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King of Scotland Robert Bruce 1164 – 1245 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1164

Birth Location: Of, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1245

Death Location: Saltre Abbey, Stilton, Huntingtonshire, England

Father: Robert Brus

Mother: Christine Brus

Spouse(s): Isabel Huntingdon

Children(s): Nigel Bruce, Robert Brus

In 1164, King of Scotland Robert Bruce entered the world in Of, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, born to Robert de Brus and Christine Mrs Brus. King of Scotland Robert Bruce married Isabel Huntingdon, and had children including Nigel Neil Bruce, Robert De Brus. King of Scotland Robert Bruce passed away in 1245 in Saltre Abbey, Stilton, Huntingtonshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1164, King of Scotland Robert Bruce entered the world in Of, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, born to Robert de Brus and Christine Mrs Brus.
  • King of Scotland Robert Bruce married Isabel Huntingdon, and had children including Nigel Neil Bruce, Robert De Brus.
  • King of Scotland Robert Bruce passed away in 1245 in Saltre Abbey, Stilton, Huntingtonshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Brus
1199 – 1212
Birth Location: –
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Christine Brus
1144 –
Birth Location: <Of, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland>
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Spouses(s)

Isabel Huntingdon
1199 – 1251
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Nigel Bruce
1214 – 1286
Birth Location: Annandale, , , Scotland
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Robert Brus
1215 – 1295
Birth Location: Annandale District, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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King Bruce's Ancestors

Self
King Bruce
1164 – 1245
Birth Place: Of, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
Parents
Robert de Brus
1199 – 1212
Christine (Mrs) Brus
1144 –
<Of, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland>
Grandparents
Robert (de) Brus
1138 – 1194
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

