BRUCE, King Robert de I b. 16 Mar 1274 Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 7 Jun 1329 Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

1274 - 1329 (55 years)

Submit Photo / Document

Set As Default Person

Expand all | Collapse all

Personal Information | Media | Notes | All | PDF

Name	BRUCE, Robert de
Prefix	King
Suffix	I
Birth	16 Mar 1274	Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland
Christening	11 Jul 1274	Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland
Gender	Male
Death	7 Jun 1329	Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Burial	15 Jun 1329	Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
WAC	21 Jan 1926	ALBER
_TAG	Reviewed on FS
Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
Person ID	I43316	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

Father	BRUCE, Lord Robert de V , b. 1 Jul 1243, Annandale District, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Annandale District, Dumfriesshire, Scotlandd. 4 Apr 1304, Holm Cultram, Cumberland, England (Age 60 years)
Mother	MAC DHONNCHAD, Marjorie , b. 11 Apr 1254, Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotlandd. 27 Oct 1292, Carrick, Argyllshire, Scotland (Age 38 years)
Marriage	1271	Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland
Family ID	F21458	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	SELBY, Annabella , b. 1274, Felling, Northumberland, England Felling, Northumberland, Englandd. 1323, Bothal, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom (Age 49 years)
Marriage	Northumberland, England
Family ID	F23129	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

Family 2 MAR, Lady Isabell , b. 11 Jul 1274, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotlandd. 6 Dec 1296, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Age 22 years)

Marriage Abt 1295

Children 2 daughters

+	1. BRUCE, Lady Marjorie , b. Abt 1297, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 2 Mar 1316, Scotland (Age 19 years)
	2. SCOTLAND, Princess Margaret , b. Abt 1307, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Dunfermline, Fife, Scotlandd. 30 Mar 1346, Balmuto, Fife, Scotland (Age 39 years)

Family ID F23127 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 24 Jan 2022

Family 3 BURGH, Lady Elizabeth de , b. Abt 1284, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Dunfermline, Fife, Scotlandd. 26 Oct 1327, Cullen, Banffshire, Scotland (Age 43 years)

Marriage 1302 Writtle, Essex, England

Children 1 son and 1 daughter

+	1. SCOTLAND, Princess Maud , b. 12 Jul 1303, Carrick, Argyll, Scotland Carrick, Argyll, Scotlandd. 20 Jul 1353, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 50 years)
	2. BRUCE, King David II , b. 13 Mar 1324, Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotlandd. 22 Feb 1370, Edinburgh Castle, Midlothian Scotland (Age 45 years)

Family ID F23128 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 24 Jan 2022

Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

Notes

Authorities - 1. History of England, Larson, p. 57 and 176. 2. Leading Facts French History. Montegomery, p. 300. 3. Allstrom's Dictionary. Royal Lineage, p. 326-419-328-575 4. Hume History of England Vol. I, p. 136 5. Complete Peerage by C. E. C., Vol. 6 p. 345 6. Bank Baronage in Fee Vol. 1 p. 211 Omerode Cheshire, Vol. III. p. 88 7. Complete Peerage, G.E.C. 8. Complete Peerage, G.E.C. 9. Coppingers Manors in Suffolk. Vol. 2, p. 77 10. Visiliation of Norfolk, V I, pg. 79 11. Owens and Blakenaye Shrewsbury, Vol. II. p. 129 12. Shropshire Archaeilogy Vol. 44, p. 15 (Sir Wm. Burley was Speaker, House of Commons. (1422 and 1464) 12. Visitation Staffordshire, 1382. Bruce - The founder was Sir Robert de Brus, a Norman knight. He came to England with Wm. the Conqueror who granted him vast lands in Yorkshire. His son, Robert, went to Scotland and was made Lord of Annandale by David I whose great granddaughter, Isabella, married Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale. Through this marriage their son, Robert, 6th Lord of Annandale, Regent of Scotland, inherited a right to the Crown to which he was nominated by Alexander, III before the birth of the "Maid of Norway." Robert, 7th Lord, married the Celtic Countess of Carrick; and their son became the Earl of Carrick who was to wear the Scottish Crown, complete the liberation of Scotland, and be familiarly known as Robert the Bruce. Bruce was born in 1274. He died at Cardross on the Clyde in 1329. His body was buried in Dunfermline Abbey and his heart in Melrose. "The Earl of Elgin is head of one branch of the Bruces. A baronetcy of Stenhouse was created in 1629, and of Downhall in 1804." This line of descent, with the omission of many intervening links, is as follows: Cerdic, Egbert, Alfred, Ethelred the Unready. He had two sons: as extended on this family group report. Ancestry of Edgar Aetheling "The Stone of Scone" Rev. Craig 1707 Ref: SLC FHL 929.273 C844C According to A Short History of England by Edward Cheyney, p 121. The Stone of Scone, sometimes called the Stone of Destiny, measured 10 x 16 x 26 inches and weighs about 340 pounds. On each end is an iron ring. This was the stone (we are told) which Jacob used as a pillow when he had his famous dream. He called the stone Bethel -- God's House. Again at the same place, God spoke to Jacob saying, "I am the God of Bethel." Thus God associated himself with the stone. Jacob carried the stone to Egypt. (Perhaps this was when the iron rings were put in the ends to make the carrying easier). In the exodus from Egypt the Israelites carried the stone during their forty years of wandering in the wilderness. When they needed water, the Lord told Moses to smite the rock. He did so and out came water. It is believed this stone was the rock, and it was then that the rock received the crack which it now has. At last the Stone was placed in the Temple at Jerusalem where it was used as the Coronation Seat for the kings of Israel, the last king being Zedekiah. In 578 B.C., Zedekiah and all of his people were captured except his beautiful daughter whowas spirited away by a small group of people led by the prophet, Jeremiah, who carried with them a bell, an ark, David's harp and the Stone. They sought refuge in Ulster, Ireland at the Court of a King who was their kinsman. This king, theirkinsman, was a descendant of Joseph's younger son, Ephraim to whom the Stone and God's Covenant had descended. Ephraim's descendant, Gatholus, was a prince and he had married Scota (for whom Scotland was later named) the daughter of Pharoah Rameses, II. (This Pharoah seems to have had several names). Gatholus became a great explorer, his son, Iber, finally reaching the part of Ireland now known as Ulster. It was to Iber that Jeremiah took the daughter of the last king of Palestine and the Stone of Destiny. King Iber married his beautiful guest, so David's house which then had the stone, and Joseph's house to whom it had been bequeathed, were united. To both the Lord had made great promises. The stone was taken from Ulster, Ireland to Scone, Scotland where it continued to be used as a coronation seat. There was a prophecy that wherever that Stone was, there the descendants of Jacob (now the kings of Scotland) would reign. In 1296 it was taken by King Edward to England and used as the coronation seat for English kings, but in time a Scottish king (James) was sitting on the English throne. (Note: I believe I condensed this from two magazine articles, but the names of the magazines and some quotation marks were omitted in typing and I do not remember the source nor the sentences quoted. Copied from "Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland" by Sir Thomas (?) of Learney, Lord Lyon, King of Arms. Pub. by W & A. K. Johnston and Q. W. Bacon, Ltd., Edina Works, Edinburgh. The Bruce coat-of-arms represents the two kings of that great house. On it is a lion with a crown on his head and another around his neck. The crest is a mailed arm, the hand grasping a sceptre. The motto is "Fuimus" We Have Been. Ancestry of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland: David I, "The Saint" Henry, Prince of Scotland who died 1152. Ref: Reverend John Craig and his Descendant and Allied Families 929.273 C244c by Lillian Kennerly Craig Martha Margaret, daughter of the Earl of Carrick, and his sole heiress; and in her own right, Countess of Carrick, and by virtue of her right, de Bruce became Earl of Carrick. She was the ward of Alexander III, and he was so much opposed tothe marriage that he deprived her of her estate, but afterwards he restored it. By the resignation of his father he became Earl of Carrick in 1293. He was crowned King of Scotland, at Scone, March 27, 1306. He carried on an active war against England for twenty-three years. Amongst other adventures, in 1307 he attacked his patrimonial castle of Carrick, at midnight, and drove the English soldiers out of it. Finally, England, in the year 1328, renounced her claim to the crown of Scotland, and on the 9th of July, the following year, the Bruce died. His son David, in 1328, when only four years old, was married to Jane, sister of Edward of England. He ascended the throne as David II, on the death of his father, in 1329; crowned at Scone, November 14, 1331. After many vicissitudes, he died in 1371, without issue. "Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland" by Sir Thomas ..of Learney, Lord Lyon, King of Arms. Pub. by W. A. & K. Johnston and ..W. Bacon,Ltd., Edina Works, Edinburgh. The Spider and the King of Scotland - Robert Bruce was the King of Scotland. About 600 years ago his country and England were often at war. Many times King Robert's armies had been defeated. He was driven back much too far. Finally, he became ill. His small ragged and starving army carried him to a cabin in the woods. There he pondered the question, should be surrender to the larger, better equipped English army or fight again with the chance of total destruction? Filling with despair, he felt that he must surrender. From his bed he noticed a spider spinning its web across the door of his room. The web was almost complete when a messenger walked through the door, destroying the web. The spider began immediately to rebuild its web. The web was broken again when food was brought to the young king. Again the spider began to construct another web. Again the web was torn away. The king almost forgot his own problems as he watched the spider. Seven times the king saw the spider span the door with intricately spun silk. Seven times he saw the web mangled. When it was ravaged again, he thought surely the spider would give up. Suddenly a smile came on his face and he jumped out of bed. Carefully the king ducked under the new thread being fastened across the door. King Bruce took new courage from the spider. He called his army together and with new enthusiasm led his men to victory.