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Source: Robert I de Brus who in this source is called Robert de Brus III (He is in many records known as the Robert de Brus II also).

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Type	Valeur
Titre	Robert I de Brus who in this source is called Robert de Brus III (He is in many records known as the Robert de Brus II also).

Notes


Source Par Borel d'Hauterive: "Robert II de Bruce ou de Brus, seigneur de Skellon en Cleveland, chevalier normand, accompagna le duc Guillaume le Bâtard à la conquête de l'Angleterre en 1066... Robert III de Bruce, seigneur de Skelton en Cleveland, vivait à la cour de,Henri 1er, roi d'Angleterre, et fut attiré à celle d'Écosse par le roi David, qui lui donna la terre d'Annandale et des possessions considérables dans le midi de l'Écosse. Il fondale prieuré de Guisborough en 1149 et mourut le 5 mai 1141. Son corps fut inhumé dans la chapelle du prieuré, et Agnès, sa femme, fille de Foulques Paynell, haut baron d'Angleterre, fut enterrée auprès de lui. Leurs enfants étaient : 1° Adam de Bruce, qui continua la descendance; 2° -Robert de Bruce, tige des seigneurs d'Annandale, branche devenue royale en Écosse et rapportée plus loin ; 3° Agathe de Bruce, mariée à Raoul, baron de Middleham." Biography Nothing is known of Robert's father, except that he was a landowner in Normandy. An early modern historiographical tradition that he was the son of a Norman noble named Robert I le Brus or de Brus who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 anddied ca. 1094 has been found to be without basis. Modern historians contend that Robert may have come from Brix, Manche, near Cherbourg in the Cotentin Peninsula, and came to Britain after King Henry I of England's conquest of Normandy (i.e: at the same time as Alan fitz Flaad, ancestor of the Stuart Royal Family). David fitz Malcolm (after 1124 King David I of Scotland), was present in France with King Henry and was granted much of the Cotentin Peninsula. It is suggested that Robert de Brus's presences and absences at Henry's court coincide with David's. Robert de Brus went to Scotland, where the new King, David, made him Lord of Annandale in 1124, although there is scant evidence that this Robert took up residence on his Scottish estates. After the death of King Henry, David turned against Henry's successor, King Stephen. As a result Robert de Brus and King David parted company, with Robert bitterly renouncing his homage to David before taking the English side at the Battle of the Standard. Marriage Robert is said to have married twice: (1) Agnes, daughter of Geoffrey Bainard, Sheriff of York and (2) Agnes, daughter and heiress of Fulk de Pagnall, Lord of Carleton, North Yorkshire. There were two sons, but it is unclear by which spouse: Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale, who inherited the Lordship of Annandale. Adam de Brus, Lord of Skelton, whose descendants held lands in England as Lords of Skelton, until extinction 1271." ______________________ Source Par John Walker Ord Robert married Agnes PAYNEL, Of Carlton [1699], daughter of Sir Foulques PAYNEL, Seigneur De Moûtiers-Hubert, Lord Of Dudley [1700] and Beatrix FITZ ANSCULF, Dame De Dudley [1191]. (Agnes PAYNEL, Of Carlton [1699] was born about 1076 in Barnstaple, Devon,England,2 3 died after 1155 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England and was buried in Gisborough Priory, Yorkshire, England.)

Source Par Borel d'Hauterive:
"Robert II de Bruce ou de Brus, seigneur de Skellon en Cleveland, chevalier normand, accompagna le duc Guillaume le Bâtard à la conquête de l'Angleterre en 1066...
Robert III de Bruce, seigneur de Skelton en Cleveland, vivait à la cour de,Henri 1er, roi d'Angleterre, et fut attiré à celle d'Écosse par le roi David, qui lui donna la terre d'Annandale et des possessions considérables dans le midi de l'Écosse. Il fondale prieuré de Guisborough en 1149 et mourut le 5 mai 1141. Son corps fut inhumé dans la chapelle du prieuré, et Agnès, sa femme, fille de Foulques Paynell, haut baron d'Angleterre, fut enterrée auprès de lui. Leurs enfants étaient :
1° Adam de Bruce, qui continua la descendance;
2° -Robert de Bruce, tige des seigneurs d'Annandale, branche
devenue royale en Écosse et rapportée plus loin ;
3° Agathe de Bruce, mariée à Raoul, baron de Middleham."

Biography
Nothing is known of Robert's father, except that he was a landowner in Normandy. An early modern historiographical tradition that he was the son of a Norman noble named Robert I le Brus or de Brus who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066 anddied ca. 1094 has been found to be without basis.
Modern historians contend that Robert may have come from Brix, Manche, near Cherbourg in the Cotentin Peninsula, and came to Britain after King Henry I of England's conquest of Normandy (i.e: at the same time as Alan fitz Flaad, ancestor of the Stuart Royal Family). David fitz Malcolm (after 1124 King David I of Scotland), was present in France with King Henry and was granted much of the Cotentin Peninsula. It is suggested that Robert de Brus's presences and absences at Henry's court coincide with David's.
Robert de Brus went to Scotland, where the new King, David, made him Lord of Annandale in 1124, although there is scant evidence that this Robert took up residence on his Scottish estates.
After the death of King Henry, David turned against Henry's successor, King Stephen. As a result Robert de Brus and King David parted company, with Robert bitterly renouncing his homage to David before taking the English side at the Battle of the Standard.

Marriage
Robert is said to have married twice: (1) Agnes, daughter of Geoffrey Bainard, Sheriff of York and (2) Agnes, daughter and heiress of Fulk de Pagnall, Lord of Carleton, North Yorkshire.
There were two sons, but it is unclear by which spouse:
Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale, who inherited the Lordship of Annandale.
Adam de Brus, Lord of Skelton, whose descendants held lands in England as Lords of Skelton, until extinction 1271."
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Source Par John Walker Ord

Robert married Agnes PAYNEL, Of Carlton [1699], daughter of Sir Foulques PAYNEL, Seigneur De Moûtiers-Hubert, Lord Of Dudley [1700] and Beatrix FITZ ANSCULF, Dame De Dudley [1191]. (Agnes PAYNEL, Of Carlton [1699] was born about 1076 in Barnstaple, Devon,England,2 3 died after 1155 in Skelton, Yorkshire, England and was buried in Gisborough Priory, Yorkshire, England.)