BRETAGNE, Lady Emma Gunnora de

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• Name	BRETAGNE, Emma Gunnora de
  Prefix	Lady
  Birth	7 Jan 1034	Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
  Gender	Female
  Burial	1094	England
  Death	Jul 1094	Angleterre, England
  WAC	3 May 1935
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  Person ID	I30007	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	BRITTANY, Alan ,   b. 993, , Brittany, Normandy, France Brittany, Normandy, Franced. 1048 (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F16913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BRUS, Earl Robert de III ,   b. Abt 1030, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 1098, Castle Annandale, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age 68 years)
  Children	3 sons and 3 daughters
  + 1. Robert Adam Brus ,   b. 1033, Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle, Saint-Lô, Manche, Normandy, France Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle, Saint-Lô, Manche, Normandy, Franced. 1081, Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England (Age 48 years) + 2. BRAOSE, Seigneur William de ,   b. Abt 1049, Brienze, Normandy, France Brienze, Normandy, Franced. 11 Dec 1095, Bramber, Sussex, England (Age 46 years)   3. BRUCE, Allan ,   b. Abt 1050, Argyleshire, Scotland Argyleshire, Scotlandd. Scotland   4. BRUCE, Philina ,   b. Abt 1053, Argyleshire, Scotland Argyleshire, Scotlandd. 1079 (Age 26 years)   5. BRUCE, Hortolina ,   b. Abt 1055, Argyleshire, Scotland Argyleshire, Scotlandd. 1088, Drayton, Staffordshire, England (Age 33 years)   6. BRUCE, Amicia ,   b. Abt 1057, Argyleshire, Scotland Argyleshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F16906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  https://archive.org/stream/bookofbruceances00week/bookofbruceances00week_djvu.txt BRUSI, or Robert de Brusee, son of Rognvald, found Orkney little to his liking. Norway, the original home of his ancestors, attracted him more and shortly he attached himself to the fortunes of the house of his maternal grandfather, going over to Normandy where he established the Bruce stock. There he became eminent and powerful in the court, being councillor to Robert I., Duke of Normandy, the father of William the Conqueror. He built the castle of la Brusee or Bruis, now Brix, in Normandy, which became "the cradle of the royal house of Scotland." Brusee castle or the Ghateau d'Adam near Valognes in the diocese of Constance was situated on the declivity of a hill, on the top of which was the village of Bruis, while at the foot flowed the river Douve. Located nearly five hundred feet above the river the castle commanded a beautiful panoramic view of the country for miles away. Long ago the buildings were demolished by the inhabitants of Bruis to build their houses, so that only the foundations with a few remnants of the walls have been left to the curiosity of later generations. The chateau had three ramparts, the foundations of which appear to have been three hundred, six hundred, and eight hundred yards from the main structure. The ditches were about forty-five feet wide and about fifteen feet deep, which showed that the Brusee castle must have been a fortress of the first order. On the whole it was a defense which only a large army could successfully invest, but it appears to have been many times besieged. He married Emma, daughter of Alain, Earl of Brittany. Issue: 1. Alan or Alain de la Brusee. He married Agnes Mont- fort, daughter of Simon Montfort, Earl of Evreux. He was Lord of Brusee castle and became head of the great Nor- mandy family bearing his name. 2, Robert de Brusee