David II Bruce 
David II was born on March 5th, 1324 in Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland. David II's father was Robert Bruce and his mother was Elizabeth De Burgh. His paternal grandparents were Robert Bruce and Marjorie McDowell of Carrick; his maternal grandparents were Richard De Burgh and Margaret De Gynes. He had three sisters named Maud, Elizabeth and Margaret. He was the youngest of the four children. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Robert, Marjorie and Elizabeth. He died at the age of 45 on February 22nd, 1370 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.General Notes
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David II (March 5, 1324-February 22, 1371) king of Scotland, son o f King
Robert the Bruce by his second wife, Elizabeth De Burgh (d. 1327), was
born at Dunfermline Palace, Fife.
In accordance with the terms of the treat y of Northampton he was married
in July 1328 to Joanna (d. 1362), daughter of the English king, Edward
II, and became king of Scotland on his father's dea th in June 1329. He
was crowned at Scone in November 1331.
Owing to the vict ory of Edward III of England and his protégé, Edward
Balliol, at Halidon Hill in July 1333, David and his queen were sent for
safety into France, reaching Boulogne in May 1334, and being received
very graciously by the French king, Philip VI. Little is known about the
life of the Scottish king in France, ex cept that Château Gaillard was
given to him for a residence, and that he was present at the bloodless
meeting of the English and French armies at Vironfos se in October 1339.
Meanwhile his representatives had obtained the upper hand in Scotland,
and David was thus enabled to return to his kingdom in June 1341 , when he
took the reins of government into his own hands. In 1346 he invaded
England in the interests of France, but was defeated and taken prisoner
at the battle of Neville's Cross in October of that year, and remained in
Engla nd for eleven years, living principally in London and at Odiham in
Hampshire. His imprisonment was not a rigorous one, and negotiations for
his release we re soon begun. Eventually, in October 1357, after several
interruptions, a tr eaty was signed at Berwick by which the Scottish
estates undertook to pay 100 ,000 marks as a ransom for their king.
David, who had probably recognized Edwa rd III as his feudal superior,
returned at once to Scotland; but owing to the poverty of the kingdom it
was found impossible to raise the ransom. A few in stalments were paid,
but the king sought to get rid of the liability by offer ing to make
Edward III, or one of his sons, his successor in Scotland. In 136 4 the
Scottish parliament indignantly rejected a proposal to make Lionel, duk e
of Clarence, the next king; but David negotiated secretly with Edward III
over this matter, after he had suppressed a rising of some of his unruly
nob les.
The king died in Edinburgh Castle in 1371. His second wife was Margaret,
widow of Sir John Logie, whom he divorced in 1369; but he left no
children, and was succeeded by his nephew, Robert II. David was a weak
and incapable r uler, without a spark of his father's patriotic spirit.
See Andrew of Wyntoun, The orygynale cronykil of Scotland, edited by D
Laing (Edinburgh, 1872—1879) ; John of Fordun, Chronica gentis Scotorum,
edited by WF Skene (Edinburgh, 18 71-1872); JH Burton, History of
Scotland, vol. ii. (Edinburgh, 1905); and A L ang, History of Scotland,
vol. i. (Edinburgh, 1900).
This entry was original ly from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1162 in Annandale, Dumfries, Scotland d.1215
- b.~ 1195 in Annandale, Dumfreishire, Scotland d.1245
- b.~ 1180
- b.1210 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.31 Mar 1295 in Loch Maben Castle, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1144 in Huntingdon, Northumberland, England d.17 Jun 1219 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1192 in Huntingdon, England d.1252
- b.~ 1163 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.06 Jan 1233
- b.Jul 1243 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.Mar 1304 in Palestine
- b.~ 1160 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1218
- b.1180 in Hertford, Hertforshire, England d.25 Oct 1230 in Perres-Guirrec, Penrose, Brittany, France
- b.1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.01 Jan 1225 in England
- b.02 Nov 1226 in Tewksbury, Glouchestershire, England d.>10 Jul 1264 in Cleveland, Yorkshire, England
- b.12 May 1146 in Caversham, Berkshire, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham, Berkshire, England
- b.09 Oct 1200 in Pembrokeshire, Wales d.17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.1173 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.11 Jul 1274 in Turnberry Castle, Scotland d.07 Jun 1329 in Cardcross Castle, Firth of Clyde, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1138 in Galloway, Scotland
- b.~ 1164 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.13 Jun 1250
- b.~ 1212 in Carrick, Aryshire, Scotland d.1256
- b.~ 1126 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- b.~ 1159 in Scotland
- b.~ 1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1252 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland d.<27 Oct 1292 in Scotland
- b.~ 1126 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- b.~ 1160 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1241 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1206 in Dundonald Castle, Ayreshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1143 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland d.1207
- b.~ 1174 in Forfar, Angus-shire, Scotland
- b.1152 in Caithness, Scotland d.~ 1213
- b.05 Mar 1324 in Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland d.22 Feb 1370 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1170 in Ireland d.1205 in Ireland
- b.~ 1200 in Connaught, Ireland d.17 Feb 1243
- b.~ 1180 in Ireland d.1218
- b.~ 1235 in Ulster, Ireland d.28 Jul 1271
- b.~ 1160 in Meath, Ireland d.15 Nov 1241
- b.~ 1200 in Meath, Irreland
- b.~ 1177 in Abergavenny, Wales
- b.~ 1259 in Ulster, Ireland d.29 Jul 1326 in Tipperary, Ireland
- b.1162 in Northhampton, England d.14 Oct 1213 in Walden, Essex, England
- b.29 May 1205 in Shere, Surrey, England d.23 Nov 1258 in Farmbridge, Essex, England
- b.1172 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England d.04 Jun 1225
- b.~ 1234 in Shere, Surrey, England d.20 May 1274 in Ireland
- b.1186 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.18 Feb 1225 in England
- b.~ 1210 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1258
- b.1193 in Norfolk, England d.27 Mar 1248
- b.~ 1275 in Ireland d.26 Oct 1327 in Cullen Castle, Banffshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1240 in Ireland
- b.~ 1260 in Ireland d.1304
- b.1181 in Barhard Castle, Gianford, Durham, England
- b.~ 1212 in Barnard Castle, Durham, England d.24 Oct 1268
- b.~ 1190 in Richmond Castle, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1242 in Scotland
- b.~ 1184 in Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland d.1234
- b.~ 1215 in Fotheringhay Castle, Galloway, Scotland d.28 Dec 1290 in Kemston, Bedfordshire, England
- b.~ 1190 in Huntingdon, England d.1228
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David II and Joan were married in a religious ceremony on July 18th, 1328 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.
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David II and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony on February 20th, 1363.
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