Robert the Bruce family

This family is know the "the BRUCE"

At the bottom of this page is links to wonderful webpages on the Bruce family with more information.

The Bruce name could have been de Brus, BRUSSE and the name Bruce is usually derived from Brix in Normandy

Robert II, King of Scotland born: 2 March 1315/16 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland died: 19 April 1390 in Dundonald Castle his wife Elizabeth More. Their a son Walter Stewart, High Steward of Scotland m�d Marjorie, Princess of Scotland.

Marjorie, Princess of Scotland family was the Bruce of Scotland. For Marjorie link look at the bottom.

Where did the name Bruce come from?

Heimskringla_ is paragraph 96 of St Olav's Saga. It deals with the history of Orkney and lists the rulers from the first Norse jarl, Sigurd, down to the sons of Sigurd the Stout. Then paragraph 97 goes on to, in detail, tell the story of these four brothers. The outline is chronological. Sigurd the Stout's sons are not mentioned earlier in the paragraph, and the following text including par. 97 deals with all brothers. The three elder brothers Sumarlide, Bruse and Einar were elected to share the earldom when their father Sigurd had fallen in the Clontarf battle in 1014. Torfinn, however, is said to have been sent to his grand-father, the king of Scotland. Apparently the age-difference between the brothers was significant. Torfinn is said to be 5 when his father dies in 1014, the other three were all old enough to take over the rule of Orkney.

There were several 'Sir' Robert de Bruce's. First was 'Sir' Robert de Bruce, Lord of Annandale who married Isabel of Huntingdon and died @ 1245.

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They had a son, 'Sir' Robert de Bruce, Lord of Annandale, born @ 1210, married Isabel de Clare @ 1240, died @ 1294.

They had a son, 'Sir Robert de Bruce, Lord of Annandale, born 1253, married Margaret of Carrick @ 1271, died @ 1304.

They had a son Robert I, King of Scotland, born @1274, married Isabel of Mar @1296 and married second Elizabeth de Burgh @ 1302, died 1329. He ruled from 1306 to 1329. They had at least five children: Marjorie (by first wife) and David II, King of Scotland.

King Robert Bruce I of Scotland

Below is the information regarding the direct lineage of Robert the Bruce, beginning with the early 1000's A.D. Although this information can be found through several sources, the most concise is in a book titled, Signers of the Magna Carta.

BRUSSE, Earl of Caithness and Sunderland, died in 1031 A.D. He married Ostrida of Gothland, and they HAD ROGNVALD (died in 1046 A.D.) was the General in the Army of King of Olaf in Norway. Through his second wife, Felicia of Normandy, he HAD a son, Brusi, who as far as can be found was the first to be called "Robert de Brusse". BRUSI (Robert de Brusse) married Emma of Brittany, circa 1020 A.D. in Normandy.

Weis/Sheppard/Faris' ANCESTRAL ROOTS (7th. ed.) include part of it--that source is pretty easily accessible. And in volume II of Sir James Balfour Paul's SCOTS PEERAGE, pp.428-435. I'll summarize it for you here and from*** In any event, the name Bruce is usually derived from Brix in Normandy. _The Scots Peerage_, ii, 428f, begin the verifiable pedigree with

ROBERT DE BRUS, a Norman knight, said to have married EMMA, daughter of Alain, Earl of Brittany. [This generation may be suspect.] ***of Brittany (who rarely appears in accounts of that family). They were the parents of

ADELM or ADAM DE BRUIS (or Brix), said to be the second son of Robert and Emma. Came to England following the Norman conquest (reputedly with his father), and was granted the barony of Skelton and the lordship of Cleveland, in Yorkshire. Adam died about 1080. His wife was said to have been EMMA, daughter of Sir William de Ramsay, but that is doubtful. *** Adam de Brus d. ca 1080, lord of Skelton (Yorkshire) m. ?Emma, dau. of William de Ramsay. With a yr son William, prior of Gisburne (d. 1155) they had:

ROBERT DE BRUS of Skelton, elder son of Adam. Received charters circa 1124 from King David I of Scotland of the lands of Annandale. Married AGNES, daughter of Fulk de Paynell. Robert died May 1141. His eldest son Adam was ancestor of the family of Brus of Skelton. ***Robert de Brus d. 1141 m. Agnes, dau of Fulk Paynel. The eldest son of this marriage continued the Skelton line (for which see Sanders, _English Baronies_, s.v. "Skelton"). A younger son, Payn, may have been ancestor of a Bruce family seated at Pickering. Another yr son,

ROBERT DE BRUS 'le Meschin' (the Younger) of Annandale, second son of Robert and Agnes. He and his father fought on opposite sides at the Battle of the Standard in 1138, when Robert was only 14. His wife was named EUPHEMIA, and he died in 1194.

WILLIAM DE BRUS of Annandale, younger son of Robert and Euphemia. William's wife was named CHRISTINA, and he died in 1215. (Christina survived him, and later married Patrick, Earl of Dunbar.)***Robert Bruce d. 1194 m. Euphemia (parentage unknown) and had two sons. The elder, Robert d.s.p. 1191 m. 1183 Isabel, natural dau of William the Lion; she surv. him and m. 2 Robert de Ros. The younger son, William d. 1215, m. Christiana who, as his widow, m. Patrick earl of Dunbar. The eldest son. William de BRUS 4th Lord of Annandale died in 1215. He was married to Christina. Christina died after 1215. William de BRUS 4th Lord of Annandale died in 1215. He was married to Christina. Christina died long after 1215. Christine married her second husband Patrick, 4th Earl of Dunbar, before 4 December 1214.

ROBERT DE BRUS 'the Noble' of Annandale, eldest son of William and Christina. Married ISABEL (died circa 1251), second daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, who was son of Prince Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, son and heir of David I, King of Scots. Robert died in 1245. He and Isabel were buried at Saltre Abbey, near Stilton, Essex ***Robert `the Noble' d. 1245, m. Isabella of Huntingdon d. 1252 (NS), through whom King Robert Bruce's right to the throne derived. Their son Robert d. 1294 was the original Bruce competitor for the throne, grandfather of the king. David Earl of Huntington was born about 1144. He died on 17 Jun 1219 in Yardley, Northants, England and is Buried at Sawtrey Abbey, Huntingdonshire. . He was married to Matilda �de KEVELIOC� of Chester on 26 Aug 1190. Matilda �de KEVELIOC� of Chester was born in 1171. She died on 6 Jan 1233. Matilda as 'de Kevelioc' -her father was called that because he was born in Cyfeiliog (sp?) in Wales, so it is not a 'proper' surname. (****"Robert I, the Bruce (died 1329) , succeeded John Balliol after years of struggle; married (1) Isabella daughter of Donald, 10th Earl of Mar, by whom he had a daughter Marjorie who married Walter the High Steward, killed by a fall 1316 leaving an only son Robert Stewart who became Robert II. Robert the Bruce married (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, by whom he had sons David II and John (d.y.) and daughters (1) Mathilda married Thomas Isaac and had two daughters Catherine d.s.p., and Joanna married John, Lord of Lorn; and (2) Margaret married William, 4th Earl of Sutherland, and had two sons, John, d.v.p. and William, 5th Earl" [PLM: either Sheppard has the Earls of Sutherland confused, or the previous sources mentioned in this forum do?]

