Person Sheet


Name Robert BRUCE I, King of Scotland
Birth 11 Jul 1274, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, England
Death 7 Jun 1329, Cardoss Castle, Firth of Clyde, Scotland
Burial Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland
Burial Memo His heart is buried in Melrose Abbey.
Occupation Acceded 27 Mar 1306, Scone Abbey, Perthshire
Father Lord Annandale Robert BRUCE Earl of Carrick (1243-1304)
Mother Margaret COUNTESS OF CARRICK (-1292)
Spouses:
1 Isabella OF MAR Queen of Scotland
Father Donald EARL OF MAR
Marriage 1296
Children: Marjorie (1297-1316)
Egidia
2 Elizabeth DE BURGH
Marriage 1302
Children: Margaret
Matilda
David (1323-)
John
Robert
Neil
Walter
Christina
Margaret
Elizabeth
Notes for Robert BRUCE I, King of Scotland
Key events:

1296 - Support Edward I of England against Balliol
1298 - Replace Wallace as Guardian of Scotland with John Comyn
1306 - Stabbed Comyn at Dumfries (thus excommunicated)
1306 - Crowned at Scone
1307 - Edward II succeeded to the English Throne
1309 - Robert's first Parliament at St Andrews
1314 - June 24, defeated the English at Bannockburn
1320 - Declaration of Arbroath
1327 - Edward III succeeded to the English Throne
1328 - Treaty of Northampton recognizing Scotland's sovereignty
Last Modified 27 Feb 2001 Created 7 Dec 2002 by P. J. Wigington Mahan