Edward Bruce 
Edward was born about 1280 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland. Edward's father was Robert Bruce and his mother was Marjorie McDowell of Carrick. His paternal grandparents were Robert Bruce and Isabel De Clare; his maternal grandfather was Neil McDowell of Carrick and his maternal grandmother is Margaret Stewart. He had three brothers and seven sisters, named Robert, Nigel, Thomas, Christina, Isabel, Margaret, Maud, Mary, Elizabeth and Margery. He was the sixth oldest of the eleven children. He had a half-sister named Isabel. He died on October 14th, 1318 in Dunalk, Ireland.General Notes
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REFN: P3830
Died in the Battle of Dundall.
Borther of Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland.
EARL OF CARRICK (V)
Sir Edward De Bruce, 2nd son of Margaret, suo jure Countess of Carric
k, by her 2nd husband, Robert De Bruce, was, by his eldest brother King Ro
bert I, created, shortly before 14 Oct 1313, Earl of Carrick (Scot), wi
th remainder to the heirs male of his body. He appears to have been also L
ord of Galloway. The Irish and Scots in Ulster, having been oppressed by t
he English, he landed at Carrickfergus, 25 May 1315, and, on 2 May 1316, w
as crowned KING OF IRELAND.
He is said to have m. Isabel, daughter of John (of Strathbogie), Earl of A
tholl, by Margaret, daughter of Donald, Earl of Mar. He had a dispensati
on for marriage (which probably never took place) 1 June 1317, with Isabe
l, daughter of William, Earl of Ross. He dsp. legit, being slain at the ba
ttle of Dundalk, 14 Oct 1318, when the Earldom reverted to the Crown. [Com
plete Peerage III:56-57]
Note: The above states he is said to have married Isabel Strathbogie, a
nd dsp. legit. The article on his son Alexander states that Alexander w
as Edward's illegitimate son by Isabel, sister of David Strathbogie (w
ho is the same Isabel mentioned above: David, Earl of Atholl was son of Jo
hn Earl of Atholl). So were Edward and Isabel married or what?
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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.~ 1103 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.1194
- b.~ 1162 in Annandale, Dumfries, Scotland d.1215
- b.~ 1140 in Scotland
- 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.~ 1115 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Scotland
- b.~ 1144 in Huntingdon, Northumberland, England d.17 Jun 1219 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1114 in Huntingdon, England d.1178
- b.~ 1192 in Huntingdon, England d.1252
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1163 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.06 Jan 1233
- b.~ 1150 in Montfort-Sur-Risle-Eure, Normandy, France d.12 Jul 1189 in Evreaux, Eure, France
- b.Jul 1243 in Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d.Mar 1304 in Palestine
- b.1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.1173 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1160 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.30 Dec 1218
- b.1132 in Field Dalling, Norfolk, England d.1195 in Buckenham, Wayland, Norfolk, England
- b.1180 in Hertford, Hertforshire, England d.25 Oct 1230 in Perres-Guirrec, Penrose, Brittany, France
- b.23 Nov 1110 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.1183 in Cardiff Castle, Glamorganshire, Wales
- b.1160 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d.01 Jan 1225 in England
- b.~ 1129 in Leicestershire, England d.24 Apr 1197
- b.02 Nov 1226 in Tewksbury, Glouchestershire, England d.>10 Jul 1264 in Cleveland, Yorkshire, England
- b.1105 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.~ 1165
- b.12 May 1146 in Caversham, Berkshire, England d.14 May 1219 in Caversham, Berkshire, England
- b.1120 in Pembroke, Wales
- b.09 Oct 1200 in Pembrokeshire, Wales d.17 Jan 1240 in Berkhamstead Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.09 Apr 1176 in Dublin, Ireland
- b.1173 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.~ 1140 in Leinster, Ireland d.1177 in Waterford, Ireland
- b.~ 1280 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland d.14 Oct 1318 in Dunalk, Ireland
- b.~ 1138 in Galloway, Scotland
- b.~ 1164 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d.13 Jun 1250
- b.~ 1212 in Carrick, Aryshire, Scotland d.1256
- b.1106 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England d.1177 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1126 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- b.~ 1105 in Molle, Durham, England
- b.~ 1159 in Scotland
- b.~ 1077 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland d.12 May 1166 in Edinburgh, Scotland
- b.~ 1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1095 in Talby, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1252 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland d.<27 Oct 1292 in Scotland
- b.1106 in Oswestry Castle, Shropshire, England d.1177 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1126 in Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1204
- b.~ 1105 in Molle, Durham, England
- b.~ 1160 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland d.1241 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1077 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland d.12 May 1166 in Edinburgh, Scotland
- b.~ 1130 in Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1095 in Talby, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1206 in Dundonald Castle, Ayreshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1116 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland d.1187
- b.~ 1143 in Forfar, Angus, Scotland d.1207
- b.~ 1124 in Dunbar Castle, East Lorthian, Scotland
- b.~ 1174 in Forfar, Angus-shire, Scotland
- b.~ 1115 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Scotland
- b.1152 in Caithness, Scotland d.~ 1213
- b.~ 1114 in Huntingdon, England d.1178
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Edward and Isabel were married in a religious ceremony on June 1st, 1317.
Family Notes
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They had a son named Alexander.
Family Notes
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Children
Alexander Bruce
Alexander was born about 1310 in Carrick, Argyll, Scotland. He died on July 19th, 1333 in Halidon Hill, Northumberland, England.
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