"King Robert I had also the following bastards:

i. Sir Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale & Sprouston, killed 12 Aug. 1332." [PLM: Question: Was this man a bastard?

"ii. Walter Bruce of Odistoun, d.v.p.

iii. Nigel (or Neil) Bruce of Carrick, killed at Neville's Cross 17 Oct. 1346.

iv. Margaret married Robert Glen, living 29 Feb. 1363/4.

v. Elizabeth married Sir Walter Oliphant of Gask.

vi. Christian Bruce of Carrick, living 1328/9." )

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SIR WALTER OLIPHANT (WILLIAM OLIPHANT5, OF ABERDALGY, WALTER, SIR WALTER, DAVID, DAVID OLIFARD) was born Aft. 1317 in Aberdalgy, Scotland, and died aft. October 20, 1378 in Scotland. He married PRINCESS ELIZABETH BRUCE in Scotland, daughter of ROBERT BRUCE and ELIZABETH DE BURGH.

Notes for SIR WALTER OLIPHANT:

The marriage of Sir Walter Oliphant to Elizabeth Bruce is proven by a document known as the Charter of Gask, dated 28 Feb 1364, in which King David II, son of Robert the Bruce, bestows all the lands in Gask and a Barony upon Walter Olyphaunt and his spouse �Elizabeth, our beloved sister�. The original Charter was stolen from the Charter Chest at Gask and was missing for 40 years, but was recovered by Laurence Oliphant in 1786. It was registered in the Books of Council and Session as a Probative Writ on 5 May, 1795 by Mr. John Pattison, advocate, and Alexander Robinson, writer, Edinburgh, Scotland. There are other documents which also confirm the relationship of Elizabeth to David II. One of them is a confirmation of the lands of Newtyle and Kinprony, granted at Edinburgh the same day as the Charter of Gask, by King David II, in which the King comfirms the lands � to the said Walter and Elizabeth, his spouse, the king�s sister�. Another charter on the same day conveys to �Walter Olyfaunt and Elizabeth his spouse, the king�s beloved sister� the lands of Turynys and Dromy, in Forfar.

(SOURCES INCLUDE: The Charter of Gask, dated 28 Feb, 1374, photocopied and included with the book THE OLIPHANTS IN SCOTLAND � with Original Documents from the Charter Chest of Gask, by Joseph Anderson and Robert Anderson, printed for T.L. Kingston Oliphant, Esq. of Gask, in 1879.

THE BOOK OF BRUCE Ancestors and Descendants of King Robert of Scotland by Lyman Horace Weeks Published by The Americana Society, New York, 1907

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britian and Ireland. Vol 1 Pages 493-495.

ROBERT THE BRUCE, KING OF SCOTS by Ronald McNair Scott.

**ROBERT DE BRUS of Annandale, "the Competitor," son of Robert and Isabel. Born in 1210. When King Alexander III of Scotland was childless, he declared Robert the heir-presumptive to the Scottish crown. Based on this earlier declaration, Robert pressed a claim to the throne. However, the crown ended up going to his kinsman, John Baliol, so on 5 Nov. 1292 Robert resigned his claim to the throne to his son Robert, Earl of Carrick. He was dead by 3 May 1294. His first wife, whom he had married in May 1240 was ISOBEL (born 1226, still living 1264 but could died short time later), second daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 1st. Earl of Gloucester and Hertford. Isabella died in 1251. Weir gives buried at Saltre Abbey, Gloucestershire. Daughter of Gilbert de CLARE 1st Earl of Gloucester was born about 1180. He died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany. He was married to Isabella MARSHAL on 9 Oct 1217 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester. Isabel de Clare, m. Robert de Bruce, lord of Annandale, competitor for the Scottish crown (d. 1294), son of Robert de Bruce and Isabel of Huntingdon. Robert the BRUCE 6th Lord of Annandale was born in 1210. He died before 3 May 1294. He was married to Isabel de CLARE.

Isabel de CLARE was born on 8 Nov 1226. She died after 1294. Robert "The Noble" de BRUS 5th Lord of Annandale died in 1245. He was married to Isabella. Isabella died in 1251. Father Gilbert de CLARE 1st Earl of Gloucester was born about 1180. He died on 25 Oct 1230 in Penros, Brittany. He was married to Isabella MARSHAL on 9 Oct 1214 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucester. Gilbert wife Isabella MARSHAL was born on 9 Oct 1200 in Pembroke Castle, Wales. She died on 17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire. She was buried in Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire, England. He is often given the soubriquet 'the Competitor' and was designated heir to King Alexander II between 1237 (when the king's cousin John le Scot died) and 1241 (birth of the future Alexander III).

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Children.

1 SIR ROBERT DE BRUS, Lord of Annandale, son and heir by 1st wife, born July 1243.) He did homage and had livery of his father's lands, July 1295. Having married, 1stly, in 1271, Margery, suo iure COUNTESS OF CARRICK [SCT], he was summoned cum equis et armis from 6 April 1282 to I7 August I291, and to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June 1283, by writs directed Roberto de Brus comiti de Carrik'. After his 1st wife's death, he resigned the Earldom of Carrick to his son, and they, as Robert de Brus le veil, and Robert de Brus le jeouene, Earl of Carrick, swore fealty to Edward I, 28 August 1296. He was summoned cum equis et armis from 15 May 1297 to 12 March 1300/1, and to Parliament from 24 June 1295 to 26 August 1296, and to attend the King at Salisbury 26 January 1296/7), by writs directed Roberto de Brus (only), by which summonses to Parliament he is held to have become LORD BRUS. He married, 2ndly, Alianore. He died shortly before 4 April 1304, age 60, and was buried in the Abbey of Holm Cultram. His widow married, without license, between 2 December 1304. and 8 February 1305/6, Sir Richard LE WALEYS, of Burgh Wallis, co. York [LORD WALEYS]. She died between 13 April and 8 September 1331. [CP 2:360, 14:151]. Robert de Bruce, lord of Annandale and Earl of Carrick de jure uxoris (d. before 4 Apr 1304), m. Marjorie of Carrick, countess of Carrick suo jure, daughter of Nigel or Neil, Earl of Carrick. 2. Robert the BRUCE Earl of Carrick was born in 1240. He died before 4 Apr 1304 in England. He was married to Marjorie of Carrick Countess of Carrick in 1271 in Turnberry Castle. Marjorie of Carrick Countess of Carrick died before 1292.

