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Source: Copy of Scots Peerage V2 - BRUCE, Earl of Carrick

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History of the Bruce Earls of Carrick beginning with Adelm (Adam) De Brus in the 11th century (before 1080) down through Alexander de Brus (son of Edward, Earl of Carrick) who died in 1333; after which the earldom went to the Stewarts Pages 428 to 437 ADELM (or ADAM) DE BRUS, is said to have been the second son of Robert de Brus, a Norman knight, and Emma, daughter of Allan, Earl of Brittany. He died about 1080; he is said to have married Emma, daughter of Sir William de Ramsay, but this also is doubtful. He left issue, so far as is known: — 1. ROBERT. 2. William, the first Prior of Gisburne, who was buried there, 1155 ROBER DE BRUS succeeded his father in the barony of Skelton. He married Agnes. He died in May 1141, leaving issue: 1. Adam, who succeeded in Skelton. 2. ROBERT, surnamed 'le meschin,' who succeeded in Annandale. 3. Pagan, supposed to have been the founder of the family of Bruce of Pickering. 4. Agatha, married to Ralph, son of Ribald, Lord of Middleham. ROBERT DE BRUSS, ' le meschin ' or the younger, the second son of his father, got from him his Scottish possessions of Annandale just before the battle of the Standard in 1138; Brus married a lady whose Christian name was Euphemia. He died in 1194, leaving issue at least two sons: 1. Robert, married in 1183 Isabel, natural daughter of King William the Lion by the daughter of Robert Avenel. He died before his father in 1191, in which year his widow married Robert de Ros. 2. WILLIAM WILLIAM DE BRUS succeeded his father in Annandale about 1194. His wife's name was Christina, who survived him and married, after his death in 1215, Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, as his second wife. He had issue: 1. ROBERT. 2. William. 3. John ROBERT DE BRUS, surnamed 'the noble.' He married Isabel, second daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, younger brother of King Malcolm IV and King William; it was through this marriage that the succession to the Crown of Scotland came into the family of Bruce. They had issue: 1. ROBERT, 'the Competitor.' 2. Beatrice, who in 1221 was the wife of Hugo de Neville. ROBERT DE BRUS was born in 1210, and at the Convention at Roxburgh in 1255 he was appointed one of the Counsellors and Guardians to the King. He served on the side of King Henry III in the wars of the Barons, and after the battle of Evesham was appointed Governor of Carlisle Castle and Sheriff of Cumberland. After the death of King Alexander III in 1286, the Maid of Norway was, in default of heirs-male, proclaimed at Scone as Reine Heretiere and successor to her grandfather, she being then three years of age. Robert de Brus, however, assembled his friends and relations at Turnberry Castle, 20 September 1286, and set forth his claims to the Crown, saying that he could prove by witnesses then living that King Alexander III of Scotland, when childless, had declared him heir-presumptive to the Crown; that a female was incompetent to reign, and that his cousin, Devorgilla, the daughter of Margaret, the eldest daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, the common ancestor of many of the claimants, should be set aside in favour of himself, the son of Margaret's immediate younger sister, Isabella. This claim, however, was temporarily suspended, owing to the recognition of the Maid of Norway but in 1290, on the death of that Princess, Brus reasserted it, and took active steps towards having himself proclaimed King. This was stopped by the influence of Edward I, and ultimately Brus retired to his Castle of Lochmaben, and agreed that his claim should be tried along with those of the other Competitors by Edward as arbiter. After the award of the Crown to Baliol, Robert de Brus resigned to his son, Robert, Earl of Carrick, all his claim to the Kingdom of Scotland. This was on the morrow of St. Leonard, 5 November 1292. He was an old man by this time, and only lived a few years longer, dying before 3 May 1294. He married, first, in or before 1240, Isobel, second daughter of Gilbert de Clare, third Earl of Gloucester and Hereford. She was born 1226 and was only thirteen when married. By her, who was alive in 1284, he had issue: 1. ROBERT, who became Earl of Carrick 2. William, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Raymond de Sully. 3. Sir Bernard of Connington and Exton, married, first, Alicia de Clare, and, secondly, Constance de Morleyn. 4. Richard, died before 26 January 1286-87, and his lands were repledged to Robert Brus, his father. Robert de Brus,'the Competitor,' married, secondly, before November 1275, Cristiana, daughter of Sir William de Ireby, and widow of Thomas Lascelles and of Adam de Gesemuth. She had no issue by her third husband, whom she survived, but was dead in September 1305. 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 Turnberry 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 honorable captivity of a few days, they were married. These hasty and unauthorized 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 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. 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 claims to the throne being scouted by Edward, he again retired to England, residing chiefly at Broomeshoobury. He died shortly before 4 April 1304 and was buried at Holm Oultram. He had married as a second wife Alianora who is mentioned as his widow in 1305, 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 III and to have...

