People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Robert Bruce, son of King Robert I (illeg.)

Biography
Robert Bruce was the illegitimate son of Robert I. His mother and date of birth are unknown. An active figure by 1321-2 when he received the lands of Sprouston and the major border lordship of Liddesdale, the latter forfeited by William Soulis because of his part in the 1320 conspiracy against Robert’s father Robert I. On 6 August 1332 Bruce was part of the Scottish army that faced Edward Balliol’s invasion force at Dupplin Moor. In advance of the battle Robert accused the then Scottish Guardian, his cousin Thomas, earl of Mar, of entertaining pro-Balliol and pro-English sympathies. The quarrel resulted in a disorderly Scottish advance that contributed to the catastrophic defeat in which both Bruce and Mar were killed. https://doi-org.ezproxy.is.ed.ac.uk/10.1093/ref:odnb/54143
Floruits
1321 × 1328

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Date Short Summary Source
24 Feb. 1325 knight 1/53/308 (RRS, v, no. 267)
5 Mar. 1326 knight 1/53/336 (RRS, v, no. 294)
5 Mar. 1326 knight 1/53/335 (RRS, v, no. 293)
14 Nov. 1326 knight 1/53/352 (RMS, i, App. 1, no. 19)
16 Nov. 1326 knight 1/53/353 (RRS, v, no. 309)
26 Nov. 1326 knight 1/53/354 (RRS, v, no. 310)
3 Jan. 1327 knight 1/53/356 (RRS, v, no. 312)
26 Dec. 1327 knight 1/53/377 (RRS, v, no. 329)
28 Jul. 1328 knight 1/53/402 (RRS, v, no. 353)
29 Jul. 1328 knight 1/53/403 (RRS, v, no. 354)