6th Lord of Annandale Robert de Brus, VI

1243 - 1304  (60 years)

• Name	Robert de Brus  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	6th Lord of Annandale
  Suffix	VI
  Birth	Jul 1243	Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	Second Barons' War, Welsh Wars, and First War of Scottish Independence
  		War-1st War of Scottish Independence The First War of Scottish Independence lasted from the invasion by England in 1296 until the de jure restoration of Scottish independence with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328. De facto independence had been established in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn.
  Death	4 Apr 1304	Lochawe, Argyll, Scotland   [1]
  Burial	Cumberland, England
  	(Holme Cultram Abbey)
  		Church - Abbey Holme Cultram Holmcultram Abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1150 in what is now the village of Abbeytown in Cumbria in England but at the time of foundation was in territory in the possession of David I of Scotland, who together with his son, Henry, founded it in 1150.
  Person ID	I22601	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	5th Lord of Annandale Sir Robert de Brus, V,   b. 1210, Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland d. 31 May 1295, Lochmaben, Dumfries-shire, Scotland (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabel de Clare,   b. 8 Nov 1226, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England d. 10 Jul 1264, Cleveland Port, Yorkshire, England (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F8908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess of Carrick Marjorie MacDuncan,   b. 1252, Argyll, Scotland d. 27 Oct 1292, Argyll, Scotland (Age 40 years)
  Marriage	1271
  	Robert was a companion-in-arms of Marjorie's 1st husband, Adam. When Robert showed up to inform her of Adam's death, she was so taken with him that she had him held captive until he agreed to marry her/Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
  		Castle-Turnberry Turnberry Castle was originally a stronghold of the Lords of Galloway, and thence passed into the possession of the Earls of Carrick around the beginning of the 13th century. In the late 13th century the castle belonged to Marjorie, the widowed Countess of Carrick. According to medieval legend, Marjorie held the visiting knight Robert de Brus…
  Marriage End	1292
  	Death of Marjorie
  Children	1. King of Scots Robert the Bruce, I,   b. 11 Jul 1274, Chelmsford, Essex, England d. 7 Jun 1329 (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Earl of Carrick and High King of Ireland Edward de Brus,   b. 1290, Argyll, Scotland d. 14 Oct 1318, Dundalk, Louth, Ireland (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Jul 1243 - Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland Death - 4 Apr 1304 - Lochawe, Argyll, Scotland Burial - - Cumberland, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-Clan Bruce Arms of Clan Bruce - Fuimus "We Have Been"

  
  

  Places		Church - Abbey Holme Cultram Holmcultram Abbey was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1150 in what is now the village of Abbeytown in Cumbria in England but at the time of foundation was in territory in the possession of David I of Scotland, who together with his son, Henry, founded it in 1150.
  		Castle-Turnberry Turnberry Castle was originally a stronghold of the Lords of Galloway, and thence passed into the possession of the Earls of Carrick around the beginning of the 13th century. In the late 13th century the castle belonged to Marjorie, the widowed Countess of Carrick. According to medieval legend, Marjorie held the visiting knight Robert de Brus…

  
  

  Wars & Battles

  War-1st War of Scottish Independence The First War of Scottish Independence lasted from the invasion by England in 1296 until the de jure restoration of Scottish independence with the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328. De facto independence had been established in 1314 at the Battle of Bannockburn.

  
  

• Sources

  [S984] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2003;). Birth date: Jul 1243 Birth place: Annandale, Scotland Death date: 4 Apr 1304 Death place: Marriage date: 1271 Marriage place: [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.