History of the Bruce Earls of Carrick beginning with Adelm (Adam) De Brus in the 11th century (before 1080) down through Alexander de Brus (son of Edward, Earl of Carrick) who died in 1333; after which the earldom went to the Stewarts
Pages 428 to 437
ADELM (or ADAM) DE BRUS, is said to have been the second son of Robert de Brus, a Norman knight, and Emma, daughter of Allan, Earl of Brittany. He died about 1080; he is said to have married Emma, daughter of Sir William de Ramsay, but this also is doubtful. He left issue, so far as is known: —
1. ROBERT.
2. William, the first Prior of Gisburne, who was buried there, 1155

ROBER DE BRUS succeeded his father in the barony of Skelton. He married Agnes. He died in May 1141, leaving issue:
1. Adam, who succeeded in Skelton.
2. ROBERT, surnamed 'le meschin,' who succeeded in Annandale.
3. Pagan, supposed to have been the founder of the family of Bruce of Pickering.
4. Agatha, married to Ralph, son of Ribald, Lord of Middleham.

ROBERT DE BRUSS, ' le meschin ' or the younger, the second son of his father, got from him his Scottish possessions of Annandale just before the battle of the Standard in 1138; Brus married a lady whose Christian name was Euphemia. He died in 1194, leaving issue at least two sons:
1. Robert, married in 1183 Isabel, natural daughter of King William the Lion by the daughter of Robert Avenel. He died before his father in 1191, in which year his widow married Robert de Ros.
2. WILLIAM

WILLIAM DE BRUS succeeded his father in Annandale about 1194. His wife's name was Christina, who survived him and married, after his death in 1215, Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, as his second wife. He had issue:
1. ROBERT.
2. William.
3. John

ROBERT DE BRUS, surnamed 'the noble.' He married Isabel, second daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, younger brother of King Malcolm IV and King William; it was through this marriage that the succession to the Crown of Scotland came into the family of Bruce. They had issue:
1. ROBERT, 'the Competitor.'
2. Beatrice, who in 1221 was the wife of Hugo de Neville.

ROBERT DE BRUS was born in 1210, and at the Convention at Roxburgh in 1255 he was appointed one of the Counsellors and Guardians to the King. He served on the side of King Henry III in the wars of the Barons, and after the battle of Evesham was appointed Governor of Carlisle Castle and Sheriff of Cumberland. After the death of King Alexander III in 1286, the Maid of Norway was, in default of heirs-male, proclaimed at Scone as Reine Heretiere and successor to her grandfather, she being then three years of age. Robert de Brus, however, assembled his friends and relations at Turnberry Castle, 20 September 1286, and set forth his claims to the Crown, saying that he could prove by witnesses then living that King Alexander III of Scotland, when childless, had declared him heir-presumptive to the Crown; that a female was incompetent to reign, and that his cousin, Devorgilla, the daughter of Margaret, the eldest daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, the common ancestor of many of the claimants, should be set aside in favour of himself, the son of Margaret's immediate younger sister, Isabella. This claim, however, was temporarily suspended, owing to the recognition of the Maid of Norway but in 1290, on the death of that Princess, Brus reasserted it, and took active steps towards having himself proclaimed King. This was stopped by the influence of Edward I, and ultimately Brus retired to his Castle of Lochmaben, and agreed that his claim should be tried along with those of the other Competitors by Edward as arbiter. After the award of the Crown to Baliol, Robert de Brus resigned to his son, Robert, Earl of Carrick, all his claim to the Kingdom of Scotland. This was on the morrow of St. Leonard, 5 November 1292. He was an old man by this time, and only lived a few years longer, dying before 3 May 1294. He married, first, in or before 1240, Isobel, second daughter of Gilbert de Clare, third Earl of Gloucester and Hereford. She was born 1226 and was only thirteen when married. By her, who was alive in 1284, he had issue:
1. ROBERT, who became Earl of Carrick
2. William, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Raymond de Sully.
3. Sir Bernard of Connington and Exton, married, first, Alicia de Clare, and, secondly, Constance de Morleyn.
4. Richard, died before 26 January 1286-87, and his lands were repledged to Robert Brus, his father.

Robert de Brus,'the Competitor,' married, secondly, before November 1275, Cristiana, daughter of Sir William de Ireby, and widow of Thomas Lascelles and of Adam de Gesemuth. She had no issue by her third husband, whom she survived, but was dead in September 1305.

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 Turnberry 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 honorable captivity of a few days, they were married. These hasty and unauthorized 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 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. 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 claims to the throne being scouted by Edward, he again retired to England, residing chiefly at Broomeshoobury. He died shortly before 4 April 1304 and was buried at Holm Oultram. He had married as a second wife Alianora who is mentioned as his widow in 1305, 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 III and to have...