2 Christian BRUCE: b Abt 1273 Seton, East Lothian, Scotland; d 1357 son

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ROBERT BRUCE of Annandale, Lord Bruce, Earl of Carrick, eldest son of Robert and Isobel. He married, as his first wife but as her second husband, MARJORIE, eldest daughter and heiress of NEIL or Nigel, Earl of Carrick, and so became Earl of Carrick in right of his wife. Neil 2nd Earl of Carrick. He was married to Margaret STEWART. The Countess Marjorie died in 1292, while he died shortly before 4 April 1304 in England.

Children

1 ROBERT BRUCE of Annandale, Baron Bruce, Earl of Carrick, son of Robert and Marjorie. He was born 11 July 1274, was crowned King of Scots at Scone 27 March 1306, and died 7 June 1329. ROBERT I BRUCE King of Scotland was born on 11 Jul 1274 in Scotland. He died on 7 Jun 1329 in Cardross Castle, Firth of Clyde, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. He was buried on 8 Jun 1329 in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. Robert Bruce, better known as Robert the Bruce, Earl of Carrick, lord of Annandale, King of Scots 1306-1329 (d. 7 Jun 1329) m. 1)Isabel of Mar, daughter of Donald, Earl of Mar; m. 2) Elizabeth de Burgh, daughter of Richard de Burgh, Earl of Ulster (d. 1326) and his wife Margaret

2 Sir Edward de Bruce, 2nd son of Margaret, suo jure Countess of Carrick [SCT], by her 2nd husband, Robert de Bruce, was, by his eldest brother King Robert I, created, shortly before 24 October 1313, Earl of Carrick [SCT], with remainder to the heirs male of his body. He appears to have been also LORD OF GALLOWAY. The Irish and Scots in Ulster having been oppressed by the English, he landed at Carrickfergus, 25 May 1315, and, on 2 May 1316, was crowned KING OF IRELAND. Though the expedition ended in failure and his own death, he gained several victories over the English, notably against the Earl of Ulster at Conyers, 10 September 1315, over Roger Mortimer [afterwards earl of Marc] at Kenlis, co. Kildare, 6 December of the same year, and over Edmund Butler the Justiciar [IRL], at Ardskull, co. Kildare, 20 January 1315/6. He is said to have married Isabel, daughter of John (OF STRATHBOGIE), EARL OF ATHOLL [SCT] by Margaret, daughter of Donald, EARL OF MAR [SCT]. He had a dispensation for marriage (which probably never took place) 1 June 1317, with Isabel, daughter of William, EARL OF Ross [SCT]. He died s.p. legitimate, being slain at the battle of Dundalk, 14 October 1318, when the Earldom reverted to the Crown [SCT]. [CP 3:56-7, 14:152]

3 : Maud Bruce m�d Hugh Ross, 5th Earl of Ross

Their children:

3/1. Euphemia Ross, Countess of Ross was Robert II, King of Scotland 2nd wife

3/2. Margaret Ross m�d Sir David Hamilton son Sir David Hamilton m�d Johanna Keith

3/3. Marjory Ross m�d Malise, Earl of Strathearn child: Isabel of Strathearn m�d Sir William St. Clair, Lord of Rosslyn

ROBERT BRUCE of Annandale, Baron Bruce, Earl of Carrick, son of Robert and Marjorie. He was born 11 July 1274, was crowned King of Scots at Scone 27 March 1306, and died 7 June 1329. Robert I �the Bruce� King of Scotland m�d Isabel of Mar born: abt 1278 in Castle Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland died: abt 1320. Isabel�s Father: Donald Mar and mother: Helen, Princess of North Wales. Robert I �the Bruce� King of Scotland�s Father was: Robert de Brus of Annandale and his mother: Margaret of Carrick Margaret�s Father: Nigel, Earl of Carrick and Mother: Margaret Stewart. The Bruce who married Isobel of Mar, who died after having their child Marjory? He then married Elizabeth de Burgh, who was supposedly a loving mother for Marjory. They had David, Margaret, Matilda and John

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ROBERT DE BRUCE, EARL OF CARRICK [SCT], LORD BRUS son and heir, b. 11 July 1274, at Writtle, Essex. He did homage and had livery of his father's lands, 14 June 1304. On 25 and 27 March 1306, he was crowned KING OF SCOTLAND. His estates in England had been taken into the King's hand, 20 February 1305/6.(i) He died 7 June 1329. See particulars under "CARRICK," Earldom of [S.]. [CP 2:360]

Scottish conservationists think they have found Robert the Bruce's heart, in a medieval casket fund at Melrose Abbey. Historic Scotland, a government conservation group, investigated the find. Doreen Grove, an inspector of ancient monuments, of the group, said a proper memorial will be built on the Abbey grounds for Robert the Bruce. A 10-inch metal casket was drilled through one end to reveal a slightly smaller, cone-shaped medieval casket, also made of lead. There was no way to verify if the heart is actually that of Robert the Bruce, but his was the only heart reported to have been buried at Melrose Abbey. Conservationists said that the discovery proves that Bruce's supporters honored his dying wish to be buried at the Abbey

Children

1. David de Bruce, Prince of Scotland, son and heir apparent of King Robert I, born 5 March 1323/4, was by his said father [who himself had held the title, 1292-1306], created Earl of Carrick [SCT], in 1328. On 7 June 1329, he became King of Scotland, as David II, when the Earldom merged in that Crown. [CP 3:57]

2 Marjory Bruce, m. Walter le Stewart, Lord High Steward of Scotland (d. 1327) as his first wife [ * NOTE: through his mother Egidia or Giles de Burgh, Walter le Stewart descends from Hugh le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk (d. 1224) and his father Roger le Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, both Sureties of the Magna Carta] Marjorie, Princess of Scotland m�d Walter Stewart, High Steward of Scotland

Their son :

1 JOHN STEWART, s. and h. ap. of Robert, afterwards ROBERT II, King of Scotland, but at that time EARL OF STRATHERN [S.], by his 1st wife, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Adam MURE, was b. about 1337. He was, by his granduncle, King David II, cr. EARL OF CARRICK [S.], 22 June 1368, and, as such, was present in the Parl. at Perth, 23 Oct. 1370. He m., in 1367 (commission to grant disp. 13 Mar. 1365/6), Annabel, 1st da. of Sir John DRUMMOND, of Stobhall, by Mary, 1st da. and coh. of Sir William DE MONTIFEX. She d. in 1401. Soon after his father had succeed. to the throne, he obtained, 1 June 1374, a new charter of this Earldom to the heirs of his body by Annabel his wife, in fee. On 19 Apr. 1390, he succeed. to the throne as KING ROBERT III, when the Earldom merged in the Crown. I wonder about this by Janet. Robert II, King of Scots 1371-1390 [originally Robert Stewart, Lord High Steward of Scotland], m. 1)Elizabeth Mure, m. 2) Euphemia of Ross. ROBERT II STEWART, King of Scots 1370-1390, first of the Stewart Kings of Scots; married 1st. ELIZABETH MUIR, dau. of Sir Adam Muir of Rowallan. King Robert died 19 April 1390

*****This appeared in the Oct. 1968 issue (p. 265x274) of "The Register"

THE COLLINS GEBEALOGY, The American Ancestry of Kit, Dick, and Christy Collins. Author: Carr P. Collins, Jr. Dallas, Texas Copyright: Carr P. Collins, Jr., 1959 Library of Congress Catalog Number: 59-14390

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SCOTLAND - BRUCE

MARJORY BRUCE, Princess of Scotland, died on 2 March 1316. In 1315, she married Walter Stewart, Lord High Steward of Scotland, who was born in 1292 and died on 9 April 1326.

