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King Robert the Bruce 1274–1329 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Jul 1274

Birth Location: Writtle

Death Date: 7 Jun 1329

Death Location: Cardross

Father: Robert Brus

Mother: MARGARET CARRICK

Spouse(s): Lady Mar, Elizabeth DeBurgh, Anabel Selby, Elizabeth DeBurgh, Elizabeth DeBurgh, Elizabeth DeBurgh

Children(s): Marjorie Bruce, Thomas Isaac, Margaret Bruce, John Bruce, Matilda DeBruce, Robert Bruce, Maud Scotland, John Scotland, Walter Clyde, Christian Scotland, Matilda Bruce, Christian Bruce, David Scotland, Niall Carrick, Margery Bruce, Margaret Bruce, John Brus, Marjorie Scotland, Lena Scotland, David DeBrus, Egidia Stewart, Matilda Bruce, Sir Bruce, Muriel Bruce, Marjorie ***, Marjorie Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce, John Bruce, John None, Neill DeBruce, Maud DeBruce, Christina DeBruce, Robert Bruce

The story of King Robert the Bruce began in 1274 in Writtle. King Robert the Bruce married Anabel Selby, Elizabeth Deburgh, Lady Matilda Isabella Mar, and had children including Christian Bruce, Christian Scotland, Christina Debruce, David Debrus, David Ii Scotland, Egidia Stewart, Elizabeth Bruce, John, John Bruce, John Bruce Scotland, John De Brus, King Edward Ii Bruce King Of Scotland, Lena Bruce Scotland, Margaret Bruce, Margery Bruce, Marjorie Bruce, Marjorie Scotland, Marjory, Matilda Bruce, Matilda Debruce, Maud Bruce Scotland, Maud Debruce, Muriel Bruce, Neill Debruce, Niall Carrick, Robert Bruce, Robert Sir Bruce, Sir John Bruce, Thomas Isaac, Walter Odistoun On The Clyde. King Robert the Bruce passed away in 1329 in Cardross.

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Biography

  • The story of King Robert the Bruce began in 1274 in Writtle.
  • King Robert the Bruce married Anabel Selby, Elizabeth Deburgh, Lady Matilda Isabella Mar, and had children including Christian Bruce, Christian Scotland, Christina Debruce, David Debrus, David Ii Scotland, Egidia Stewart, Elizabeth Bruce, John, John Bruce, John Bruce Scotland, John De Brus, King Edward Ii Bruce King Of Scotland, Lena Bruce Scotland, Margaret Bruce, Margery Bruce, Marjorie Bruce, Marjorie Scotland, Marjory, Matilda Bruce, Matilda Debruce, Maud Bruce Scotland, Maud Debruce, Muriel Bruce, Neill Debruce, Niall Carrick, Robert Bruce, Robert Sir Bruce, Sir John Bruce, Thomas Isaac, Walter Odistoun On The Clyde.
  • King Robert the Bruce passed away in 1329 in Cardross.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Brus
1243–1304
Birth Location: Annandale, Scotland
RB
MARGARET CARRICK
1252–1292
Birth Location: Carrick, Ayrshire, , Scotland
MC

Spouses(s)

Lady Mar
1278–1296
Birth Location: Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
LM
Elizabeth DeBurgh
1284–1327
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
ED
Anabel Selby
1278–1320
Birth Location: Seghill, Northumberland, England
AS
Elizabeth DeBurgh
1327–1327
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
ED
Elizabeth DeBurgh
1248–1327
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
ED
Elizabeth DeBurgh
1332–1363
Birth Location: Castle, Antrim, Ireland
ED

Children(s)

