Princess of Scotland Marjorie Bruce

Princess of Scotland Marjorie Bruce

Female 1296 - 1316  (19 years)


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  • Name Marjorie Bruce  [1, 2, 3
    Title Princess of Scotland 
    Birth 15 Dec 1296  Aryshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    FSID GB1F-XR8 
    Death 2 Mar 1316  Refrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Burial 2 Mar 1316  Refrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
    Person ID I8717  footsteps | Bruce, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Lady Godiva, Robert Capet II, GuyBuckman, DonCampbell, LucyHarrison, BettyOtt
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2025 

    Father King of Scotland Robert Bruce, I,   b. 11 Jul 1274, Aryshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1329, Dumbartonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Queen Isabella of Mar,   b. Abt 1280, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1302, Dumbartonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 21 years) 
    Marriage 1290 
    Family ID F4617  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 6th High Steward Of Scotland Walter Stewart, VI,   b. 1293, Aryshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1326, Linlithgowshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 1315  Aryshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. 35th King of Scotland Robert Stewart, II,   b. 2 Mar 1316, Refrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1390, Aryshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F4413  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Marjorie was the daughter of Robert de Brus, earl of Carrick and lord o f A n n a n dale, and his first wife, Isabel of Mar, a daughter of Donald of M a r , 1 0 t h earl of Mar.

      At the time her father was coronated at Scone on 27 March 1306, Lady Ma r j o r i e became a princess of Scotland.
      The Lady Marjorie, then twelve years of age, was first ordered by King E d w a r d t o suffer a fate similar to that of her Aunt Mary and Isabel, Cou n t e s s o f Buchan. She was to be kept in a cage made of wood and iron whi c h w o u l d be suspended from the Tower of London, and not allowed to spea k o r b e s p o ken to by anyone except the Constable of the Tower.

      Edward later revoked this decree (presumably because Marjorie was so yo u n g ) a n d instead had her sent to the Gilbertine nunnery at Watton in Yo r k s h i re. The following year the Priory petitioned the king for the cost o f k e e p i ng the daughter of Robert de Brus, and was alloted the sum of 3d . p e r d a y a nd one mark per annum for a robe and other necessaries for t he y o u n g w oman. Marjorie spent eight years in captivity at the nunnery, u n t i l f i nally being released in 1314 in exchange for English prisoners f r o m t h e B attle of Bannockburn. The escort sent by King Robert to meet t h e d i s t inguished prisoners being released at the border and see them sa f e l y h o me was led by the young knight who had recently distinguished hi m s e l f a t Bannockburn, Sir Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland.

  • Sources 
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