Robert Bruce Earl of Carrick [8895] ²⁴

   Another name for Robert was Sir Robert le Brus 1st Lord Brus.

  General Notes:

Lord of Annandale.

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Sir Robert le Brus, 1st Lord Brus was born in July 1243.⁴ He was the son of Sir Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale <p10248.htm> and Isabella de Clare <p10248.htm>.^2,3 He married, firstly, Margaret, Countess of Carrick <p10248.htm>, daughter of Neil, 2nd Earl of Carrick <p10462.htm> and Margaret Stewart <p10785.htm>, in 1271 at Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland <pd397.htm>, without Royal consent, and so she had to pay a heavy fine.⁵ He married, secondly, Alianore (?) <p10248.htm> after 1292.⁴ He died before 4 April 1304.⁴ He was buried at Abbey of Holm Cultram.⁴
Sir Robert le Brus, 1st Lord Brus was also known as Robert Bruce. On 19 April 1267 he swore fealty to the King and Prince Edward.⁶ As a result of his marriage, Sir Robert le Brus, 1st Lord Brus was styled as Earl of Carrick in 1271, jure uxoris.⁴ He resigned as Earl of Carrick, in favour of his son on 27 October 1292.⁴ He held the office of Governor of Carlisle Castle in 1295.⁷ He succeeded to the title of Lord of Annandale before 4 July 1295.⁴ He fought in the Battle of Dunbar on 28 April 1296, with King Edward I.⁷ He was created 1st Lord Brus [England by writ] on 15 March 1297.¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁸

See his Biography: http://www.thepeerage.com/e442.htm
1. G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 360. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

2. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 193. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

3. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 359.

4. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 206.

5. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 55.

6. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 358.

7. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 56.

8. Leslie Stephen, editor, Dictionary of National Biography (London, U.K.: Smith, Elder & Company, 1908), volume III, page 116-7. Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.

9. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 208.

Robert married Marjorie of Carrick Countess of Carrick [8896] [MRIN: 3720], daughter of Neil of Carrick 2nt Earl of Carrick [8897] and Margaret Stewart [8898], in 1271 in Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Marjorie of Carrick Countess of Carrick [8896] died before 9 Nov 1292.)

Robert next married Eleanor [12954] [MRIN: 6010] after 1292. (Eleanor [12954] died in 1331.)