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Robert de Brus 4th Lord of Annandale


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Father: William de Brus 3rd Lord of Annandale, b. 1158 in Durham, England   d. 16 JUL 1212 in England
Mother: Christina MacUchtred, b. 1158 in Dumfriesshire, Scotland   d. 1238 in England

Family 1: Isobel of Huntingdon ,    b. 1199    d. 1251 in Buried Saltre Abbey, Huntingdonshire, England
  1. Robert de Brus 5th Lord of Annandale, b. 1215     d. 3 MAY 1295 in Lochmaben Castle
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  1. Title: ROBERT DE BRUS 'le meschin' (died 1194) son of ROBERT DE BRUS - Scots Peerage
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/429/mode/1up;
    Note: Page 428 ROBERT DE BRUS succeeded his father [ADELM (or ADAM) DE BRUS] in the barony of Page 429 Skelton. There has been much confusion about this Robert through Dugdale confounding him with his grandfather, who bore the same name. He became a very powerful Baron, having no less than ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire, summed at fifteen knights' fees. He was a liberal benefactor to the Church, and along with the Earl of Huntingdon (afterwards David I) founded the Abbey of Selkirk, afterwards removed to Kelso. He had charters from David I, circa 1124, of the lands of Estrahanent, or Annandale.1 He married Agnes, daughter of Foulk de Paganell,2 and got with her the manor of Careton, in Yorkshire, and other lands. Of a second alleged marriage to Agnes de Annand there is no proof. He died in May 1141,3 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 BRUS, '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; they were both present at that engagement, but upon different sides, though the young possessor of Annandale was only fourteen. He is said to have been taken prisoner by his own father, who sent him to King Stephen, but that monarch courteously remitted him to his mother at Skelton. The whole affair was probably a family arrangement to prevent the lands, in the case of either side winning, from going out of the family by forfeiture. Robert de Brus had a grant of certain lands in Durham from his father, on a complaint made by him that he had no wheaten bread in Annandale; he had also a confirmation of the last-named territory from William the Lion, dated at Lochmaben, circa 1166. Brus married a lady Page 430 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 s. p. 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.
  2. Title: ROBERT [IV] de Brus, son of WILLIAM de Brus - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Chapter 5. KINGS of SCOTLAND (BRUCE)
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SCOTLAND.htm#RobertBrusdied1245A;
    Note: ROBERT [IV] de Brus, son of WILLIAM de Brus & his wife Christina --- (-[1 Apr] 1245). The manuscript history of the Bruce family of Carleton records that “Robertus Brus secundus” succeeded “Willielmus Brus”[1019]. He succeeded his father as Lord of Annandale. The Liber Vitæ of Durham names "Cristina uxor Willelmi de Brus, Robertus de Brus filius eius"[1020]. “Robertus de Brus” confirmed donations to Gysburne/Gisborough Priory by “Robertus de Brus avus meus…Willielmus pater meus” by undated charter witnessed by “Willielmo de Brus, Johanne de Brus…”[1021]. The obituary of Gysburne/Gisborough priory records the death “pridie Kal Apr” of "Roberti de Brus quarti"[1022]. It is not known whether this date refers to his date of death or date of burial (the latter being the case of the memorial in the same source for his son Robert [V]). m ISABEL of Huntingdon, daughter of DAVID of Scotland Earl of Huntingdon & his wife Matilda of Cheshire (1206-1251, bur Saltre Abbey, near Stilton, Gloucs). The Annales Londonienses name "Margaretam, Isabellam, Matildam, et Aldam" as the four daughters of "comiti David", recording the marriage of "la secounde fille Davi" and "sire Robert de Brus"[1023]. She was granted the manors of Writtle and Hatfield, Essex, 16 Oct 1241 in return for her share of the inheritance of her brother John Earl of Chester. Robert [IV] & his wife had two children: 1. ROBERT [V] de Brus (-Lochmaben Castle 31 Mar 1295, bur 17 Apr Gysburne/Gisborough Priory). The manuscript history of the Bruce family of Carleton records that “Robertus Brus tertius” succeeded “Robertus Brus secundus” and was buried at Gysburne/Gisborough Priory[1024]. The Annales Londonienses name "Robert de Brus" as son of "la secounde fille Davi" and "sire Robert de Brus"[1025]. He succeeded his father 1245 as Lord of Annandale. - see below. 