King Bruce's Descendants

1.
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King (of Scotland Robert) Bruce (Abt 1164 – 1245) m. Isabel Huntingdon (1199 – 20 Mar 1251)
  1. 1. Nigel (Neil) Bruce (1214 – 26 Jan 1286)
  2. 2. Robert (De) Brus (1215 – 31 Mar 1295) m. Isabel (de) Clare (2 Nov 1226 – 10 Jul 1264) m. Christina (de) Ireby (1218 – Bet 29 Aug 1296 and 5 Jul 1305) m. Christiana Ireby m. Isabella (de) Clare (2 Nov 1226 – 10 Jul 1264)
    1. 1. Robert Brus (Jul 1243 – Bef 4 Apr 1304) m. Countess (Of Carrick) Margaret (Abt 1252 – Bef 27 Oct 1292) m. Margaret (Countess Of) Carrick (1254 – 27 Oct 1292)
      1. 1. Queen (Of Norway Isabel) Bruce (Abt 1272 – 1358) m. Christopher (De) Seton (1271 – 15 Mar 1306) m. Andrew Moray
      2. 2. King (Of Scotland Robert I The) Bruce (11 Jul 1274 – 7 Jun 1329) m. Elizabeth (De) Burgh (1284 – 26 Oct 1327) m. Annabella Selby (1274 – 1323)
      3. 3. Thomas Bruce (1276 – 1318) m. Helen Erskine (1272 – )
        1. 1. Thomas Bruce (1313 – 1403) m. Marjorie (Bruce) Charteries (1317 – 1348)
      4. 4. King (of Ireland Edward) Bruce (Abt 1276 – ) m. Daughter Strathbogie
      5. 5. Nigel (de) Bruce (Abt 1279 – Sep 1306)
      6. 6. Alexander Bruce (Abt 1285 – 9 Feb 1307)
      7. 7. Elizabeth Bruce (Abt 1286 – ) m. William Dishington (1274 – 1360)
      8. 8. Margery Bruce (1287 – )
    2. 2. Robert (de) Brus (11 Jul 1243 – 4 Mar 1304) m. Marjorie MacNiall (11 Apr 1254 – 27 Oct 1292) m. Margaret Stewart (1206 – 12 Mar 1255)
      1. 1. Martha (de) Kilconquhar (1270 – ) m. Thomas (Randolph of) Strathdon (Abt 1255 – 1296)
        1. 1. RANDOLPH (Abt 1287 – ) m. William Murray (Abt 1275 – )
        2. 2. John (3rd) Randolph (1293 – Deceased)
        3. 3. Nicholas Randolph (1293 – )
        4. 4. Thomas Randolph (Jan 1293 – 20 Jul 1332) m. Isobel Stewart (1294 – 16 Jul 1351) m. Isabel Stewart (1282 – 13 Jul 1351)
        5. 5. Agnes Randolph (Abt 1299 – 1367) m. Patrick (de) Dunbar (4 Mar 1282 – 11 Nov 1369)
      2. 2. Isabel Bruce (1272 – 13 Apr 1358) m. Eirik (7 Jan 1268 – 15 Jul 1299)
      3. 3. Christina Bruce (1273 – 1356) m. Sir (Andrew Murray or) Moray (1272 – 7 Oct 1338) m. Christopher (De) Seton (1271 – 15 Mar 1306) m. Christopher Macuilleim (Abt 1219 – ) m. Gartnait (mac) Domhnall (1272 – Sep 1305)
        1. 1. Elyne (de) Mar (24 Oct 1283 – 1342) m. John (Stewart) Mentieth (Abt 1296 – 1344) m. John (Mentieth) Stewart (1275 – 1323) m. James (De) Garviach (1280 – Aft 1315)
        2. 2. Domhnall (II (Donald) 8th Earl of Mar) (MacGylocher) (1293 – 20 Aug 1332) m. Isabella Stewart (1308 – 17 Jan 1347)
        3. 3. David (of) Mar (Bet 1300 and 1304 – 12 Aug 1332)
      4. 4. Robert (The) Bruce (11 Jul 1274 – 7 Jun 1329) m. Isabella (of Mar, Nic) Domhnail (1277 – 12 Dec 1296) m. Elizabeth (De) Burgh (1284 – 26 Oct 1327) m. Mistress (of Robert de) Brus (Abt 1275 – )
        1. 1. Marjorie Bruce (15 Dec 1296 – 2 Mar 1316) m. Walter Stewart (1293 – 9 Apr 1326)
        2. 2. Matilda (Maud de) Bruce (12 Jul 1303 – 20 Jul 1353) m. Thomas Isaac (1306 – Jul 1353) m. Sir (Thomas) Isaac ( – Abt 1364)
        3. 3. Margaret (de) Bruce (1315 – 1346) m. William (de) Moravia (1310 – 27 Feb 1370) m. William (De) Moravia (1110 – )
        4. 4. Elizabeth (de) Bruce (Abt 1318 – 1370) m. Walter Oliphant (1305 – 20 Oct 1378) m. James (Sir Knight) Douglas (Abt 1344 – Bef May 1411)
        5. 5. David II (5 Mar 1324 – 22 Feb 1371) m. Joan (of the) Tower (5 Jul 1321 – 7 Sep 1362) m. Margaret (Drummond of) Lennox (1324 – 31 Jan 1375) m. Agnes (de) Dunbar (Abt 1324 – Oct 1378)
        6. 6. John BRUCE (5 Mar 1324 – Abt 1327)
        7. 7. Niall deBruce (Bet 1306 and 1315 – 17 Oct 1345)
        8. 8. Princess (Margaret) Bruce (1308 – 29 Feb 1364) m. Robert (GLEN of) BALMUTO (Abt 1300 – 1345)
        9. 9. Robert Bruce (Bet 9 Jan 1309 and 8 Jan 1310 – 11 Aug 1332) m. Helen Vieuxpont (1310 – 1330)
        10. 10. Walter Bruce (1311 – Bef 7 Jun 1329)
        11. 11. Christina Bruce (1317 – Not Given)
