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Source: Scots Peerage Volume 2 pages 432 to 435

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Titre	Scots Peerage Volume 2 pages 432 to 435

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ROBERT de Bruce I King of Scotland RB01

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ROBERT BRUCE, eldest son of ' the Competitor,' married, as her second husband, Marjorie, eldest daughter and heiress of her father Neil, Earl of Carrick, and so became Earl of Carrick jure uxoris. Their meeting has been differently related by various authors, but the main features of the story are always the same. On Bruce's arrival at Turn- berry to convey to the lady the news that her husband, Adam de Kilconquhar, had been slain at Acre, he met the child widow hawking with her attendants. Having delivered his message he was preparing to take leave, when she ordered her retainers to take him a prisoner to her castle, where, after an honourable captivity of a few days, they were married. 5 These hasty and unauthorised espousals were nominally disapproved by the King, and a fine imposed. But as she could hardly have chosen a more unexceptionable husband, the pair were soon received into royal favour. The Countess Marjorie died in 1292, and Bruce, refusing to do homage to Baliol, handed over the earldom to his son (afterwards Robert I.), and retired to Norway with his daughter Isabella 6 for a time. On his father's death in 1294 he returned to England and had livery of his father's lands there, and was appointed Governor of the Castle of Carlisle. 7 He was summoned to the English Parliament as a baron (Lord Bruce) on 24 June 1295. He and his son Robert swore fealty to Edward 28 August 1296. He accompanied that monarch in his expedition to Scotland against Baliol in 1296, but on his claims to the throne being scouted by Edward, he again retired to England, residing chiefly at Broomeshoobury. 1 He died shortly before 4 April 1304, 2 and was buried at Holm Oultram. He had married as a second wife Alianora . . . who is mentioned as his widow in 1305, 3 and she married, in 1306, Richard de Waleys. By the Countess Marjorie he had issue : 1. ROBERT, afterwards King Robert I. 2. Edward, of whom hereafter. 3. Thomas, was wounded and taken prisoner by Sir Dougal MacDowal at Lochryan, and was brought by him to Carlisle Castle, where he was executed by order of King Edward I. 1306-7. 4. Alexander, suffered the same fate at the same time as his brother. It is said he was a learned man, had been educated at Cambridge, and was Dean of Glasgow. 5. Sir Nigel, sometimes called Neil, described as miles pulcherrime juventutis. After holding the Castle of Kildrummie for his brother, along with the Earl of Atholl, the fortress was set on fire, and he was compelled to surrender in September 1306. He was taken to Berwick, and there executed. 6. Isabel. She is generally said to have married Sir Thomas Randolph of Strathdon, Great Chamberlain to Alexander in., and to have been the mother by him of King Robert's faithful lieutenant Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, but against that statement there are the following facts : if King Robert (ac- cording to Lord Hailes 6 ) was born in 1274, and was eldest of his family, it is most improbable that Sir Thomas Randolph, who was a knight in 1306, 7 could be the son of a woman born later, or even a year or two earlier than King Robert. But Isobel was certainly married to Eric, King of Norway, as his second wife; for on 20 September 1292 Robert de Brus, Earl of Carrick, with his daughter Isabella, had a safe-conduct to go to Norway, 1 and it was doubtless during his visit that the marriage was arranged. On 25 September 1293 certain articles of furniture, wardrobe, plate, regalia, crowns, etc., were delivered at Bergheim by the envoys of Robert de Brus, Earl of Oarrick, 4 for the use of the serene Lady Isabella de Brus, Queen of Norway, 2 so that she must have been married to the King, Eric i. (whose first wife was the Princess Margaret of Scotland), between September 1292 and September 1293. Supposing Isobel to have been born about 1275, she would at this time have been only eighteen or nineteen years of age, and therefore unlikely to have been previously married. There is no foundation for the alleged second and third marriages of Isobel to an Earl of Atholl and an Alexander Bruce. 7. Mary. She was taken prisoner in 1306 with her sister Christina, her sister-in-law Elizabeth, wife of King Robert, and her daughter Marjorie. They were confined by Edward's orders in ' Kages ' in Roxburgh Castle, 4 though the story that they were suspended in them outside the walls of the castle seems to be an exaggeration, as they had servants and other little comforts provided. 5 She was still a prisoner at New- castle on 25 June 1312, fourpence a day being paid for her expenses, 6 though negotiations had been going on for her exchange for some time before. 7 Mary married, first, Sir Neil Campbell of Lochow, ancestor of the house of Argyll ; and second, about 1316, Sir Alexander Fraser, Great Chamberlain of Scotland, ancestor of the family of Philorth. She died before 22 September 1323. 8. Christina, married, first, to Gratney, Earl of Mar, and secondly, to Christopher de Seton. She is described as widow of the latter on 15 March 1306-7, when she re- ceives threepence a day for her expenses, and a mark yearly for her dress during her imprisonment, she having been taken captive along with her sister Mary. 1 She was still a prisoner in 1314. 2 After her release she married, thirdly, Sir Andrew Moray of Bothwell : a dispensation for his marriage, dated 12 October 1326, was granted by Pope John xxn., the parties being within the fourth degree of consan- guinity. In 1335 she made a gallant defence of her castle of Kildrummie against the Earl of Atholl and the English party, till relieved by Sir Andrew Moray and Sir William Douglas of Liddesdale. Fordun says 3 that she died in 1357, a statement which is borne out by the last mention of her in the Exchequer Rolls. 9. Matilda or Maud, married, as his second wife, to Hugh, Earl of Ross, about 1308, and died before 1329. 10. Margaret, married to Sir William de Oarlyle. 4 They had a grant frdm Robert i. of the lands of Orunzanstoun.

