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The remains of Turnberry Castle, Robert the Bruce's likely birthplace. Robert the Bruce was born on 11 July 1274. [3] [1] His place of birth is not known for certain.It most likely was Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire, the head of his mother's earldom, [4] despite claims that he may have been born in Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire, or Writtle in Essex.
Both the English and Scots lines of the Brus/Bruce family demonstrably descend from Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale who came to England in 1106. [6] [7] Robert de Brus was a companion-in-arms of Prince David, later King David I. [8] In 1124 he followed David north to reclaim his kingdom. [8]
Henry de Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings: Ada m. Patrick I, Earl of Dunbar: John Earl of Huntingdon c. 1207 –1237: Isobel of Huntingdon m. Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale: Walter of Dundonald High Steward d. 1246: Joan of England 1210–1238: Alexander II 1198–1249 r. 1214–1249: Marie de Coucy c. 1218 –1285: Floris IV Count of ...
Robert VI de Brus 1243–1304 Lord of Annandale: Marjorie of Carrick c. 1253 /1256–c. 1292: Clan Bruce: Margaret of Scotland 1261–1283: Eric II of Norway 1268–1299: Isabel Bruce c. 1272 –1358: Robert I the Bruce 1274–1329 King of Scots r. 1306–1329: James Stewart c. 1260 –1309 High Steward: House of Sverre: Edward II 1284–1327 ...
Robert the Bruce defeated England’s King Edward II at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 thus freeing Scotland from English rule until the countries were united by the Act of Union in 1707. Show ...
Robert I de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale (c. 1078 –1141) was an early-12th-century Anglo-Norman lord and the first of the Bruce dynasty to hold lands in Scotland. A monastic patron, he is remembered as the founder of Gisborough Priory in Yorkshire, England, in present-day Redcar and Cleveland, in 1119.