Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale
Robert II de Brus | |
|---|---|
| Died | c. 1194 |
| Buried | Gisborough Priory, Bruce |
| Spouse(s) | Euphemia |
| Issue | Robert de Brus, (d c1191) William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale Bernard de Brus |
| Father | Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale |
| Mother | Agnes |
Robert II de Brus, le Meschin (the Cadet) (fl. 1138, died c. 1194) was a 12th-century Norman noble and 2nd Lord of Annandale. He was the son, perhaps the second son,[1] of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale.
The elder de Brus' allegiances were compromised when
A legend tells that in the 1140s, Robert II was visited at
He married Euphemia, possibly the daughter of Sir Adam de Crosebi or Crosbj of Albemarle (b c1098). They had three known children:[2]
- Robert (d. 1191), eldest son.
- William (d. 1212).
- Bernard.
Robert was buried at Gisborough Priory in the North Riding, Yorkshire, England, a monastery founded by his father Robert I de Brus. As his eldest son, Robert, predeceased him, he was succeeded by his second son William.
Robert III de Brus
Robert III de Brus (fl. 12th century, died ca. 1191) was the oldest son of Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale.
He predeceased his father, and so did not inherit the lordship of Annandale, which passed to his brother,
Footnotes
- ^ Burke's The Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire 1883: 80
- ^ Blakely 2000, pp. 10–57
- ^ Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families. Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 699. Google eBook
- ^ The Scots Peerage, Vol. I, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 5.
References
- Blakely, Ruth Margaret (2000). The Brus family in England and Scotland 1100-c.1290 (PhD thesis). Durham University.
- Burke, Messrs. John and John Bernard, The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, etc., London, 1848: vol.1, pedigree XXXIV.
- Duncan, A.A.M., ‘Brus , Robert (I) de, lord of Annandale (d. 1142)’, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 14 Nov 2006
- Duncan, A. A. M., ‘Brus , Robert (II) de, lord of Annandale (d. 1194?)’, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 14 Nov 2006
- Flower, William, Norroy King of Arms, The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1563/4, (edited by Charles B. Northcliffe, M.A., of Langton) London, 1881, p. 40.
- Oram, Richard, David: The King Who Made Scotland, (Gloucestershire, 2004)
- The Robert the Bruce Commemoration Trust's, Genealogy, Crichton College of the University of Glasgow (Dept. of Scottish Studies)