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Robert II de Brus, le Meschin (the Cadet) (fl. 1138, died c. 1194) was a 12th-century Norman noble and 2nd Lord of Annandale. He was the son, perhaps the second son, [ 1 ] of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale .
Robert was a fourth-great-grandson of King David I, and his grandfather, Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was one of the claimants to the Scottish throne during the "Great Cause". [1] As Earl of Carrick, Robert the Bruce supported his family's claim to the Scottish throne and took part in William Wallace's revolt against Edward I of England.
Both the English and Scots lines of the Brus/Bruce family demonstrably descend from Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale who came to England in 1106. [6] [7] Robert de Brus was a companion-in-arms of Prince David, later King David I. [8] In 1124 he followed David north to reclaim his kingdom. [8]
Robert I de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale (c. 1078 –1141) was an early-12th-century Anglo-Norman lord and the first of the Bruce dynasty to hold lands in Scotland. A monastic patron, he is remembered as the founder of Gisborough Priory in Yorkshire, England, in present-day Redcar and Cleveland, in 1119. [1]
Isabella of Mar (fl. c. 1277 – 12 December 1296) was the first wife of Robert Bruce VII, Earl of Carrick. Isabella died before her husband was crowned (as Robert I) King of Scotland. She and her husband were the grandparents of Robert II, King of Scotland, founder of the Royal House of Stuart.
Sir Thomas Bruce, 1st (feudal) Baron of Clackmannan(died before 1348) [1] was the first Baron of Clackmannan.. King David II of Scotland, near the end of his life, appears to have regarded Thomas as the next most senior member of the Bruce family [citation needed], meaning that he was believed to be a male line descendant of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale, but his exact relationship to ...
Robert the Bruce was the eldest; in the past there was some dispute over whether Edward was second, or third behind Nigel, but one recent account has him fourth behind Nigel and Alexander. [1] His date of birth is unknown, but it was probably not very long after Robert was born in 1274; he was old enough to be fighting in 1307 and to be given ...
Robert V de Brus (Robert de Brus), 5th Lord of Annandale (ca. 1215 – 31 March or 3 May 1295 [1]), was a feudal lord, justice and constable of Scotland and England, a regent of Scotland, and a competitor for the Scottish throne in 1290/92 in the Great Cause. He is commonly known as "Robert the Competitor".