Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
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Robert de Brus (July 1243 – before April 1304[1]), 6th Lord of Annandale, jure uxoris Earl of Carrick[2] (1252–1292), Lord of Hartness,[3] Writtle and Hatfield Broad Oak, was a cross-border lord,[lower-alpha 1] and participant of the Second Barons' War, Ninth Crusade, Welsh Wars, and First War of Scottish Independence, as well as father to the future king of Scotland Robert the Bruce.
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Sir Robert de Brus | |
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6th Lord of Annandale jure uxoris Earl of Carrick Constable of Carlisle Castle | |
Lord of Annandale | |
Predecessor | Robert V de Brus |
Successor | Robert VII de Bruce |
Born | July 1243 probably Writtle, Essex, England |
Died | (1304-04-00)April 1304 (aged 60) |
Buried | Holm Cultram Abbey, Cumberland |
Noble family | Bruce |
Spouse(s) | Marjorie of Carrick Eleanor |
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Father | Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale |
Mother | Isobel of Gloucester and Hertford |
Of Scoto-Norman-Irish heritage, through his father he was a third-great grandson of David I of Scotland. Other ancestors included Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Edmund Ironside, Henry I of England and Aoife MacMurrough, daughter of Dermot MacMurrough.[4]