Marjory was the daughter of

ROBERT I the Bruce, Earl of Carrick, Lord Brus, King of Scotland 27 March 1306-29, was born on 11 July 1274 and died on June 7 1329. He married, first, Isabel Mar who died in 1297. Robert I was the son of

SIR ROBERT BRUCE, Lord of Annandale, Lord Bruce, was born in July 1243 and died before 14 June 1304. In 1271, he married, first, Marjorie Carrick, Countess of Carrick. Sir Robert was the son of

SIR ROBERT BRUCE, Lord of Annandale, was born in 1210 and died on 31 March 1295. In May 1240, he married Isabel Clare who was born on 2 November 1226.

Sir Robert was the son of

ROBERT BRUCE, 4th Baron of Annandale, died in 1245. He married Isabel of Huntington who died in 1252.

Robert was the son of

WILLIAM BRUCE, 3rd Baron of Annandale, died in 1215, He married Christina.

William was the son of

ROBERT BRUCE II (Robert Le Meschin), Lord of Annandale, died in 1194. He married Isabel of Scotland, daughter of William the Lion, King of Scotland (see Scotland - Fergus Mor Mac).

Robert II was the son of

ROBERT I Bruce of Annandale married Euphemia.

Robert was the son of

ROBERT de BRUSSE 3rd was born in 1078 and died in 1141. He married Agnes Bruce (Agnes Paynell) of Annandale, a distant cousin.

Robert was the son of

ADAM de BRUSSE went to England in 1050 as an attendant to Queen Emma, daughter of Richard I of Normandy, He married Emma Ramsey.

Adam was the son of

ROBERT de BRUSSE 2nd came with William the Conqueror in 1066. He died in 1094. Robert married Agnes St. Clair who died 1080. Robert was the son of BRUSI (Robert de Brusse) left Orkney and went to Normandy. He married Emma of Brittany. Brusi was the son of

ROGNVALD, General in the Army of King Olaf of Norway, was put to death about 1046. He married, second, Felicia of Normandy,

Rognvald was the son of

BRUSSE, Earl of Caithness and Sunderland, died 1031. He married Ostrida of Gothland.

THORFINN 2nd (see Orkney), Earl of Orkney, Caithness and Sunderland, was born about 1009 and died in 1064. He married Ingebiorg of the Uplands. N.N. married Malcolm II, King of Scots (see Scotland - Fergus Mor Mac), who was murdered on 25 November 1034.

BRUSSE, THORFINN 2nd and N.N.

were the children of

SIGURD, Earl of Orkney (see Orkney) was killed in battle with Irish King Brian Boru on 23 April 1014. He married Donada (Alice of Scotland) (see Scotland - Fergus Mor Mac) who died on 25 November 1034.

ref: Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 359; Weis' Magna Charta, p. 41; Chronological Chart, pps. 5 and 6; Magna Charta, pps. 192, 1529, 1981.

Sources:

George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, London, 1910.

Adams and Weis, Magna Charta Surities, Boston, 1955.

Frederick D. Hartland, A Genealogical and Chronological Chart of the Royal and Distinguished Houses of Europe, London, 1854.

John S. Wurts, Magna Charta, Parts I thru VI, Brookfield Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1945 to 1954.

This is from Paul's SCOTS PEERAGE, v. II, p. 428, regarding the earliest generations of Bruce.

"Adelm (or Adam) de Brus, is said to have been the second son of Robert de Brus, a Norman knight, and Emma, daughter of Allan, Earl of Brittany. He is also said to have come to England before his father, perhaps as a page to Queen Emma, daughter of Richard, duke of Nornandy, and widow of King Ethelred II and King Canute. Sir George Mackenzie states that after that Queen's death he came to Scotland and got a grant of the lands of Bowden from Malcolm Ceannmor, but this is very doubtful, and there does not appear to be any record evidence for it. On William the Conqueror's invasion of England he joined that King, with whom his father had also come. His services were rewarded with a grant of the barony of Skelton and lordship of Cleveland, in Yorkshire. He died about 1080; he is said to have married Emma, daughter of Sir William de Ramsay, but this is also doubtful. He left issue, so far as is known:-

1. ROBERT

2. William, the first Prior of Gisburne, who was buried there, 1155"

From CP, X, appendix A, pp 9-10:

"BRUSI, Jarl of one-third of Orkney, a 'mild and very peaceable man, wise, eloquent and popular.' When Thorfinn invaded Orkney from Caithness in 1018, Brusi induced Einar to allow Thorfind to have Somerled's share. In return he handed the administration and defence of his own share to Einar, on the understanding that if he outlived him he should recover it and acquire Einar's third as well. Thus, after Einar's death in the autumn of 1020, he became entitled to two-thirds of Orkney; but Thorfinn claimed half of Einar's third of right, and suggested that as Brusi was os peaceful a man he might well be content with his original third. Brusi went ot Norway with his son Ragnvald (b. 1011) to appeal to King St. Olaf (1015-1028) and became his man for all his inherited lands in Orkney (? Spring 1021). Thorfind follwoed and the King divided Orkney, giving one-third to Brusi, one-third to Thorfinn and keeping one-third himself.

The King gave his own third of Orkney as afied to Jarl Brusi, who thus had two thirs once more and returned to Orkney in the autumn of 1021. Thorfinn, who remained in Caithness, took taxes and dues from his third of Orkney, but made no provision for the defence of the Nordreys, the whole burden of which fell on Brusi. By a further agreement made after the depositon of St. Olad in 1028 and before 1034, Brusi surrendered one-third to Thorfinn, who in return assumed the whole defence of the Nordreys. Soon after this Jarl Brusi died (?1030), ' in the days of cnut the Powerful,' a little after the fall of King St. Olaf-i.e. between 31 Aug 1030 and 12 Nov 1035. He left a son Ragnvald."

Regards, Never seen the earlier generations of this family, which seem to be quite fanciful. In any event, the name Bruce is usually derived from Brix in Normandy. _The Scots Peerage_, ii, 428f, begin the verifiable pedigree with the Robert de Brus or Brix who is thought to have m. Emma, dau. of Alan count of Brittany (who rarely appears in accounts of that family). They were the parents of:

Adam de Brus d. ca 1080, lord of Skelton (Yorkshire) m. ?Emma, dau. of William de Ramsay. With a yr son William, prior of Gisburne (d. 1155) they had:

Robert de Brus d. 1141 m. Agnes, dau of Fulk Paynel. The eldest son of this marriage continued the Skelton line (for which see Sanders, _English Baronies_, s.v. "Skelton"). A younger son, Payn, may have been ancestor of a Bruce family seated at Pickering.

