Robert Bruce, King of Scotland , I

1274 - 1329  (54 years)

• Name	Robert Bruce
  Title	King of Scotland
  Suffix	I
  Birth	11 Jul 1274	Aryshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  FSID	MNRP-CMX
  Death	7 Jun 1329	Dumbartonshire, Scotland
  Burial	15 Jun 1329	Fifeshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I8007	footsteps | Bruce, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick ,   b. Abt Jul 1243, Essex, England d. Bef 4 Apr 1304, England (Age < 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marjorie Carrick, Countess Of Carrick ,   b. Abt 1252, Aryshire, Scotland d. 9 Nov 1292, Aryshire, Scotland (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1271	Aryshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth De Burgh, Queen Of Scots ,   b. 1289, Ulster, Northern Ireland d. 26 Oct 1327, Banffshire, Scotland (Age 38 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

  
  

  Family 2	Isabella of Mar, Queen ,   b. Abt 1280, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Bef 1302, Dumbartonshire, Scotland (Age < 21 years)
  Marriage	1290
  Children	+ 1. Marjorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland ,   b. 15 Dec 1296, Aryshire, Scotland d. 2 Mar 1316, Refrewshire, Scotland (Age 19 years)
  Family ID	F4617	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Jul 1274 - Aryshire, Scotland Death - 7 Jun 1329 - Dumbartonshire, Scotland Burial - 15 Jun 1329 - Fifeshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Robert the Bruce, King of Scots

  
  

• Notes

  As a child he was tutored to speak, read, and write in French and to ha v e a w o r k ing knowledge of Latin. The significant effect that a love of b o ok s a n d h istory had on Robert's life cannot be overstated: Barbour rec o u n t e d how Bruce read aloud to his band of supporters while they were o n t h e r u n i n 1306 and recited from memory twelfth century tales of Char le m a g n e, and the exploits of Hannibal. The Bruce brothers followed the traditional practice in Carrick of bei n g f o s t ered to allied Gaelic kindred to complete their education in kni g h t l y a rts such as jousting, hunting, leadership skills, and even court l y b e h a vior Both Robert and his father remained loyal to Edward I, the English king , u n t i l a t least 1297. By August 1299, he and his arch-rival, John Co my n o f B a d enoch (who was a staunch supporter of King John Baliol), had b e e n a p p ointed co-guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland. The following ye a r , h o w ever, the tension between Bruce and Comyn reached a boiling poin t a n d d u r ing one particularly contentious meeting they had to be physic al l y p u l led apart and restrained by James the Steward and other nobles w h o w e r e p resent. The period from 1302-1304 saw Bruce no longer acting as a guardian of t h e k i n g dom and once again pledging fealty to Edward I, perhaps in an ef f o r t t o s tabilize family relationships between Carrick and Ulster. In r e t u r n f or renewing his homage to Edward, the king pardoned Bruce and hi s m e n , p r omised to protect his landed inheritance both in England and i n S c o t l and, and also promised to support his legal pursuit of 'the righ t o f ' h i s f amily.

  
  

• Sources

  [S93] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Ogden Valley, Weber, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1613; Page: 501B; Image: 403712; Family History Library Film: 553112. [S118] Weir, Alison, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy. page 209 3QUAY [S8] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Baker Ward 3, Baker, Oregon; Roll: T624_1278; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 1375291.