Robert DeBruce 
Robert was born in 1066 in , , Normandy, France.1 Robert's father was Robert DeBrusse and his mother was Emma DeBrittany. His paternal grandparents were *Ragnvald Brusesson and Arlogia Orkney; his maternal grandparents were Alan Of Brittany and *Bertha De Blois. He had two brothers named William and Adam. He was the youngest of the three children. He died at the age of 28 in 1094 in Gisburn, Lancashire, England.1 General Notes
KING ROBERT THE BRUCE I
Robert I (11 July 1274 - 7 June 1329) usually known in modern English as Robert the Bruce (Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys) was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329.
His paternal ancestors were of Scoto-Norman heritage (originating in Brieux, Normandy)[3], and his maternal of Franco-Gaelic[4]. He became one of Scotland's greatest kings, as well as one of the most famous warriors of his generation, eventually leading Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence against the Kingdom of England. He claimed the Scottish throne as a four-greats-grandson of David I of Scotland.
His body is buried in Dunfermline Abbey, while his heart is buried in Melrose Abbey. His embalmed heart was to be taken on crusade by his lieutenant and friend Sir James Douglas to the Holy Land, but only reached Moorish Granada, where it acted as a talisman for the Scottish contingent at the Battle of Teba.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b. in Islands, Orkney, , Scotland d.1031 in Islands, Orkney, , Scotland
- b.1011 in , Orkney, , Scotland d.Dec 1046 in Islands, Orkney, , Scotland
- b. in Gothland, Sweden d.1011 in Islands, Orkney, , Scotland
- b.1036 in Carrick, , , Scotland d.1081 in Annan, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland
- b.1015 in Orkney Islands, Orkney, , Scotland d.10 Dec 1046 in Orkney Islands, Orkney, , Scotland
- b.1066 in , , Normandy, France d.1094 in Gisburn, Lancashire, England
- b.1000 in Bretagne, France d.01 Oct 1040 in Bretagne, France
- b.1025 in Bretagne, France d.1094 in Bretagne, France
- b. in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France d.1085 in Chartres, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
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Details of Robert's family with Agnes DeSaintClare
1 Public Member Trees @ Database online.
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