Record for Robert, 5th Lord of Annandale Bruce."
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==Biography==He was a 12th century Norman noble and Lord of Annandale. He was the son, perhaps the second son, of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale.
The elder de Brus' allegiances were compromised when David I invaded England in the later 1130s, and he had renounced his fealty to David before the Battle of the Standard in 1138. The younger Robert however remained loyal and took over his father's land in Scotland, whilst the English territories remained with the elder Robert and passed to the latter's elder son Adam. Bruce family tradition has it that Robert II was captured by his father at the battle and given over to King Stephen of England.
A legend tells that in the 1140s, Robert II was visited at Annan by St. Malachy. St Malachy asked Robert to pardon a thief, but Robert hung him anyway, and for this the River Annan destroyed part of his castle and the de Brus line received a curse from the holy man. Robert made Lochmaben the centre of his lordship and constructed a new caputthere.
Robert was buried at Gisborough Priory in North Riding, Yorkshire, a monastery founded by his father Robert I de Brus. As his eldest son,Robert, predeceased him, he was succeeded by his second son William.
He married Euphemia, a daughter of Enguerrand Aumale, whose father was Stephen, Count of Aumale. :'''Euphemie Aumale''' Her origin is indicated by the charter dated to [1150/60] under which “W. comes Albemarle” granted property to ���Eufemie nepti mee uxori Roberti de Brus”[152]. Domesday Descendants speculates that she was the daughter of Guillaume’s brother Enguerrand[153], although there seems no reason to choose one of his brothers over any of the others. Another possibility is that she was the daughter of Guillaume’s sister Mathilde, whose husband Guermond de Picquigny is recorded with a sister named Euphemie. “Robertus de Brus��� notified his donation to the hospital of St Peter, York by charter dated to [1150/70], witnessed by “domina Eufemia…”[154]. m ROBERT de Brus Lord of Annandale, son of ROBERT de Brus Lord of Skelton and Annandale & his first wife Agnes de Payanell (-after [1170/90]).] cawley Medlands Norman Nobles, Chap 2, Section B; [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/normacre.htm#_Toc479160659 Aumale descendants of Steven]
:'''five known children'''Wikipedia[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Brus,_2nd_Lord_of_Annandale# Robert Brus, 2nd Lord Annandale]
:Robert (d. 1191), eldest son.
:William (d. 1212).
:Bernard.
:Agatha.
:Euphemia.
== Sources ==
*https(://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Brus,_2nd_Lord_of_Annandale
==See Also and Acknowledgements==
* Ancestry.com family trees1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;, Database online., www.ancestry.com. "Record for William rd Lord Annandale deBrus."
2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;, Database online., www.ancestry.com. "Record for Robert, 5th Lord of Annandale Bruce."
Events
| Birth | Abt 1120 | Durham, England | |||
| Death | Abt 1189 | Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | Euphemia Aumale | ||||
| Alt name | Bruce | ||||
| Reference No | 2230246 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Euphemia Aumale (1125 - 1171) |
| Child | Sir William "3rd Lord of Annandale" Brus (1145 - 1214) |
| Child | Robert Bruce (1144 - 1190) |
| Father | Robert Brus (1093 - 1142) |
| Mother | Agnes Pagnel (1095 - 1170) |