Another yr son, Robert Bruce d. 1194 m. Euphemia (parentage unknown) and had two sons. The elder, Robert d.s.p. 1191 m. 1183 Isabel, natural dau of William the Lion; she surv. him and m. 2 Robert de Ros.

The younger son, William d. 1215, m. Christiana who, as his widow, m. Patrick earl of Dunbar.

The eldest son Robert `the Noble' d. 1245, m. Isabella of Huntingdon d. 1252 (NS), through whom King Robert Bruce's right to the throne derived. Their son Robert d. 1294 was the original Bruce competitor for the throne, grandfather of the king.

THE GREAT HISTORIC FAMILIES OF SCOTLAND [p.6] THE ANCIENT EARLDOM OF MAR. INTRODUCTION. By Taylor, James. The Great Historic Families of Scotland . London: J.S Virtue & Co., 1889.

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The first mormaor of Mar whose name has come down to our day in a written document was Martachus, who in 1065 was witness to a charter of Malcolm Canmore in fayour of the Culdees of Lochleven. His son, Gratnach, who about fifty years later witnessed the foundation charter of the monastery of Scone by Alexander I., appears to have been the first of the great hereditary rulers of Mar who bore the title of earl. From this period downward the heads of the house of Mar filled a most influential position at the Court and in the national councils; they held the highest offices in the royal household, and took a prominent part in most of the great events in the history of the country. They were connected by a double marriage with the illustrious line of Bruce; the restorer of Scottish independence having taken to wife a daughter of David, sixth Earl of Mar, while Gratney, seventh earl, married Christiana, sister of King Robert, and received as part of her dowry the strong castle of Kildrummie, in Aberdeenshire, which was long the chief seat of the family. His son Donald, eighth earl, was taken prisoner in 1306, at the battle of Methven, in which his royal uncle was defeated, and did not regain his liberty till after the crowning victory of Bannockburn. On the death of Randolph, the famous Earl of Moray, Earl Donald was chosen Regent in his stead, August 2nd, 1332. But only two days thereafter he was killed, at the battle of Dupplin, in which the Scots were surprised and defeated with great slaughter by the 'Disinherited Barons.'

Thomas, the ninth earl, or, according to another mode of reckoning, the thirteenth who enjoyed that dignity, was one of the most powerful nobles of his day. He held the office of Great Chamberlain of Scotland, and was repeatedly sent as ambassador to England. He died in 1377, leaving no issue, and in him ended the [p.8] direct male line of the Earls of Mar. His sister Margaret was, at the time of Earl Thomas's death, the wife of William, Earl of Douglas, nephew and heir of the 'Good Sir James,' the friend of Robert Bruce. On the death of his brother-in-law he obtained possession of the historical earldom of Mar and transmitted it, along with his own hereditary titles and estates, to his son James, the hero of Otterburn, 'the dead man that won a fight'�one of the most renowned in Scottish history. The Douglas estates were inherited by Archibald 'the Grim,' the kinsman of Earl James, while the earldom of Mar passed to his sister, Isabella, wife of Sir Malcolm Drummond, brother of Annabella, Queen of Scotland, wife of Robert III. About the year 1403, Sir Malcolm was suddenly surprised by a band of ruffians, who treated him with such barbarity that he soon after died, leaving no issue. This outrage was universally ascribed to Alexander Stewart, natural son of the Earl of Buchan, the 'Wolf of Badenoch,' fourth son of Robert II. After the death of her husband the Countess was residing quietly and in fancied security at her castle of Kildrummie, when it was suddenly attacked and stormed by Stewart at the head of a formidable band of Highland freebooters and outlaws, and either by violence or persuasion the young Countess was induced to become the wife of the redoubted cateran, and to make over to him, on the 12th of August, 1404, her earldom of Mar and Garioch, with all her other castles. In order, however, to give a legal aspect to the transaction, Stewart presented himself, on the 19th of September, at the gate of the castle of Kildrummie, and surrendered to the Countess 'the castle and all within it, and the title deeds therein kept; in testimony thereof he delivered to her the keys to dispose of as she pleased.' The Countess, holding the keys in her hand, declared that deliberately and of her own free will she chose Stewart for her husband, and conferred upon him the castle, pertinents, &c., as a free marriage gift, of which he took instruments. It appears that even this formal transaction was not deemed sufficient to give validity to the transaction, for on the 9th December following, the Countess, taking her station in the fields outside her castle, in the presence of the Bishop of Ross, and the sheriff and posse comitatus of the county, along with the tenantry on the estate, that it might appear that she was really acting without force on Stewart's part or fear on hers, granted a charter to him of her castle and estates duly signed and sealed.

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Soon after the new government was established, the national party lost their leader. He died suddenly, without male issue, in 1258, and it was believed that he had been poisoned by his wife, in order that she might be free to marry an English knight, named John Russell. There was no satisfactory evidence adduced to prove her guilt but her marriage to Russell, which took place shortly after, gave colour to the charge. She was in consequence deprived of her earldom, and imprisoned, along with her new husband, and was ultimately expelled the kingdom in disgrace. The Countess appealed to the Pope (Urban IV.) against the injustice which she alleged had been done to her, but the Scottish King and his nobles indignantly repelled the interference of the Roman Pontiff with the affairs of the kingdom. Isabella, daughter of the Countess by Walter Comyn, married her cousin, William Comyn; and after long contention a compromise was effected in the year 1285, and the vast domains of the earldom were divided between the Lady Isabella and the husband of her mother's youngest sister, WALTER STEWART, a son of the High Steward of Scotland, who obtained the title. The new Earl of Menteith, surnamed Bailloch, or 'the Freckled,' was a famous warrior. He joined the disastrous expedition under St. Louis of France, called the Third Crusade, for the recovery of the Holy Sepulchre, and fought with great distinction at the battle of Largs in 1263, at which his elder brother defeated the Norwegians under King Haco. He took a prominent part in the proceedings connected with the contest for the Scottish crown after the death of the 'Maiden of Norway,' and was one of the commissioners nominated by Robert Bruce in his competition with John Baliol. The Earl left two sons, who dropped their paternal surname of Stewart, and assumed that of Menteith. The younger of the two, Sir John Menteith of Ruskie, is the 'false Menteith' who is branded by Scottish tradition and history as the betrayer of the patriot Wallace. Lord Hailes, who sometimes carried his scepticism respecting the statements of the old Scottish historians a great deal too far, discredits the story, which he asserts rests only on tradition and the allegations of Blind Harry. Sheriff Mark Napier, a descendant of Sir John Menteith, has made an elaborate defence of his ancestor from the charge of betraying Wallace; and Mr. Burton designates it as a part of the romance of Wallace's career that he was betrayed by a fellow-countryman and [p.19] an old companion in arms. 'Menteith,' he adds, 'held the responsible post of Governor of Dumbarton Castle, and it seems likely that he only performed a duty, whether an agreeable one or not.'

