Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale, jure uxoris Earl of Carrick, Lord of Hartness, Writtle and Hatfield Broad Oak, was a cross-border lord, and participant of the Second Barons' War, Ninth Crusade,
The Countess of Carrick takes Robert de Brus captive and forces him to marry her (1894 illustration, Alfred Pearse).
The Earl of Carrick's burial slab in Holmcultram Abbey, Abbeytown, Cumbria
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Robert I, popularly known as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. He fought success
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
…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. 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…
Robert the Bruce on a penny, c. 1318
The remains of Turnberry Castle, Robert the Bruce's likely birthplace
Robert the Bruce and his first wife Isabella of Mar, as depicted in the 1562 Forman Armorial
Bruce depicted alongside other notable figures in the Wars of Scottish Independence