Elizabeth De Burgh, Queen Of Scots
1289 - 1327 (38 years)-
Name Elizabeth De Burgh Title Queen Of Scots Christening 1284 Birth 1289 Ulster, Northern Ireland 
[1, 2] Gender Female Death 26 Oct 1327 Banffshire, Scotland [1, 2, 3] Burial Aft 26 Oct 1327 Fifeshire, Scotland [3] Person ID I7681 footsteps | Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
Father Richard Burgh, 3rd Earl Of Ulster , b. 1259, Ulster, Northern Ireland d. 29 Jul 1326, County Tipperary, Ireland (Age 67 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret Guines, b. Abt 1263, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France d. 1304, Staffordshire, England (Age 41 years) Relationship natural Marriage Bef 27 Feb 1281 Ireland Family ID F4556 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Robert Bruce, King of Scotland , I, b. 11 Jul 1274, Aryshire, Scotland d. 7 Jun 1329, Dumbartonshire, Scotland (Age 54 years) Marriage 1290 Children + 1. Matilda Maud De Bruce, Princess Of Scotland , b. 12 Jul 1303, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 20 Jul 1353, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 50 years)+ 2. Margaret De Bruce, b. Abt 1312, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 30 Mar 1364, Fifeshire, Scotland (Age 52 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F767 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2025
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Event Map 
Birth - 1289 - Ulster, Northern Ireland 
Death - 26 Oct 1327 - Banffshire, Scotland 
Burial - Aft 26 Oct 1327 - Fifeshire, Scotland = Link to Google Earth
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Notes
Elizabeth was taken prisoner by the English, along with her daughter an d t w o o f R o bert Bruce's sisters, on Nov. 7, 1306. Because her father Ri ch a r d, e a rl of Ulster, was a faithful supporter of King Edward, she was n o t k e p t i n a cage as the other women related to the Bruce were. Instead s h e w a s s e nt to the royal manor at Burstwick in Holderness, where detail e d i n s t ructions were given as to the terms of her confinement: she was p e r m i t ted one maid and one woman for her chamber, who must be "of a good a g e a n d n o t cheerful" and she was to be watched closely at all times by s e r v a n ts loyal to King Edward.
As her husband's army grew stronger, the king found it prudent to move Q u e e n E l izabeth further from the Scottish border than Holderness. In 130 8 s h e w a s t ransferred under heavy guard to the abbey of Biddlesdon in B uc k i n g hamshire; to Windsor castle in 1312; to Shaftesbury and to the co n v e n t o f Barking in Essex (both) in 1313; and to Rochester castle in 13 1 4 . S h e w as not released from captivity until October 1314, when she w a s f i n a lly exchanged for several English noblemen who had been taken pr i s o n e r by the Bruce at Bannockburn.
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