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There is abundant contemporary evidence to prove that Sir John Menteith was the chief agent in the capture of Wallace. In the 'Chronicle of Lancaster,' written in the thirteenth century, it is stated that 'William Wallace was taken by a Scotsman, namely, Sir John Menteith, and carried to London, where he was drawn, hanged, and beheaded.' In the account of the capture and execution of Wallace contained in the Arundel manuscript, written about the year 1320, it is stated that 'William Wallace was seized in the house of Ralph Rae by Sir John Menteith, and carried to London by Sir John de Segrave, where he was judged.' Fordun, who lived [p.20] in the reign of King Robert Bruce, when the memory of the exploits of Wallace must have been quite fresh, says: 'The noble William Wallace was, by Sir John Menteith, at Glasgow, while suspecting no evil, fraudulently betrayed and seized, delivered to the King of England, dismembered at London, and his quarters hung up in the towns of the most public places in England and Scotland, in opprobium of the Scots.' Wyntoun, whose 'Metrical Chronicle' was written in 1418, says�

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ALEXANDER MENTEITH, sixth Earl of Menteith, elder brother of the 'false Menteith,' fought on the patriotic side in the War of Independence, and in consequence lay for a considerable time in an English dungeon. His son, ALAN MENTEITH, seventh earl, a staunch supporter of Robert Bruce, was taken prisoner at the battle of Methven, in 1306, when the fortunes of the patriot king were at the lowest ebb, was deprived of his estates by Edward I., and died in an English dungeon. He was succeeded by his brother, MURDOCH STEWART, who was killed at the battle of Dupplin, 12th April, 1332. His niece, LADY MARY, only daughter of Earl Alan, who appears to have been under age at the time of her father's death, now became Countess of Menteith. She married Sir John Graham, who is supposed to have been the younger son of Sir Patrick Graham of Kincardine, ancestor of the Montrose family, and became Earl of Menteith apparently by courtesy through his wife. He accompanied [p.21] David II. in his invasion of England in 1346. He was present at the battle of Durham, and, when the archers were almost within bowshot, earnestly urged the King to send a body of cavalry to charge them in flank. His advice was unhappily disregarded, and when the archers were about to direct their deadly volleys on the serried ranks of the Scottish spearmen, the Earl exclaimed, 'Give me but a hundred horse and I engage to disperse them all; so shall we be able to fight more securely.' His appeal was, however, unheeded, and hastily leaping upon his horse, and followed only by his own retainers, he rushed upon the advancing bowmen. But his gallant attack was not supported. His horse was killed under him, and after bravely, but vainly, striving to arrest the advance of the enemy, he was compelled to retire to the main body of the Scottish army. After a stout battle, which lasted for three hours, the Earl was taken prisoner, along with his sovereign, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. By the direct orders of King Edward, he was tried and condemned as a traitor, on the plea that he had at one time sworn fealty to the English King, and was drawn, hanged, beheaded, and quartered.

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While lying off Sluys, Douglas learned that Alphonso, the young King of Leon and Castile, was carrying on hostilities with Osmyn, the Moorish King of Granada. As this was reckoned a holy warfare Douglas resolved, before proceeding to Jerusalem, in fulfilment of his own mission, to assist Alphonso in his contest with the enemies of the Christian faith. He accordingly sailed to Spain, and shortly after his arrival at Seville a battle was fought with the Moors near Theba, on the frontiers of Andalusia. Douglas, to whom the command of the vanguard was assigned, fought with his usual bravery and put the enemy to flight; but he and his companions, pursuing the fugitives too eagerly, were separated from the main body of the Spanish army. The Moors, perceiving the small number of their pursuers, rallied and surrounded them. Douglas, [p.45] who had only ten men with him, cut his way through the enemy, and might have made good his retreat, had he not turned back to rescue Sir William St. Clair of Roslin, whom he saw surrounded by the Moors and in great jeopardy. 'Yon worthy knight will be slain,' he exclaimed, 'unless he have instant help.' And putting spurs to his horse he galloped back to St. Clair's assistance. But, in attempting to save his friend, he was surrounded and overwhelmed by the crowds of the Moors, who were twenty to one. When he found himself inextricably involved, he took from his neck the casket which contained the heart of Bruce, and throwing it before him he exclaimed, 'Now pass thou onward as thou wert wont, and Douglas will follow thee or die!' He then rushed forward to the place where it fell, and was there slain, along with Sir William St. Clair and Sir Robert and Sir Walter Logan. On the following day the body of the hero of seventy battles was found on the field beside the casket, and by his few surviving friends sorrowfully conveyed to Scotland and interred in the sepulchre of his ancestors in St. Bride's Church at Douglas. The heart of Bruce was buried by Randolph, Earl of Moray, in Melrose Abbey.

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[p.49] WILLIAM DOUGLAS, son of the Regent who fell at Halidon Hill, and nephew of the 'Good Sir James,' returned from France, where he had been bred to arms, soon after the battle of Neville's Cross and the captivity of the Scottish king, and, with the hereditary valour and energy of his house, succeeded in expelling the English from Douglasdale, and in the course of time from Ettrick Forest, Tweeddale, and Teviotdale. He was created Earl of Douglas by King David in 1357. He faithfully supported the cause of national independence, and even went so far as to unite with the Steward and the Earl of March in a formal bond to compel David to change his counsellors and to give up his intrigues for altering the succession to the crown in favour of one of the sons of the English king. He made a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Thomas-�-Becket in the year 1363; but, unlike some others of the great Scottish barons, who made such pilgrimages a pretext for treasonable intrigues with the English Government, Douglas continued steadfast in his adherence to his country's cause, and resolutely opposed the attempts of the unworthy son of Robert Bruce to betray it to the enemy. On the accession of Robert II., the son of the Steward and Marjory Bruce, the Earl of Douglas unexpectedly put forth pretensions to the crown, but abandoned them on finding that they were not likely to meet with public support. As a reward for the promptitude of his submission, the King's eldest daughter was promised in marriage to his eldest son, and the Earl himself was appointed Justiciar of Scotland south of the Forth, and Warden of the East Marches. This great noble, one of the best of his race, died in 1384 at an advanced age. He was succeeded by his eldest son by his wife the Countess of Mar.

