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Sir Adam I De Brus, Earl of Cleveland 1051–1098 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1051

Birth Location: 1684867, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1098

Death Location: Skelton, Yorkshire, England

Father: Sir Knight

Mother: Lady Brittany

Spouse(s): Lady Cleveland

Children(s): Robert Bruce

Sir Adam I De Brus, Earl of Cleveland was born in 1051 in 1684867, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert I De Brusse Sir Knight And Lady Emma De Brittany. Sir Adam I De Brus, Earl of Cleveland married Lady Emma De Ramsey Countess Cleveland, and had children including Robert 1St Lord Of Annandale De Bruce. Sir Adam I De Brus, Earl of Cleveland passed away in 1098 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Adam I De Brus, Earl of Cleveland was born in 1051 in 1684867, Fife, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert I De Brusse Sir Knight And Lady Emma De Brittany.
  • Sir Adam I De Brus, Earl of Cleveland married Lady Emma De Ramsey Countess Cleveland, and had children including Robert 1St Lord Of Annandale De Bruce.
  • Sir Adam I De Brus, Earl of Cleveland passed away in 1098 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Knight
1020–1098
Birth Location: Normandy, France
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Lady Brittany
1034–1094
Birth Location: Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
LB

Spouses(s)

Lady Cleveland
1046–1094
Birth Location: Carrick, Argyll, Scotland
LC

Children(s)

Robert Bruce
1072–1141
Birth Location: Normandy, of Normandy, France
RB

Sir Cleveland's Ancestors

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Sir Cleveland
1051–1098
Birth Place: 1684867, Fife, Scotland
Parents
Sir Robert I De Brusse Sir Knight
1020–1098
Normandy, France
Lady (Emma De) Brittany
1034–1094
Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
Grandparents
Alan (III Bretagne Comte of) Tours
1000–1040
Bretange, Normandy, France
Bertha (de Blois Comtesse) Chartres
1015–1085
Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France
Great-Grandparents
Geoffrey Bretagne
980–1008
Hawise Normandy
1005–1033
Odo Blois
–1037
Hermengarde, Auvergne
–1042
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Conan Bretagne
Ermengarde Anjou
–1022

Sir Cleveland's Descendants

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Sir (Adam I De Brus, Earl of) Cleveland (1051–1098) m. Lady (Emma De Ramsey Countess) Cleveland (1046–1094)
  1. 1. Robert (1st Lord of Annandale de) Bruce 1072–1141 m. Agnes (de Sourdeval) Paynel 1076–1170
    1. 1. Robert (2nd Lord of Annandale) Bruce 1103–1189 m. Euphemia (De) Aumâle 1110–1142
      1. 1. William (Lord Annandale) Bruce 1142–1215 m. Christina (or Beatrice de) Teyden 1144–1170
        1. 1. Robert (IV "The Noble" 4th Lord of Annandale) Bruce 1164–1245 m. Lady (Isobel "Isabel" MacCrinan) Huntingdon 1190–1256

Sir Cleveland's Timeline

2 Records

1051
1051
Birth of Sir Adam I De Brus, Earl of Cleveland in 1684867, Fife, Scotland
1684867, Fife, Scotland
1098
1098
Age 47
Death of Sir Adam I De Brus, Earl of Cleveland in Skelton, Yorkshire, England
Skelton, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1051
    Event Place: 1684867, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1098
    Event Place: Skelton, Yorkshire, England
    Record Source: Millennium File
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