Marjorie Bruce 
Marjorie was born in 1297 in Scotland. Marjorie's father was Robert Bruce and her mother was Isabell of Mar. Her paternal grandparents were Robert Bruce and Marjorie McDowell of Carrick; her maternal grandparents were Donald MacGylocher of Mar and Helen Elen Llywelyn Fawr. She had two half-brothers and four half-sisters, named David II, Robert, Maud, Elizabeth, Margaret and Elizabeth. She died at the age of 19 on March 2nd, 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.General Notes
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Died giving birth to Robert II Stewart.
Marjory Bruce, Princess o f Scotland, was the only child of the 1st
marriage of Robert I, The Bruce. Sh e was born probably in December 1296,
the same eventful month that Edward I o f England, the self-styled 'Hammer
of the Scots', invaded Scotland and laid s iege to Berwick.
At the end of June 1306 the 9-year-old princess, together wit h her step
mother and other women-folk of The Bruce's family, were sent for s afety
to Kildrummy Castle (Aberdeenshire), escorted by Nigel Bruce and the Ea rl
of Atholl. It was intended that they would then take refuge in Orkney
un til times were easier, but the English army was already at Aberdeen and
the r oyal ladies moved on to Tain, north of Inverness, still hoping for a
boat. He re they were captured in the sanctuary of St. Duthac and sent to
Edward of En gland, then at Lanercost Priory in Cumberland. They were
separated from each other and Marjorie was sent to a convent, where she
remained until her releas e 8 years later.
She was not yet eighteen at the time of the battle of Bannock burn, 24
June 1314. One of the heroes of that great victory over the English was
her second cousin once removed, Walter Stewart, 6th Lord High Steward,
some four years her senior, whom she married in the following year. It
was fr om that Stewart cousinship that the typically Stewart name of
Marjorie first came into the family of Bruce, Robert the Bruce's mother
and maternal grandmo ther both bearing that name. This last-named Marjorie
had been the second of the three daughters of Walter, 3rd High Steward.
Part of the wedding dowry whi ch Marjorie Bruce brought to her husband was
the castle and Barony of Bathgat e in Midlothian, which it was intended
would become their private family resi dence; but this was not to be.
Whether through rashness, fearlessness or ignor ance of the possible
consequences, Princess Marjorie went out riding near Pai sley while
heavily pregnant. Her horse, taking fright at something, reared up ,
Marjorie was thrown violently to the ground and immediately went into
pre mature labour. Her only child, the future Robert II, was delivered at
the roa dsiDe by Caesarean section (the first authentic record of such an
operation b eing performed since the birth of the eponymous Julius
Caesar). The beautiful Marjorie died within a few hours, aged only about
19 years and 3 months, on 2 March 1316. Her last words are reported to
have been 'He's a laddie; I ken he's a laddie; he will be king'. Her
improbable dying prophecy eventually cam e true, but not for another
fifty-five years.
Marjory Bruce, Princess of Scotland, was the only child of the 1st marria
ge of Robert I, The Bruce. She was born probably in December 1296, the sa
me eventful month that Edward I of England, the self-styled 'Hammer of t
he Scots', invaded Scotland and laid siege to Berwick.
At the end of June 1306 the 9-year-old princess, together with her step mo
ther and other women-folk of The Bruce's family, were sent for safety to K
ildrummy Castle (Aberdeenshire), escorted by Nigel Bruce and the Earl of A
tholl. It was intended that they would then take refuge in Orkney until ti
mes were easier, but the English army was already at Aberdeen and the roy
al ladies moved on to Tain, north of Inverness, still hoping for a boat. H
ere they were captured in the sanctuary of St. Duthac and sent to Edwa
rd of England, then at Lanercost Priory in Cumberland. They were separat
ed from each other and Marjorie was sent to a convent, where she remain
ed until her release 8 years later.
She was not yet eighteen at the time of the battle of Bannockburn, 24 Ju
ne 1314. One of the heroes of that great victory over the English was h
er second cousin once removed, Walter Stewart, 6th Lord High Steward, so
me four years her senior, whom she married in the following year. It was f
rom that Stewart cousinship that the typically S
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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.1297 in Scotland d.02 Mar 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1115 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.30 Mar 1183
- b.~ 1160 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<07 Feb 1244 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1120 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
- b.1222 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.<25 Jul 1281 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1243 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.>25 Jul 1297 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1115 in Northalteron, Morayshire, Scotland d.1176 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1170 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.~ 1233 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland
- b.~ 1122 in Tynedale, Morayshire, Scotland d.> 1189
- b.~ 1223 in Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d.1267 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1140 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.1199 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1172 in Buchan, Aberdeen, Scotland d.~ 1243
- b.~ 1150 in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1278 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d.< 1302
- b.~ 1087 in Aberffraw Castle, Caenarvonshire, Wales d.Dec 1169 in Caenarvonshire, Wales
- b.1130 in Aberffraw, Anglsy, Wales d.1184
- b.1098 in Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1173 in Aberffraw Castle, Aberconway, Wales d.11 Apr 1240 in Aberconway, Caernarvonshire, Wales
- b.1091 in Powys, Wales d.1160 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Aberffraw, Anglsey, Wales
- b.~ 1095 in Aberffraw Castle, Caenarvonshire, Wales
- b.~ 1234 in Gwynedd, North Wales d.>Feb 1295 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxforshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1122 in Chateau De Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Forntevrault, Anjou, France
- b.22 Jul 1190 in Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire, England d.Feb 1237 in Aberconway, Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.1136 in Castle Tutbury, England d.>31 Dec 1189 in Acre, Palestine
- b.1168 in Charltey, Staffordshire, England d. in Aberconway, Carnarvonshire, Wales
- b.1150 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.>05 Feb 1228 in England
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‌Marjorie and Walter were married in a religious ceremony in 1315. They had a son named Robert II.
Family Notes
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Children
Robert II Stewart
Robert II was born on March 2nd, 1316 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He died at the age of 74 on April 19th, 1390 in Dundonald Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was buried in Scone Abbey, Perthshire, Scotland.
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