2. BERNARD Bruce . The primary sources which confirms his parentage, and the affiliations and marriages of his descendants, have not yet been identified. Lord of Conington and Exton, co. Rutland. m firstly ALICE de Clare, daughter of ---. m secondly CONSTANCE de Morleyn, daughter of ---. Bernard & his [first/second] wife had two children: a) BERNARD Bruce (-23 Nov 1300). Lord of Connington and Exton. m AGATHA, daughter of ---. Bernard & his wife had two children: i) BERNARD Bruce (24 Jul 1311-before 10 Jun 1336). Lord of Connington. m as her first husband, MATILDA Crophill, daughter of RALPH Crophill & his wife --- (-before Dec 1350). She married secondly Benedict of Fulsham. ii) JOHN Bruce (13 Jun 1317-before 10 May 1346). Lord of Connington and Exton, co. Rutland. m MARGARET Hardreshule, daughter of ---. John & his wife had five children: (a) AGNES Bruce . m firstly (before 24 Feb 1358) HUGH Wesenham, son of --- (-Nov 1375). m secondly ROBERT Lovetot, son of --- (-Sep 1393). (b) JANE Bruce (-28 Jun 1421). m (before 24 Feb 1358) NICHOLAS Greene, son of ---. (c) ELIZABETH Bruce . Nun. (d) ELEN Bruce . Nun. (e) BERNARD (posthumously 2 Feb 1347-[1 Nov 1347]). b) JOHN Bruce of Exton . m ---. The name of John's wife is not known. John & his wife had one child: i) BERNARD Bruce of Thrapston (-after 1376/77). m ---. The name of Bernard's wife is not known. Bernard & his wife had one child: (a) ELEN Bruce . 1376/77. ROBERT [V] de Brus, son of ROBERT [IV] de Brus "the Noble" Lord of Annandale & his wife Isabel of Huntingdon (-Lochmaben Castle 31 Mar 1295, bur 17 Apr Gysburne/Gisborough Priory). The manuscript history of the Bruce family of Carleton records that “Robertus Brus tertius” succeeded “Robertus Brus secundus” and was buried at Gysburne/Gisborough Priory[1026]. The Annales Londonienses name "Robert de Brus" as son of "la secounde fille Davi" and "sire Robert de Brus"[1027]. He succeeded his father in 1245 as Lord of Annandale. He was a claimant to the throne of Scotland in 1291, twelfth in order on the Great Roll of Scotland. After the court decision in favour of John Balliol, Robert de Brus resigned his claim 7 Nov 1292 in favour of his son Robert[1028]. The obituary of Gysburne/Gisborough priory records the death “XI Kal Apr” of "Roberti de Brus quinti"[1029], but presumably this date refers to his date of burial at the priory. m firstly (May 1240) ISABEL de Clare, daughter of GILBERT de Clare Earl of Hertford and Gloucester & his wife Isabel Marshal of Pembroke (2 Nov 1226-after 10 Jul 1264). The Chronica de Fundatoribus et Fundatione of Tewkesbury Abbey records the births of “duas filias, Agnetam et Isabellam” to “Gilberto…Gloucestriæ et Hertfordiæ comes” and his wife “domina Isabella filia Willielmi Marescalli senioris, comitis de Pembroke”, after the birth of their older brothers[1030]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the birth “IV Non Nov” in 1226 of “Gileberto de Clare comiti Glocestriæ…filia Ysabel”[1031]. The Annals of Tewkesbury record the marriage in May 1240 of “Isabella filia G. quondam comitis Gloucestriæ” and “Roberto de Brus”[1032]. A charter dated 18 Jun 1240 records that "the town of Rip" was given "as a marriage portion to Robert de Brus with Isabel, daughter of the earl of Gloucerster…the earl’s [G. Marshal Earl of Pembroke] niece"[1033]. m secondly (before 10 May 1275) as her third husband, CHRISTIAN de Ireby, widow firstly of THOMAS de Lascelles of Bolton, co. Cumberland and secondly of ADAM de Gesemuth of Cramlington, co. Northumberland, daughter and heiress of WILLIAM de Ireby. of Ireby, co. Cumberland & his wife Christian de Hodeholme (-before 6 Jul 1305). The primary source which confirms her parentage and first marriage has not yet been identified. A charter dated 29 Aug 1296 records an agreement between "Cristiana widow of Robert de Brus lord of Annandale" and "Robert de Brus his son and heir", granting dower to the former and reserving "her dower from her first husband Adam de Jessemuth’s land in Great Dalton"[1034]. Inquisitions dated 14 Sep 1305 (writ 6 Jul 1305) related to the lands of "Cristiana widow of Robert de Brus" noting that she and her husband "died without…heirs [of their bodies]"[1035]. Robert [V] & his first wife had two children: 1. ROBERT [VI] Bruce (Jul 1243-shortly before 4 Apr 1304, bur Abbey of Holm Cultram). The Annals of Tewkesbury record the birth in Jul 1243 of “filium nomine ---” to “Isabel de Clara…[et] R. de Brus”[1036]. The manuscript history of the Bruce family of Carleton records that “Robertus Brus quartus” succeeded “Robertus Brus tertius”[1037]. He succeeded his father in 1295 as Lord of Annandale. - see below. 2. RICHARD Bruce (-before 25 Jan 1287). Inquisitions following a writ dated 25 Jan "15 Edw I" following the death of "Richard de Brus...” record that his lands “ought to revert to Sir Robert his father...he died without heir of himself as he never took a wife”[1038]. A writ dated 6 May 1287 ordered the restitution of the lands of "Ricardum de Bruse" deceased to "Roberti de Bruse patri sui"[1039].