Marjorie Bruce
1296–1316
Birth Location: Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
MB
Thomas Isaac
1306–1364
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
TI
Margaret Bruce
1315–1364
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
MB
John Bruce
1324–1327
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
JB
Matilda DeBruce
1297–1300
Birth Location: –
MD
Robert Bruce
1303–1332
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
RB
Maud Scotland
1310–1353
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
MS
John Scotland
1325–1346
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
JS
Walter Clyde
–1329
Birth Location: –
WC
Christian Scotland
–1329
Birth Location: Scotland
CS
Matilda Bruce
1310–1353
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
MB
Christian Bruce
1298–1329
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
CB
David Scotland
1324–1369
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
DS
Niall Carrick
1315–1346
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
NC
Margery Bruce
1306–1316
Birth Location: Kyle, Ayrshire, , Scotland
MB
Margaret Bruce
1680–1759
Birth Location: , Angus, , Scotland
MB
John Brus
1327–1327
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
JB
Marjorie Scotland
1296–1350
Birth Location: Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
MS
Lena Scotland
1296–
Birth Location: Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
LS
David DeBrus
1304–1371
Birth Location: –
DD
Egidia Stewart
1326–1406
Birth Location: Cunninghame, Ayrshire, Scotland
ES
Matilda Bruce
1310–1353
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
MB
Sir Bruce
1290–1318
Birth Location: Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
SB
Muriel Bruce
1287–1318
Birth Location: Castle Cary, Somerset, England
MB
Marjorie ***
1297–1316
Birth Location: Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland
M*
Marjorie Bruce
1297–1347
Birth Location: Kyle, Ayrshire, , Scotland
MB
Elizabeth Bruce
1317–1378
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
EB
Elizabeth Bruce
1295–
Birth Location: –
EB
John Bruce
–1327
Birth Location: –
JB
John None
1325–
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, , Scotland
J
Neill DeBruce
–1346
Birth Location: carrick
ND
Maud DeBruce
1320–
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fulton, Illinois, United States
MD
Christina DeBruce
1312–
Birth Location: –
CD
Robert Bruce
1243–1332
Birth Location: –
RB

King Bruce's Ancestors

Self
King Bruce
1274–1329
Birth Place: Writtle
Parents
Robert De Brus
1243–1304
Annandale, Scotland
MARGARET CARRICK
1252–1292
Carrick, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
Niall (of Carrick) Earl
1202–1256
Carrick, Argyleshire, Scotland
Margaret Stewart
1215–1255
Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Walter Stewart
1180–1241
Beatrix DeAngus
1184–1270
2nd-Great-Grandparents