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The family soon become numerous and powerful, and spread their branches far and wide throughout the Lowland districts of Scotland. SIR WILLIAM KEITH of Galston, in Ayrshire, fought on the patriotic side in the War of Independence, and distinguished himself by his signal bravery and energy at the capture of Berwick, in 1318. He was one of the knights who, in 1330, accompanied Sir James Douglas in his expedition to the Holy Land, with the heart of King Robert Bruce. In 1333 he was appointed Governor of Berwick, and two years later was sent ambassador to England. He was killed at the siege of Stirling in 1336

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SECKER DE SEYE, son of Dugdale de Sey, by a daughter of De Quincy, Earl of Winchester, the founder of this illustrious family, was of Norman descent, like most of the progenitors of the other great houses of Scotland, and settled in Scotland in the days of David I., from whom he obtained a grant of lands in East Lothian, to which he gave his own name�Seytun, the dwelling of Sey. His son, ALEXANDER DE SETUNE, or SETON, was proprietor of the estate of Winchburgh, in Linlithgowshire, as well as of Seton and Wintoun, in East Lothian, and his son, PHILIP DE SETUNE, received a grant of these lands from William the Lion in 1169. The fourth in descent from him was the noble patriot SIR CHRISTOPHER, or CHRISTALL SEYTON, who married Lady Christian Bruce, sister of King Robert Bruce, and widow of Gratney, Earl of Mar. The 'Gallant Seton,' as he is termed by the author of the Lord of the Isles, was one of the earliest and most strenuous supporters of his illustrious brother-in-law, and was present at his coronation at Scone, 27th of March, [p.127] 1306. At the Battle of Methven, on the 13th of June following, Bruce, who had ventured his person in that conflict like a knight of romance, was unhorsed by Sir Philip Mowbray, but was remounted by Sir Christopher, who greatly signalized himself in the conflict by his personal valour. Sir Christopher is said to have been a man of gigantic stature. His two-handed sword, measuring four feet nine inches, is in the possession of George Seton, Esq., of the Register Office, representative of the Setons of Cariston.* He made his escape from that fatal field, and shut himself up in Lochdoon Castle, in Ayrshire, where he was betrayed to the English, through means (according to Barbour) of one Macnab, 'a disciple of Judas,' in whom the unfortunate knight reposed entire confidence. Sir Christopher was conveyed to Dumfries, where he was tried, condemned, and executed; and his brother John shared the same fate at Newcastle. Another brother, named ALEXANDER SETON, succeeded to the estates of the family, and adhered to their patriotic principles, for his name is appended, along with those of other leading nobles, to the famous letter to the Pope, in 1320, asserting the independence of Scotland. He was rewarded by King Robert Bruce with liberal grants of land, including the manor of Tranent, forfeited by the powerful family of De Quincy, Earls of Winchester and High Constables of Scotland, from whom, as we have seen, he was descended in the female line. This Sir Alexander has been immortalized in the pages of Sir Walter Scott for the conspicuous part which he took in the defense of his country against the invasion of the English after the death of Robert Bruce. He was Governor of the town of Berwick when it was besieged by Edward III. of England in 1333. Though the garrison was neither numerous nor well appointed they made a gallant defence, and succeeded in sinking and destroying by fire a great part of the English fleet. The siege was then converted into a blockade, and as the supplies at length began to fail and starvation was imminent, the Governor agreed to capitulate by a certain day unless succors were received before that time, and gave hostages, among whom was his own son, Thomas, for the fulfillment of these stipulations.

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The origin of the Campbell family is hid in the mists of antiquity, and we shall not run the risk of provoking the ire either of Goth or Celt by pronouncing an opinion either on the notion of Pinkerton, who affirms that they are descended from a Norman knight, named De Campo Bello, alleged to have come to England with William the Conqueror, but of whose existence no trace can be found; or on the tales of the Sennachies, that the great ancestor of the clan was a certain Diarmid O'Dwbin, or O'Dwin, a brave warrior, who it is asserted was a contemporary of the heroes of Ossian. Suffice it to say that the earliest figure who emerges out of the Highland mist is GILLESPIC CAMPBEL, or Cambell, as the name is invariably written in the earliest charters, who married the heiress of Lochaw, and whose grandson, Sir Gillespic, witnessed the charter granted by Alexander III. to Newburgh, March 12th, 1266, more than six hundred years ago His son, SIR COLIN, who is reckoned the seventh of the chiefs of the Campbells, was one of the nominees selected by Robert Bruce, in 1291, when his title to the crown was to be investigated. The story runs that this Sir Colin was so distinguished by his warlike achievements and the additions he made to the family estates that he obtained the surname of 'More,' or 'Great,' and that from him the chief of the clan is to this day styled in Gaelic MACCALIAN MORE, or the son of Colin the Great. Sir Colin's second son founded the earliest branch of the family�the Campbells, earls of Loudoun. His eldest son, SIR NIGEL, or NEIL, was one of the first of the Scottish barons to join Robert Bruce, and adhered with unwavering fidelity to that monarch's cause throughout the whole of his chequered career. After the disastrous battle of Methven, Bruce, with a small body of followers, took refuge in the Western Highlands, and Sir Nigel, through his influence with Angus, Lord of the Isles, secured a retreat for the hunted King in the remote district of Kintyre. Sir Nigel shared in all the subsequent struggles of the Scottish patriots for the recovery of their independence, and took part in the crowning victory of Bannockburn. He was rewarded for his fidelity and his important services with the hand of Lady Mary, Bruce's own sister, and with a grant of the forfeited estates of David de Strathbogie, Earl of Athol. Sir Nigel was one of the commissioners sent to York, in 1314, to negotiate a peace with England�was one of the [p.231] leading barons in the Parliament held at Ayr in 1315, when the succession to the crown was settled, and obtained from his royal brother-in-law a charter, under the Great Seal, of several estates. By his wife, Lady Mary Bruce, Sir Nigel had three sons, the second of whom, John, was created Earl of Athol, and succeeded to the extensive possessions of that earldom, in accordance with the grant made by his uncle. He fell, however, at the battle of Halidon Hill, July 19th, 1333; and, as he left no issue, his title reverted to the crown. Sir Nigel's eldest son�

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It thus appears that the founder of the Drummond family was not a Hungarian prince, or even gentleman,but Malcolm Beg, chamberlain to the Earl of Lennox. When the War of Independence broke out the Drummonds embraced the patriotic side. JOHN OF DRUMMOND was taken prisoner at the battle of Dunbar, and was imprisoned in the castle of Wisbeach; but he was set at liberty in August, 1297, on Sir Edmund Hastings, proprietor of part of Menteith in right of his wife, Lady Isabella Comyn, offering himself as security, and on the condition that he would accompany King Edward to France. His eldest son, SIR MALCOLM DRUMMOND, was a zealous supporter of the claims of Robert Bruce to theScottish throne, and like his father fell into the hands of the English, having been taken prisoner by SirJohn Segrave. On hearing this 'good news,' King Edward, on the [p.90] 20th of August, 1301, offered oblations at the shrine of St. Mungo, in the cathedral of Glasgow. After the independence of the country was secured by the crowning victory of Bannockburn, MALCOLMwas rewarded for his services by King Robert Bruce with lands in Perthshire. Sir Robert Douglas, the eminent genealogist, conjectures that the caltrops, or four-spiked pieces of iron, with the motto 'Gang warily,' in the armorial bearings of the Drummonds, were bestowed as an acknowledgment of Sir Malcolm's active efforts in the use of these formidable weapons at the battle of Bannockburn. Hisgrandson, JOHN DRUMMOND, married the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Montefex, It has hitherto been supposed that the estates of Stobhall and Cargill, on the Tay, which stillbelong to the family, came into the possession of the Drummonds by marriage with this heiress, but they were in reality bestowed by David II. on Queen Margaret, and were given by her to Malcolm ofDrummond, her nephew.* the first of the numerous fortunate marriages made by the Drummonds. Maurice, another grandson, married the heiress of Concraig and of the Stewardship of Strathearn. A second son, SIR MALCOLM, whom Wyntoun terms 'a manfull knycht, baith wise and wary,' fought at the battle of Otterburn in 1388, in which his brother-in-law, James, second Earl of Douglas and Mar, was killed, and succeeded him in the latter earldom, in right of his wife, Lady Isabel Douglas, only daughter of William, first Earl of Douglas. He seems to have had some share in the capture at that battle of Ralph Percy, brother of the famous Hotspur, as he received from Robert III. a pension of �20, in satisfaction of the third part of Percy's ransom, which exceeded �600. He died of his 'hard captivity' which he endured at the hands of a band of ruffians by whom he was seized and imprisoned. His widow, the heiress of the ancient family of Mar, was forcibly married by Alexander Stewart, a natural son of 'the Wolf of Badenoch.' [See EARLDOM OF MAR.]

