Robert the BRUCE

1274 - 1329  (54 years)

• Name	Robert the BRUCE  [2, 3]
  	In 1306 Robert Bruce was crowned King of Scone, an event that enraged the dying Edward I of England, who set out to invade Scotland. Bruce fled, and for several years remained in hiding. In 1314, Bruce defeated the English army at Bannockburn. This defeat did not, however, result in recognition of Scotland's independence. The fighting continued until 1328, when Edward III formally recognized Bruce as king of an independent Scotland. In June 1314 Robert Bruce besieged Stirling Castle, which was held by the English. A huge army, sent by Edward II to relieve the castle, camped at Bannockburn, two miles to the south, and on 24 June the two armies met. Bruce's Scottish army was only one-third the size of the English army, but his soldiers managed to break the English lines. The English gave ground and fled from the field, the defeated Edward II among them. After Bannockburn, Bruce expected England to leave the country alone. this did not happen, and in 1320 a number of Scottish lords and bishops met in Arbroath and wrote to Pope John XXII insisting that he recognized Scotland's independence. 'For as long as one hundred of us shall remain alive we shall never in any wise consent to submit to the rule of the English, for it is bot for glory we fight...but for freedom alone.' Robert Bruce had considerable inventive powers and was good natured, humane, and courageous. For a time he supported the activities of Edward I in Scotland, partly because his family had received a number of privileges from the English kings, but as a young man he had joined William Wallace's revolt, and the capture and execution of Wallace in 1305 confirmed his opposition to the rule of Edward I. Bruce was welcomed by his countrymen when he formally claimed the Scottish throne as Robert I in 1306, and his campaign to rid Scotland of the English quickly gathered support, largely as a result of his personal magnetism. [1]
  Birth	11 Jul 1274	Writtle   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Lord Of Annandale  [2]
  Fact	9 Nov 1292	Succeeded as Earl of Carrick   [3]
  Fact 1	25 Mar 1306	Crowned Robert I, King of Scots, at Scone   [3]
  Death	7 Jun 1329	Cardross, near Dumbarton   [3]
  Person ID	I08592	Main Tree
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert BRUCE,   b. Jul 1243, Writtle d. Mar 1304 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Marjorie Of CARRICK   d. 1292
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F32937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isabel of MAR   d. Bef 1302
  Marriage	Abt 1295  [3]
  Children	1. David II (Bruce) King Of SCOTLAND   d. Between 22 Feb 1370 and 1371, Edinburgh Castle  [Birth] + 2. Marjorie BRUCE,   b. Bef 1297   d. 2 Mar 1316 (Age 19 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F04068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth DE BURGH   d. 26 Oct 1327
  Marriage	1302  [3]
  Family ID	F32787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Jul 1274 - Writtle Death - 7 Jun 1329 - Cardross, near Dumbarton  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9498] Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Kings & Queens of England and Scotland. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.