Isabell of Mar (Matilda) 
General Notes
Isabella of Mar (c. 1277 – December 1296; modern Scottish Gaelic: Iseabail) was the first wife of Robert Bruce. She was the daughter of Domhnall I, Earl of Mar and a woman named Helen (or Ellen) b. 1246 d. 1295, who had previously been the wife of Maol Choluim II, Earl of Fife. Isabella was a wealthy young woman at the time of her arranged marriage to the Earl of Carrick, Robert Bruce. Her father was one of the seven guardians of Scotland who believed Robert Bruce to be the rightful King of Scotland. Despite the risks, he could see the advantage of the two families joining in marriage and bearing an heir to the throne. Mar was the first to sign over the estates of his family to the Bruce.
Isabella was married to Robert at the age of 18 and legend has it that they were much in love. Shortly after their marriage Isabella became pregnant. She had a healthy pregnancy but she died soon after giving birth to a daughter, Marjorie Bruce in 1296. Robert married his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh, six years later. Isabella's daughter Princess Marjorie (d. 1316) married Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and their son became Robert II of Scotland. From him descend the monarchs of the House of Stewart and the later royal families of the United Kingdom
Sources
Felix Skene, editor, Book of Pluscarden, 1877
John of Fordun
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1082 in Dumfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.1115 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.30 Mar 1183
<Unknown>- b.1089 in Scotland
- b.1153 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.07 Feb 1244
- b.1120 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.1222 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.25 Jul 1281
- b.1207 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1250
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- b.1243 in Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.25 Jul 1297
- b.1084 in Badenoch, Invernesshire, Scotland
- b.1115 in Badenoch, Invernesshire, Scotland d.1179
- b.1088 in Basset, Leicestershire, England
- b.1163 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1233
- b.1095
- b.1122 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland d.1182
- b.1100 in Tynedale, East Lothian, Scotland
- b.1223 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.1267
- b.1140 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1179
- b.1170 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1199
<Unknown>- b.1145 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1170 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1244
<Unknown>- b.1175 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.1278 in Kildrummy Castle, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1320
- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.1100 in Aberffraw Castle, Angelesey, Wales d.Dec 1169 in Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.1065 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1162
- b.1129 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales d.1176 in Aberffraw Castle, Anglsy, Wales
- b.1070 in Arwystli, Powys, Wales d.1129
- b.1098 in Pembroke, Montgomershire, Wales d.1155
- b.1060 in Buillth, Breconshire, Wales
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, North Wales
- b.1047 in Montgomeryshire, Wales d.1125
- b.1091 in Powys, Wales d.1160 in Winchester, Herefordshire, England
- b.1063 in Powys, Wales
- b.1148 in Overton-Madoc, Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales
- b.1055 in Dublin, Ireland d.1137 in Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.1095 in Aberffraw, Anglesey, Wales
- b.1065 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales d.1162
- b.1206 in Caernarvonshire, Wales d.25 Oct 1253 in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau du Loir, France
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.07 Feb 1102 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Martime, France
- b.24 Dec 1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1099 in Toulouse, Languedoc, Haute-Garonne, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Saint Jacques-de-Comopostelle, Spain
- b.21 Nov 1122 in Chateau de Berlin, Gironde, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1103 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.Mar 1130
- b.22 Jul 1190 in Neward Castle, Nottinghamshire, England d.30 Mar 1236 in Court of Aber, Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.1090 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.1162 in Merevale, Warwickshire, England
- b.1140 in Oakham, England d.31 Dec 1189 in Normandy, France
- b.1114 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1168 in Charltey, England
- b.1112 in Brecknock, Bramber, Sussex, England d.1192 in Bramber Castle, Sussex, England
- b.1149 in Bramber, England d.05 Feb 1228 in England
- b.1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d.1170
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Details of Isabell's family with King, Earl of Carrick Robert (The Bruce) of Scotland I
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