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Robert I �the Bruce� King of Scotland�s Father was: Robert de Brus of Annandale and his mother: Margaret of Carrick Margaret�s Father: Nigel, Earl of Carrick and Mother: Margaret Stewart

MARGARET, suojure COUNTESS OF CARRICK [S.], da. and h. She m. 1stly, Adam DE KILCONQUHAR, who thus became jure uxoris EARL OF CARRICK [S.]. He d. sp., being killed in the French Crusade of 1268, at Acre in Palestine in 1270. The Countess m., the next year, 1271, at her castle of Turnberry, Robert DE BRUCE, who thus became jure uxoris EARL OF CARRICK [S.]. For this marriage. which was without the Royal consent, she had to pay a heavy fine. Her husband was s. and h. ap. of Robert DE BRUCE, of Annandale (one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland), by his 1st wife, Isabel, da. of Gilbert (DE CLARE), EARL OF GLOUCESTER AND HERTFORD. In 1278 he swore fealty, as proxy for Alexander III, for the Kingdom of Scotland, to Edward I, to which King, on 13 June 1291, he also swore fealty. He was sum. to be at Shrewsbury for the trial of David ap Griffith, 28 June (1283) II Edw. I, by writ directed Roberto de Brus Comiti de Carrik, his name appearing as 11th and last of the earls who were then sum. His wife, the Countess, having previously died, he, On 27 Oct. 1292, resigned the Earldom of Carrick to his 1st son, though he appears still to have been styled Earl thereof. On 1 Apr. 1295 he succeed. his father (who d. aged about 85), and was made Gov. of Carlisle Castle. On 24 June (1295) 23 Edw. I, he was sum. to Parl. [E.] by writ directed Roberto de Brus, whereby he may be held to have become LORD BRUCE. He was also sum. to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 Jan. (i296/7) -25 Edw. 1.@) He accompanied Edward I into Scotland, and fought 28 Apr. 1296, at the battle of Dunbar. To that King he again swore feilty 28 Aug. 1296, at Berwick. He m., 2ndly, Eleanor. He resided latterly in England, and d. there or in Palestine, 1304, before 14 June, and was bur. at Holmcultram. His widow m., in 1305/6, as his 1st wife, Richard WALEYS [LORD WALEYS]. She d. between 16 Mar. and 19 Oct. 1330

In 1278 he swore fealty, as proxy for Alexander III, for the Kingdom of Scotland, to Edward I, to which King, on 13 June 1291, he also swore fealty. He was sum. to be at Shrewsbury for the trial of David ap Griffith, 28 June (1283) II Edw. I, by writ directed Roberto de Brus Comiti de Carrik, his name appearing as 11th and last of the earls who were then sum. His wife, the Countess, having previously died, he, On 27 Oct. 1292, resigned the Earldom of Carrick to his 1st son, though he appears still to have been styled Earl thereof. On 1 Apr. 1295 he succeed. his father (who d. aged about 85), and was made Gov. of Carlisle Castle. On 24 June (1295) 23 Edw. I, he was sum. to Parl. [E.] by writ directed Roberto de Brus, whereby he may be held to have become LORD BRUCE. He was also sum. to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 Jan. (i296/7) -25 Edw. 1.@) He accompanied Edward I into Scotland, and fought 28 Apr. 1296, at the battle of Dunbar. To that King he again swore allegiance 28 Aug. 1296, at Berwick. He m., 2ndly, Eleanor. He resided latterly in England, and d. there or in Palestine, 1304, before 14 June, and was bur. at Holmcultram. His widow m., in 1305/6, as his 1st wife, Richard WALEYS [LORD WALEYS]. She d. between 16 Mar. and 19 Oct. 1330.

Margaret�s Father: Nigel, Earl of Carrick

II. 2. Neil, Earl of Carrick {SCT], son and heir, one of the English faction, and under the protection of Henry III, was appointed one of the Regents of Scotland and Guardians of Alexander III, 20 September 1255. He married Isabel/Margaret, daughter of Walter, High Steward of Scotland. He died 1256. [CP 3:55, 14:151] Neil (d.1256) m. Margaret dau. Walter the steward of Scotland. Neil's father was Duncan (13 Jun 1250) earl of Carrick. Duncan's father was Gilbert son of Fergus (d.1161) lord of Galloway. Gilbert was the brother of Uchtred lord of Galloway. There is some evidence that Fergus' wife was named 'Elizabeth' and that she was possibly related to William II and Henry I of England. CP III:55; Scots Peerage I:135-136, II (sub 'Carrick') Weir gives buried at Saltre Abbey, Gloucestershire.

I. DUNCAN, son of GILBERT (who d. I Jan. I I 85), yr. s. of FERGUS, the Celtic LORD or GALLOWAY (who d. 1161), having compromised matters with his cousin Roland, who had rival claims, obtained from King William the Lion, before 1196, the district of Carrick, formed out of the old Cumbriaii Kingdom, part of ancient Galloway, with the title of EARL OF CARRICK [S.]. He took part with King John of England in his Irish wars. He d. 13 June 1250. Duncan, 1st Earl of Carrick was born after 1163 and/or about 1170. He died on 13 June 1250. He was married to Aveline fitz Alan fitz Walter [aka Aveline STEWART]. Aveline fitz Alan fitz Walter, aka Aveline STEWART

[By Act of Parl. [S.] 27 Nov. 1469 it was declared that ,"THE EARLDOM OF CARRICK" [S.] and other lands and lordships therein mentioned should be annexed for ever to the first born princes of the Kings of Scotland and "it is understood that from this period the Dukedom of Rothesay, the Earldom of Carrick the Lordship of the Isles and Barony of Renfrew [S.] were so vested with the privilege of a Peer of Scotland

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