      5. 5. Mary Bruce (1275 – Bef 22 Sep 1323) m. Neil Campbell (Jan 1258 – Feb 1315) m. Alexander (Baron) Fraser (1270 – 1322) m. Alexander Fraser (Aft 1275 – 11 Aug 1332) m. James Kennerely (1298 – 1298) m. Alexander Fraser (1261 – 19 Aug 1332)
        1. 1. John Fraser (1317 – 1341)
        2. 2. William Fraser (1318 – )
        3. 3. Margaret Fraser (1321 – ) m. William Keith
        4. 4. John Fraser (1317 – 1341) m. Mary Fraser (1317 – 1370)
        5. 5. Simon Fraser (Abt 1318 – )
        6. 6. William Fraser (Abt 1319 – 9 Oct 1346) m. Margaret Moray (1315 – 1364)
      6. 6. Edward Bruce (1276 – 14 Oct 1318) m. Isabelle (of) Strathboggie (1298 – 2 Mar 1355) m. Isabella (Abt 1280 – 1 Jun 1317) m. Isabella ( – Bef 1 Jun 1317) m. Isabella Ross
        1. 1. Alexander Bruce (1311 – 19 Jul 1333) m. Eleanor Douglas (Abt 1315 – ) m. Eleanor Douglas (Abt 1329 – Abt 1360)
        2. 2. Thomas Bruce (1313 – 1348) m. Marjorie Charteris (1312 – 2 Mar 1355)
        3. 3. Sir (Thomas of Stenhouse de) Bruce
      7. 7. Margret (de) Bruce (Abt 1280 – 22 Sep 1323) m. William Carlyle (1271 – Mar 1329)
        1. 1. Christina Carlile (1287 – 1367) m. John (Eustace de Maxwell) II (Abt 1285 – 25 Oct 1346)
        2. 2. Thomas (de) Carlyle (1299 – 1346) m. Thomas CARLYLE (1303 – )
        3. 3. John Carlyle (1304 – Bef 24 Jul 1347) m. Elizabeth Kirkpatrick (Abt 1322 – ) m. Margaret (of Douglas) Dunbar (1308 – Feb 1392) m. Unknown (Abt 1301 – )
        4. 4. William Carlyle (Abt 1305 – )
        5. 5. Susanna CARLYLE (1330 – )
        6. 6. James Carlyle ( – 1333)
        7. 7. Andrew Carlyle
      8. 8. Thomas (de) Brus (1284 – 9 Feb 1307) m. Helen Erskine (1272 – ) m. Mary (Helen) Erskine (1268 – Deceased) m. Helen Erskine (1290 – )
      9. 9. Alexander (de) Bruce (1285 – 9 Feb 1307)
      10. 10. Maud (De) Brus (Abt 1287 – 22 Sep 1323) m. Hugh-Aodh (De) Ross (1275 – 19 Jul 1333)
        1. 1. William Ross (Abt 1278 – Bet 28 Jan 1322 and 1323)
        2. 2. Marjory ROSS (Abt 1296 – Deceased)
        3. 3. Marjorie (De) Ross (Abt 1305 – 1360) m. Malise Strathearn (Abt 1299 – Abt 1250)
        4. 4. Margery Ross (1309 – 11 Jun 1350) m. Malise Strathearn ( – 17 Oct 1346)
        5. 5. Jean (De) Ross (1311 – 27 May 1364)
        6. 6. John (de) Ross (1311 – 27 May 1364)
        7. 7. Hugh Balnagowan (1320 – 1374) m. Margaret Graham (Abt 1301 – Abt 1344)
        8. 8. Chief (Hugh) Ross (1322 – 1374) m. Margaret (de Barclay) Ross (1300 – 1343)
      11. 11. John Bruce (1300 – ) m. Isabelle (of) Strathboggie (1298 – 2 Mar 1355)
    3. 3. John (De) Bruce (Aft 1244 – 1275)
      1. 1. Constance (De) Brus (1264 – Deceased) m. John FitzGeoffrey (Abt 1260 – Deceased) m. John FitzJohn (1215 – 1298)
        1. 1. Adam Fitzjohn (1286 – 1316) m. Alice FitzAlan (1285 – 7 Feb 1340) m. Catherine Arundel (1292 – 7 Feb 1340)
      2. 2. Robert Bruce (1265 – )
      3. 3. Robert Bruce
    4. 4. Elizabeth (De) Brus (1245 – 1285) m. William Armstrong (1241 – 1300)
    5. 5. William Bruce (1248 – Aft 1294) m. Elizabeth (de) Sully (1248 – 14 Aug 1328) m. Christina (1250 – 1274)
    6. 6. Isabel (de) Brus (Abt 1249 – 1285) m. John FitzMarmaduke (1224 – 16 Aug 1311)
    7. 7. Richard Bruce (Abt 1250 – 26 Jan 1286)
    8. 8. Isabella Bruce (Abt 1252 – 1300) m. John (Fitz) Marmaduke
    9. 9. Christiana (de) Brus (1256 – 1275)

King Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1164
Abt 1164
Birth of King of Scotland Robert Bruce in Of, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
Of, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
1245
1245
Age 81
Death of King of Scotland Robert Bruce in Saltre Abbey, Stilton, Huntingtonshire, England
Saltre Abbey, Stilton, Huntingtonshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1164
    Event Place: Of, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1245
    Event Place: Saltre Abbey, Stilton, Huntingtonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saltre Abbey, Stilton, Huntingtonshire, England
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