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Titre | The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 Volume I |
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Archive.org https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun01pauluoft/page/7/mode/1up The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 Publication date 1904-1914 Topics Nobility -- Scotland, Scotland -- Peerage Publisher Edinburgh : D. Douglas Collection robarts; toronto Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor Robarts - University of Toronto Language English Volume 1 SEE PAGES 7, 8, 14 |
Page 7 ROBERT I., de Brus, or 4 The Bruce,' Earl of Carrick and Lord of Annandale (see these titles) : born at Writtle, near Chelmsford, 11 July 1274 : chosen one of the guardians of the kingdom 19 August 1299 : assumed the sovereignty and was crowned at Scone 27 March 1306. He finally achieved the independence of Scotland, and after an eventful reign of Page 8 twenty-three years died at Cardross 7 June 1329, and was buried at Dunfermline. He married, first, about 1295, Isabella, 1 daughter of Donald, tenth Earl of Mar, by whom he had an only child. 1. Marjorie, who was married to Walter, High Steward of Scotland. She died 2 March 1215-16, leaving one son, who eventually became king as Robert II. Page 14 WALTER, sixth High Stewart of Scotland, was born in 1292. In conjunction with Sir James Douglas he com- manded one of the divisions of the Scottish army at Ban- nockburn in 1314, and in the following year received from King Robert I. the hand of his daughter the Lady Marjorie, in marriage. He took part in all the principal episodes in the War of Independence against Edward n., notably in the defence of Berwick against a great English army, and acted as Regent of Scotland during King Robert's absence in Ireland. He died on 9 April 1326 at the early age of thirty-three. According to Douglas he married, as his first wife, Alice, daughter of Sir John Erskine, by whom he had a daughter Jean, married to Hugh, Earl of Ross, but there is no proof of this, and Hugh, Earl of Ross, married a sister of King Robert Bruce. The Stewart's first wife, so far as recorded, was the Lady Marjorie Bruce, by whom he had an only child 1. ROBERT, afterwards King Robert n. He married, secondly, Isabel, sister of Sir John Graham of Abercorn, by whom he had two sons and a daughter : 2. Sir John of Railston or Cunningham, who died at a great age, leaving : (1) Sir Walter, who succeeded him. (2) Sir John. Both sons seem to have died without issue. (3) Marjory, married, first, to Sir Alexander Lindsay of Glenesk; and second, to Sir William Douglas of Lugton, by whom she had at least one son. |