De Bruce, *Robert

Birth Name De Bruce, *Robert 1a
Also Known As DeBruce, Robert 1b
Also Known As DeBruce, Robert 1c
Gramps ID I3151
Gender male
Age at Death 28 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E6439] 1066 Normandy, France  
1d
Death [E6440] 1094 Gisburn, Lancashire, England  
1e
Birth [E6441] 1066 , , Normandy, France  
1f
Birth [E6442] 1066 , , Normandy, France  
1g
Death [E6443] 1094 Gisburn, Lancashire, England  
1h
Death [E6444] 1094 Gisburn, Lancashire, England  
1i

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father De Brusse, *Robert [I3186]10361081
Mother De Brittany, *Emma [I3187]10341094
         De Bruce, *Robert [I3151] 1066 1094
    Brother     Braose, William [I4019] 1049 1087
    Brother     Brus, Adam [I4020] 1051 1081

Families

    Family of De Bruce, *Robert and De Saint Clare, *Agnes [F1018]
Married Wife De Saint Clare, *Agnes [I4753] ( * 1054 + 1080 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E20710] UNKNOWN    
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
De Buci, *Alice [I3137]10801107

Narrative

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.

Pedigree

  1. De Brusse, *Robert [I3186]
    1. De Brittany, *Emma [I3187]
      1. De Bruce, *Robert
        1. De Saint Clare, *Agnes [I4753]
          1. De Buci, *Alice [I3137]
      2. Braose, William [I4019]
      3. Brus, Adam [I4020]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Ancestry.com: Public Member Trees [S0075]
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