ROBERT BRUCE, eldest son of ' the Competitor,' married, as her second husband, Marjorie, eldest daughter and heiress of her father Neil, Earl of Carrick, and so became Earl of Carrick jure uxoris. Their meeting has been differently related by various authors, but the main features of the story are always the same. On Bruce's arrival at Turn- berry to convey to the lady the news that her husband, Adam de Kilconquhar, had been slain at Acre, he met the child widow hawking with her attendants. Having delivered his message he was preparing to take leave, when she ordered her retainers to take him a prisoner to her castle, where, after an honourable captivity of a few days, they were married. 5 These hasty and unauthorised espousals were nominally disapproved by the King, and a fine imposed. But as she could hardly have chosen a more unexceptionable husband, the pair were soon received into royal favour. The Countess Marjorie died in 1292, and Bruce, refusing to do homage to Baliol, handed over the earldom to his son (afterwards Robert I.), and retired to Norway with his daughter Isabella 6 for a time. On his father's death in 1294 he returned to England and had livery of his father's lands there, and was appointed Governor of the Castle of Carlisle. 7 He was summoned to the English Parliament as a baron (Lord Bruce) on 24 June 1295. He and his son Robert swore fealty to Edward 28 August 1296. He accompanied that monarch in his expedition to Scotland against Baliol in 1296, but on his claims to the throne being scouted by Edward, he again retired to England, residing chiefly at Broomeshoobury. 1 He died shortly before 4 April 1304, 2 and was buried at Holm Oultram. He had married as a second wife Alianora . . . who is mentioned as his widow in 1305, 3 and she married, in 1306, Richard de Waleys. By the Countess Marjorie he had issue :
1. ROBERT, afterwards King Robert I.
2. Edward, of whom hereafter.
3. Thomas, was wounded and taken prisoner by Sir Dougal MacDowal at Lochryan, and was brought by him to Carlisle Castle, where he was executed by order of King Edward I. 1306-7.
4. Alexander, suffered the same fate at the same time as his brother. It is said he was a learned man, had been educated at Cambridge, and was Dean of Glasgow.
5. Sir Nigel, sometimes called Neil, described as miles pulcherrime juventutis. After holding the Castle of Kildrummie for his brother, along with the Earl of Atholl, the fortress was set on fire, and he was compelled to surrender in September 1306. He was taken to Berwick, and there executed.
6. Isabel. She is generally said to have married Sir Thomas Randolph of Strathdon, Great Chamberlain to Alexander in., and to have been the mother by him of King Robert's faithful lieutenant Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray, but against that statement there are the following facts : if King Robert (ac- cording to Lord Hailes 6 ) was born in 1274, and was eldest of his family, it is most improbable that Sir Thomas Randolph, who was a knight in 1306, 7 could be the son of a woman born later, or even a year or two earlier than King Robert. But Isobel was certainly married to Eric, King of Norway, as his second wife; for on 20 September 1292 Robert de Brus, Earl of Carrick, with his daughter Isabella, had a safe-conduct to go to Norway, 1 and it was doubtless during his visit that the marriage was arranged. On 25 September 1293 certain articles of furniture, wardrobe, plate, regalia, crowns, etc., were delivered at Bergheim by the envoys of Robert de Brus, Earl of Oarrick, 4 for the use of the serene Lady Isabella de Brus, Queen of Norway, 2 so that she must have been married to the King, Eric i. (whose first wife was the Princess Margaret of Scotland), between September 1292 and September 1293. Supposing Isobel to have been born about 1275, she would at this time have been only eighteen or nineteen years of age, and therefore unlikely to have been previously married. There is no foundation for the alleged second and third marriages of Isobel to an Earl of Atholl and an Alexander Bruce.
7. Mary. She was taken prisoner in 1306 with her sister Christina, her sister-in-law Elizabeth, wife of King Robert, and her daughter Marjorie. They were confined by Edward's orders in ' Kages ' in Roxburgh Castle, 4 though the story that they were suspended in them outside the walls of the castle seems to be an exaggeration, as they had servants and other little comforts provided. 5 She was still a prisoner at New- castle on 25 June 1312, fourpence a day being paid for her expenses, 6 though negotiations had been going on for her exchange for some time before. 7 Mary married, first, Sir Neil Campbell of Lochow, ancestor of the house of Argyll ; and second, about 1316, Sir Alexander Fraser, Great Chamberlain of Scotland, ancestor of the family of Philorth. She died before 22 September 1323.
8. Christina, married, first, to Gratney, Earl of Mar, and secondly, to Christopher de Seton. She is described as widow of the latter on 15 March 1306-7, when she re- ceives threepence a day for her expenses, and a mark yearly for her dress during her imprisonment, she having been taken captive along with her sister Mary. 1 She was still a prisoner in 1314. 2 After her release she married, thirdly, Sir Andrew Moray of Bothwell : a dispensation for his marriage, dated 12 October 1326, was granted by Pope John xxn., the parties being within the fourth degree of consan- guinity. In 1335 she made a gallant defence of her castle of Kildrummie against the Earl of Atholl and the English party, till relieved by Sir Andrew Moray and Sir William Douglas of Liddesdale. Fordun says 3 that she died in 1357, a statement which is borne out by the last mention of her in the Exchequer Rolls. 9. Matilda or Maud, married, as his second wife, to Hugh, Earl of Ross, about 1308, and died before 1329. 10. Margaret, married to Sir William de Oarlyle. 4 They had a grant frdm Robert i. of the lands of Orunzanstoun.