Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Marjorie Bruce or Marjorie de Brus (c. 1296 – 1316 or 1317) was the eldest daughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and the only child born of his first marriage with Isabella of Mar. Marjorie's marriage to Walter, High Steward of Scotland, gave rise to the House of Stewart. Her son was the first Stewart monarch, King Robert II of Scotland.
Marjorie married Adam of Kilconquhar, who died during the Eighth Crusade in 1271. Marjorie and Adam had one child before his death, Martha. Marjorie and Adam had one child before his death, Martha. Then, as the story goes, a handsome young man arrived one day to tell her of her husband's death in the Holy Land.
Of course, Bruce himself was not there for the exchange; instead, he sent the young Walter Stewart—the 6th High Steward of Scotland and hero of Bannockburn—in his stead to the Anglo-Scottish border to retrieve Marjorie and her family. Walter and Marjorie—who were about the same age—evidently took a liking to each other, as the following ...
The story often told of the origins of the surname Marjoribanks, and even supported by respectable authorities, is that Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, brought into her marriage with Walter Stewart in 1315 lands in Dumfriesshire which became known as "Marjorie's Banks"; [1] [2] unfortunately no such lands formed part of Marjorie's dowry.
Isabella of Mar, married Robert I of Scotland as his first wife, mother of Marjorie Bruce, who married Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland. Marjorie was the mother of Robert II of Scotland, the first king of Scotland from the Royal House of Stuart. Margaret of Mar (also called Marjory), married John of Strathbogie, 9th Earl of Atholl
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Los Angeles County leaders are moving forward with a plan to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black... View Article The post LA County moves forward with return of Bruce’s ...
Not everyone is happy the family of Willa and Charles Bruce are selling their beachfront property for $20 million, just months after it was returned.