King Bruce's Descendants

1.
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King (Robert the) Bruce (11 Jul 1274–7 Jun 1329) m. Lady (Matilda Isabella) Mar (1278–12 December 1296) m. Elizabeth DeBurgh (1284–26 Oct 1327) m. Anabel Selby (1278–1320) m. Elizabeth DeBurgh (1327–26 Oct 1327) m. Elizabeth DeBurgh (1248–26 Oct 1327) m. Elizabeth DeBurgh (6 Jul 1332–Dec 1363)
  1. 1. Marjorie Bruce 1296–1316 m. Walter Stewart 1293–1326
    1. 1. Robert (II) Stewart 1316–1390 m. Elizabeth Mure 1320–1355 m. Euphemia Ross 1320–1387 m. Marion Cardny 1312–1334
      1. 1. Robert Stewart 1337–1406 m. Annabella Drummond 1350–1401 m. Muriella Keith 1351–1449 m. Margaret Graham 1334–1372 m. Mistress 1341– m. Elizabeth Mure 1320–1355
        1. 1. James (I) STEWART 1394–1437 m. Joan BEAUFORT 1406–1445 m. Mary Douglas 1403– m. Isobel (St) Clair 1400–1445
        2. 2. Mary Stewart 1380–1458
        3. 3. David Stewart 1378–1402
        4. 4. John Stewart 1362–1445
        5. 5. James Stewart 1360–1400
        6. 6. Isobell Stewart 1350–1373
        7. 7. Margaret Stewart 1396–1449
        8. 8. Princess (Elizabeth 1 Stewart, Princess of Scotland, Baroness Dalkeith, Countess of) Morton 1370–1441
        9. 9. Margaret, (Lady of Galloway) Stewart 1370–1456
        10. 10. Elizabeth (Princess of) Scotland 1387–1478
        11. 11. Elizabeth, (Princess of Scotland) Stewart 1371–1411
        12. 12. Robert (Prince of) Scotland 1383–1424
        13. 13. Egidia Stewart 1368–1388
        14. 14. Robert Stewart 1367–1401
        15. 15. Lady (Mary) Stewart 1382–1458
        16. 16. Elizabeth Stewart 1400–1411
        17. 17. Elizabeth Stewart 1387–1411
        18. 18. Mary Stuart 1358–1374
        19. 19. John Stewart 1350–1421
        20. 20. Of (Scotland COUNTESS OF DOUG) Margaret 1370–1456
        21. 21. Elizabeth Stewart 1378–1378
        22. 22. Elizabeth Stewart 1400–1378
        23. 23. Of (Scotland) Egidia 1390–1458
        24. 24. Of (Scotland) Robert 1383–
        25. 25. Egidia (Of) SCOTLAND 1390–1431
        26. 26. Robert Scotland 1383–1383
        27. 27. Isobel Stewart 1370–1410
        28. 28. John Stewart 1362–1445
        29. 29. Joan Stuart 1400–1439
        30. 30. Egidia Scotland 1380–1458
        31. 31. Beatrice Stewart 1360–
        32. 32. Lady (MARY Scotland STEWART DOUGLAS KENNEDY GRAHAM) EDMONSTON 1382–1458
        33. 33. Joan (Lady Lorn) Stewart* 1379–1439
        34. 34. James (I) Scotland 1346–
        35. 35. King (of Scotland, James I Black Knight Lorn) Stewart 1394–1437
        36. 36. Rothesay (Stewart Stuart) David 1378–1402
        37. 37. Robert Stewart 1388–1424
        38. 38. Margaret Stewart 1354–1418
        39. 39. John (Stewart) Buchan 1380–1425
        40. 40. John, (2nd Earl of Buchan) Stewart 1381–1424
        41. 41. Andrew Stewart 1386–1413
        42. 42. Marjorie Stewart 1400–1432
        43. 43. Janet Stewart 1364–
        44. 44. Joan Stewart 1379–1439
        45. 45. Maria Stewart 1365–1420
        46. 46. Isobel Stewart 1370–1410
        47. 47. Lady (Marjorie) Stuart 1366–1432
        48. 48. Murdoch Albany 1362–1425
        49. 49. Isabella Stewart 1370–1410
        50. 50. Joan Stewart 1350–
        51. 51. Beatrice Stewart 1372–1411
        52. 52. Margery Stewart 1380–1432
      2. 2. Alexander Stewart 1352–1405
      3. 3. Margaret Stewart 1342–1410
      4. 4. Walter Stewart 1338–1362
      5. 5. Isabella Stewart 1348–1410
      6. 6. Elizabeth Stewart 1346–1389
      7. 7. John Stewart 1332–1425
      8. 8. Katherine Stewart 1346–1394
      9. 9. Marjorie Stewart 1344–1417
      10. 10. Johanna ((Jean)) Stewart 1350–1404
      11. 11. Egidia Stewart 1368–1388
      12. 12. Isabella Stewart 1336–
      13. 13. Marjory Stuart 1346–1389
      14. 14. Egidia Stewart 1348–1439
      15. 15. Lady (Jean) Stewart 1336–1404
      16. 16. Sir (Thomas Angus) Stewart 1332–1361
      17. 17. Margaret Scotland 1334–1417
      18. 18. Katherine Stewart 1345–1446
      19. 19. James (Kinfauns) Stewart 1342–1383
      20. 20. David SCOTLAND 1356–1388
      21. 21. Jean Stewart 1362–1446
      22. 22. Katherine Stewart 1336–1342
      23. 23. David Stewart 1356–1389
      24. 24. Walter (Stewart Earl of) Atholl 1359–1437
      25. 25. Eupheme (Countess Caithness) Stewart 1375–1434
