Isobel of Huntingdon

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Isobel of Huntingdon
Born1199
Died1251 (aged 51–52)
Matilda of Chester

Isobel of Huntingdon (1199–1251),

Matilda of Chester
.

She married

Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale was regent and recognized heir presumptive
of Scotland in the years just before her death.

Isobel survived her husband Robert who died in 1232.[3] She did not remarry and she herself died in 1251. She was buried at Sawtry Abbey, alongside her husband and her father.[4]

Issue

Isobel and her husband Robert de Brus had at least 2 sons and a daughter:

  • Robert de Brus, who became the 5th Lord of Annandale and married Isabel de Clare, daughter of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Hertford and Gloucester; had issue.
  • Bernard de Brus of Exton, married firstly Alice de Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp of Elmley, [5]and married secondly Constance de Merston, widow of John de Morteyn;[5] was the father of Sir Bernard de Brus II.[6]
  • Beatrice de Brus, married Hugo de Neville.[7]

References

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  3. ^ MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA ET HERALDICA. VOL. 1. 1874. by JOSEPH J. HOWARD https://archive.org/details/miscellaneagene00howagoog/page/337/mode/1up?q=sir+bernard+bruce
  4. ^ "The Scots peerage : Founded on Wood's ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom".
  5. ^ a b Richardson 2011, pp. 282–283.
  6. ^ The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846–1931; page 430; https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/430/mode/1up