Sir Robert le Bruce Lord of Annandale [9668] 24
- Born: 1210
- Marriage (1): Isabel de Clare [10480] on 12 May 1240
- Marriage (2): Christina de Ireby [12911]
- Died: 1295 at age 85
 Another name for Robert was de Brus.
General Notes:
Stammtafeln says that Isobel was Robert's mother as does the Complete Peerage
vol.V,p736 chart, another source showed Christina as Roberts mother, but I
lost a note of which it was. Weir does not show Christina as offspring.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01832
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10248.htm#i102474
Sir Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale was born in 1210.2 He was the son of Robert de Brewes, Lord of Annandale and Lady Isabella of Huntingdon.1 He married, firstly, Isabella de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Gloucester and Lady Isabella Marshal , on 12 May 1240.3 He married, secondly, Christina de Ireby , daughter of Sir William de Ireby and Christian de Hodeholme , on 3 May 1273 at Hoddam, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland .3,4 He died on 31 March 1295 at Lochmaben Castle.3 He was buried on 17 April 1295 at Guisborough Priory, Guisborough, Yorkshire, England .3
Sir Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale gained the title of Lord of Annandale.2 On 19 April 1267 he swore fealty to the King and Prince Edward.1 On 5 June 1291 he agreed to be bound by the decision of the King for the crown of Scotland (which he was a competitor for). However the King decided against him on 6 November 1292.3 He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National .5
See his Biography: http://www.thepeerage.com/e443.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), vo
2. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 68. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
3. Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 359.
4. Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 117. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
5. Leslie Stephen, editor, Dictionary of National Biography (London, U.K.: Smith, Elder & Company, 1908), volume III, page 115-6. Hereinafter cited as Dictionary of National Biography.
6. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 193.
Robert married Isabel de Clare [10480] [MRIN: 4624], daughter of Gilbert of Gloucester de Clare 5th Earl of Gloucester [6664] and Isabella Marshal Lady [4903], on 12 May 1240. (Isabel de Clare [10480] was born on 8 Nov 1226 and died in 1254.)
Robert next married Christina de Ireby [12911] [MRIN: 5379], daughter of Sir William de Ireby [12912] and Unknown. (Christina de Ireby [12911] died about 1305.)
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