      26. 26. MARGARET STEWART 1335–1350
      27. 27. David Stewart 1356–1434
      28. 28. Jill Stuart 1362–1407
      29. 29. Egidia Stewart 1345–1388
      30. 30. Margaret Stewart 1373–
      31. 31. Baroness Strathnairn –1398
      32. 32. Walter Stewart 1375–1436
      33. 33. David Stewart 1347–1390
      34. 34. WALTER STEWART 1360–
      35. 35. Margaret Stewart 1342–1410
      36. 36. Isabel Stewart 1360–1385
      37. 37. Alexander (Stewart) Buchan 1339–1405
      38. 38. Jean Stuart 1345–1440
      39. 39. Walter Stewart 1345–1863
      40. 40. John (Lord Burley) Stewart 1338–1425
      41. 41. Princess Margaret 1344–1417
      42. 42. John (Bute) Stewart 1360–1400
      43. 43. Walter Scotland 1339–1362
      44. 44. Sir (John) Cairdney 1342–1425
      45. 45. Sir (John) STEWART 1360–1449
      46. 46. James (Stewart) Kinfauns 1335–
      47. 47. Sir (John) STEWART 1350–1421
      48. 48. Alexander (Stewart) Buchan 1350–1394
      49. 49. Robert, (1st Duke of Albany) Stewart 1340–1420
      50. 50. Alexander (Wolf Badenoch Of) Scotland 1342–1405
      51. 51. Alexander Stewart 1343–1394
      52. 52. Marjorie (of) Scotland 1345–
      53. 53. Walter (Stewart) Fife 1350–1362
      54. 54. Jean (Johanna) Stewart 1350–1404
      55. 55. Margaret SCOTLAND 1362–1446
      56. 56. John (Stewart Red) Dundonald 1334–1425
      57. 57. John (Stewart Lord) Burley 1337–
      58. 58. Alexander (Stewart Canon) Glasgow 1333–
      59. 59. ALEXANDER STEWART 1332–
      60. 60. JOHN STEWART 1390–1455
      61. 61. Thomas (Bishop StAndrews) Stewart 1360–1410
      62. 62. John (Lord Burley) Stewart 1334–1341
    2. 2. Thomas Stewart 1318–1361
    3. 3. Jean Stewart 1313–1326
    4. 4. Maud BRUCE 1313–1326
    5. 5. Alicia Wishart 1323–1340
    6. 6. Jean STEWART 1327–
    7. 7. Egidia Stewart 1326–1406
    8. 8. Andrew Stewart 1322–1380
    9. 9. John Stewart 1315–1331
    10. 10. Jill Stewart 1320–1405
    11. 11. Iain Stewart 1321–
    12. 12. John Stewart 1318–1320
    13. 13. Alexander (Stuart) Stewart 1314–
    14. 14. Maude Stewart 1313–1326
    15. 15. Jean Stewart 1327–
    16. 16. John Stewart 1318–1380
    17. 17. Gilchrist Mure 1299–1382
    18. 18. Egidia Steward 1312–1333
    19. 19. John Lord 1318–
    20. 20. Matilda (Maud) Bruce 1282–1323
    21. 21. Christina Seton 1301–1402
    22. 22. Alexander Stewart 1266–1326
    23. 23. Andrew Stewart 1325–
    24. 24. ROBERT BRUCE 1315–1390
    25. 25. Alicia Mure 1320–
    26. 26. Robert Stewart 1292–1326
    27. 27. Robert (II Stewart, King of) Scotland 1315–1390
    28. 28. John Stuart 1320–1320
    29. 29. Egidia Stewart 1368–1388
    30. 30. Robert (Stewart) Scotland 1315–1390
  2. 2. Thomas Isaac 1306–1364
  3. 3. Margaret Bruce 1315–1364
  4. 4. John Bruce 1324–1327
  5. 5. Matilda DeBruce 1297–1300
  6. 6. Robert (Sir) Bruce 1303–1332
  7. 7. Maud (Bruce) Scotland 1310–1353
  8. 8. John (Bruce) Scotland 1325–1346
  9. 9. Walter (Odistoun on the) Clyde –1329
  10. 10. Christian Scotland –1329
  11. 11. Matilda Bruce 1310–1353
  12. 12. Christian Bruce 1298–1329
  13. 13. David (II) Scotland 1324–1369
  14. 14. Niall Carrick 1315–1346
  15. 15. Margery Bruce 1306–1316
  16. 16. Margaret Bruce 1680–1759
  17. 17. John (De) Brus 1327–1327
  18. 18. Marjorie Scotland 1296–1350
  19. 19. Lena (Bruce) Scotland 1296–
  20. 20. David DeBrus 1304–1371
  21. 21. Egidia Stewart 1326–1406
  22. 22. Matilda Bruce 1310–1353
  23. 23. Sir (John) Bruce 1290–1318
  24. 24. Muriel Bruce 1287–1318
  25. 25. Marjorie (Bruce) *** 1297–1316
  26. 26. Marjorie Bruce 1297–1347
  27. 27. Elizabeth Bruce 1317–1378
  28. 28. Elizabeth Bruce 1295–
  29. 29. John Bruce –1327
  30. 30. John 1325–
  31. 31. Neill DeBruce –1346
  32. 32. Maud DeBruce 1320–
  33. 33. Christina DeBruce 1312–
  34. 34. Robert Bruce 1243–1332

King Bruce's Timeline

2 Records

1274
11 Jul 1274
Birth of King Robert the Bruce in Writtle
Writtle
1329
7 Jun 1329
Age 55
Death of King Robert the Bruce in Cardross
Cardross

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Jul 1274
    Event Place: Writtle
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Jun 1329
    Event Place: Cardross
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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