General Notes

Sir Robert de Brus, b. July 1243, d. Mar 1304, Earl of Carrick (in right of wife), Lord of Anandale; m. (1) Turnberry 1271, as her 2nd husband, Margaret (or Marjorie), Countess of Carrick, d. 1292, widow of Adam de Kilconquhar dsp 1270, daughter of Neil, Earl of Carrick, and Margaret, daughter of Walter, High Steward of Scotland.  After her death he resigned his earldom in favor of his son (No. 5 Robert I of Scotland), and was summoned 1297 Lord Brus.  He m. (2) Eleanor by whom he had Isabel, m. Thomas Randolph, Chamberlain of Scotland.  Eleanor m. (2) Sir Richard de Waleys, and d. between 13 Apr and 8 Sep 1331.  [Magna Charta Sureties]

Note: Isabel can't be by Eleanor as a 2nd wife.  See notes under Isabel.

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Robert Bruce, son of Robert of Annandale and Cleveland, in right of his wife Earl of Carrick, which title he resigned to his son Robert (later Robert I of Scots) 27 Oct 1292.  [Ancestral Roots]

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3rd Lord of Annandale; 3rd Earl of Carrick; buried Abbey of Holm Cultram, SCT

III. 3. SIR ROBERT DE BRUS, Lord of Annandale, son and heir by 1st wife, born July 1243.) He did homage and had livery of his father's lands, July 1295. Having married, 1stly, in 1271, Margery, suo iure COUNTESS OF CARRICK [SCT], he was summoned cum equis et armis from 6 April 1282 to I7 August 1291, and to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June 1283, by writs directed Roberto de Brus comiti de Carrik'. After his 1st wife's death, he resigned the Earldom of Carrick to his son, and they, as Robert de Brus le veil, and Robert de Brus le jeouene, Earl of Carrick, swore fealty to Edward I, 28 August 1296. He was summoned cum equis et armis from 15 May 1297 to 12 March 1300/1, and to Parliament from 24 June 1295 to 26 August 1296, and to attend the King at Salisbury 26 January 1296/7), by writs directed Roberto de Brus (only), by which summonses to Parliament he is held to have become LORD BRUS. He married, 2ndly, Alianore. He died shortly before 4 April 1304, aged 60, and was buried in the Abbey of Holm Cultram. His widow married, without licence, between 2 December 1304. and 8 February 1305/6, Sir Richard LE WALEYS, of Burgh Wallis, co. York [LORD WALEYS]. She died between 13 April and 8 September 1331. [Complete Peerage II:360, XIV:151, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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I have included the entry in CP for Margaret Countess of Carrick (his wife)
It contains more information--sometimes different: Note that Robert's and
Eleanor/Alianore's death dates are different (I think out-dated).
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Earldom of Carrick

3. Margaret, suo jure (in her own right) Countess of Carrick, daughter and heir.  She m. 1stly Adam de Kilconquhar, who thus became jure uxoris (in right of wife) Earl of Carrick.  He dsp, being killed in the French Crusade of 1268 at Acre in Palestine in 1270.  The Countess m, the next year 1271, at her castle of Turnberry, Robert de Bruce, who thus became jure uxoris Earl of Carrick.  For this marriage, which was without the Royal consent, she had to pay a heavy fine.  Her husband was son and heir of Robert de Bruce, of Annandale (one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland), by his 1st wife, Isabel, daughter of Gilbert (de Clare), Earl of Gloucester and Hertford.  In 1278 he swore fealty, as proxy for Alexander III, for the Kingdom of Scotland, to Edward I, to which King, on 13 June 1291, he also swore fealty.  He was summoned to be at Shrewsbury for the trial of David ap Griffith, 28 June 1283 (11 Edward I), by writ directed Roberto de Brus Comiti de Carrik, his name appearing as 11th and last of the earls who were then summoned.  His wife, the Countess, having previously died, he, on 27 Oct 1292, resigned the Earldom of Carrick to his 1st son, though he appears still to have been styled Earl thereof.  On 1 Apr 1295 he succeeded his father (who d. aged about 85), and was made Governor of Carlisle Castle.  On 24 June 1295 (23 Edward I), he was summoned to Parliament (England) by writ directed Roberto de Brus, whereby he may be held to have become Lord Bruce.  He was also summoned to attend the King at Salisbury, 26 Jan 1296/7 (25 Edward I).  He accompanied Edward I into Scotland, and fought 28 Apr 1296, at the battle of Dunbar.  To  that King he again swore fealty 28 Aug 1296 at Berwick.  He m. 2ndly, Eleanor.  He resided latterly in England, and died there or in Palestine, 1304, before 14 June, and was buried at Holmcultram.  His widow m. in 1305/6, as his 1st wife, Richard Waleys (Lord Waleys).  She d. between 16 Mar and 19 Oct 1330.  [Complete Peerage, III:55-56]