  3. Title: FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF ISABEL OF HUNTINGDON AND ISABEL DE CLARE https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/108772.pdf
    Author: Blakely, Ruth Margaret (2000) The Brus family in England and Scotland 1100-c.1290., Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1594/ PAGE 96 https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/108772.pdf
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/153278384;
    Note: Family diagram distinguishing the family of Isabel of Huntingdon, wife of Robert de Brus IV Lord of Annandale and that of Isabel de Clare, wife of Robert de Brus V Lord of Annandale CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THAT THEY WERE NOT THE SAME WOMAN
  4. Title: Robert de Brus, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-LJ7F : 1 August 2020), Robert de Brus, ; Burial, Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England, Guisborough Priory; citing record ID 60317494, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-LJ7F;
  5. Title: Scots Peerage V2 - BRUCE, Earl of Carrick(Normandy Lineage)
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/428/mode/1up;
    Note: 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 is also said to have come to England before his father, perhaps as a page to Queen Emma, daughter of Richard, Duke of Normandy, and widow of King Ethelred II and King Canute. Sir George Mackenzie states that after that Queen's death he came to Scotland and got a grant of the lands of Bowden from Malcolm Ceannmor, but this is very doubtful, and there does not appear to be any record evidence for it. On William the Conqueror's invasion of England he joined that King, with whom his father had also come. His services were rewarded with a grant of the barony of Skelton and lordship of Cleveland, in Yorkshire. 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. There has been much confusion about this Robert through Dugdale confounding him with his grandfather, who bore the same name. He became a very powerful Baron, having no less than ninety-four lordships in Yorkshire, summed at fifteen knights' fees. He was a liberal benefactor to the Church, and along with the Earl of Huntingdon (afterwards David I) founded the Abbey of Selkirk, afterwards removed to Kelso. He had charters from David I, circa 1124, of the lands of Estrahanent, or Annandale. He married Agnes, daughter of Foulk de Paganell,2 and got with her the manor of Careton, in Yorkshire, and other lands. Of a second alleged marriage to Agnes de Annand there is no proof. 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; they were both present at that engagement, but upon different sides, though the young possessor of Annandale was only fourteen. He is said to have been taken prisoner by his own father, who sent him to King Stephen, but that monarch courteously remitted him to his mother at Skelton. The whole affair was probably a family arrangement to prevent the lands, in the case of either side winning, from going out of the family by forfeiture. Robert de Brus had a grant of certain ands in Durham from his father, on a complaint made by him that he had no wheaten bread in Annandale; he had also a confirmation of the last-named territory from William the Lion, dated at Lochmaben, circa 1166. 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,' was one of 'magnates Scotie' who witnessed the marriage of King Alexander II with Johanna, sister of Henry III, at York. 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. Isabel became, in 1237, one of the co-heirs of her only surviving brother, John le Scot, in the earldom of Chester; but as this possession was seized by King Henry III, she was granted by him the manors of Hertfield and Wrettle, in Essex, and it was at a residence in the former parish that Brus and his wife chiefly resided. The former died 1245, and the latter, who was born 1206, died circa 1251. They were both buried at Saltre Abbey, near Stilton. 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...
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