Paternal Family Tree: Bruce of Annandale
Maternal Family Tree: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham 1145-1188
Robert Bruce Earl Carrick and Matilda aka Maud Fitzalan were married. She the daughter of John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel and Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King John of England.
On 12th May 1240 [his father] Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale [aged 25] and [his mother] Isabel Clare Lady Annandale [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Lord Annandale. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and [his grandmother] Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In July 1243 Robert Bruce Earl Carrick was born to Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale [aged 28] and Isabel Clare Lady Annandale [aged 16]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
In 1245 [his grandfather] Robert Bruce 4th Lord Annandale [aged 50] died. He was buried at Guisborough Priory [Map]. His son [his father] Robert [aged 30] succeeded 5th Lord Annandale.
In 1256 Niall Carrick 2nd Earl Carrick died. His daughter [his future wife] Marjorie [aged 3] succeeded 3rd Countess Carrick.
On 10th July 1264 [his mother] Isabel Clare Lady Annandale [aged 37] died. She was buried at Guisborough Priory [Map].
In 1271 Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 27] and Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 18] were married at Turnberry Castle. He by marriage Earl Carrick. She the daughter of Niall Carrick 2nd Earl Carrick and Margaret Stewart Countess Carrick. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Around 1272 [his daughter] Isabel Bruce Queen Norway was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 28] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 19]. She married 1293 Eric II King Norway, son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway, and had issue.
In 1273 [his daughter] Christina Bruce was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 29] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 20]. She married (1) 1301 Christopher Seton (2) July 1326 Andrew Murray and had issue.
On 11th July 1274 [his son] King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 31] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 21] at Turnberry Castle. He married (1) 1296 his fifth cousin Isabella Mar, daughter of Donald Mar 7th Earl of Mar and Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar, and had issue (2) 1302 his third cousin once removed Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland, daughter of Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster and Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster, and had issue.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 3rd May 1275 [his father] Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale [aged 60] and Christina Ireby Lady Annandale were married. She by marriage Lord Annandale.
Around 1276 [his son] Nigel Bruce was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 32] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 23].
In 1279 [his son] Edward Bruce King Ireland was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 35] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 26]. He married his third cousin twice removed Isabella Strathbogie, daughter of John Strathbogie 9th Earl Atholl and Margaret Mar Countess Atholl.
In 1282 [his daughter] Mary Bruce was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 38] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 29]. She married (1) Alexander Fraser (2) Neil Campbell of Lochow.
In 1283 [his daughter] Margaret Bruce was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 39] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 30].
Around 1284 [his son] Thomas Bruce was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 40] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 31].
Around 1285 [his son] Alexander Bruce was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 41] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 32].
Around 1286 [his daughter] Elizabeth Bruce was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 42] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 33]. She married William Dishington Ardross Fife Dishington.
Around 1287 [his daughter] Matilda Bruce Countess Ross was born to Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 43] and [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 34]. She married 1308 Hugh 4th Earl Ross and had issue.
Before 9th November 1292 [his wife] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick [aged 39] died.
The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy
The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.
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In 1293 [his son-in-law] Eric II King Norway [aged 25] and Isabel Bruce Queen Norway [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Norway. She the daughter of Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 49] and Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick. He the son of King Magnus VI of Norway and Queen Ingeborg of Norway.
On 31st March 1295 [his father] Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale [aged 80] died. He was buried at Guisborough Priory [Map]. His son Robert [aged 51] succeeded 6th Lord Annandale.
In 1296 King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [aged 21] and Isabella Mar [aged 43] were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years; she, unusually, being older than him. She the daughter of Donald Mar 7th Earl of Mar and Elen ferch Llewellyn Aberffraw Countess Huntingdon and Mar. He the son of Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 52] and Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick. They were fifth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great granddaughter of King John of England.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. [1296] Having thus entered into a treaty with the king of France and his people, the Scots immediately raised their horns and prepared themselves for battle. By public proclamation, they decreed that all persons holding lands, possessions, or revenues in the kingdom of Scotland must appear armed and ready to resist the king of England and to carry out whatever further actions the king of Scotland, with the counsel of the twelve peers, might determine. Since many Englishmen and nobles who held lands there, remaining faithfully in allegiance to the king of England, refused to attend this gathering, their lands were given to others who were to hold and defend them by common agreement. These nobles, like all the English in general, were from that point considered public enemies and were expelled from the kingdom if they had not already voluntarily departed. Among them was Lord Robert de Brus [aged 52], son of the Robert de Brus the Fourth mentioned above. Because he refused to attend on the appointed day, his land, namely Annandale, was given to Lord John Comyn of Buchan [aged 27] to possess and defend as his own. Having taken possession of it, he immediately seized and carried off all the tithes of that region, belonging to us, for the fortification of Lochmaben Castle, without payment and by force. Our king, meanwhile, remaining firm in his intention that aid should be sent to him, was at last scornfully answered and deceived. They [the Scots] said that neither their king nor themselves were bound to him in any way, nor were they obliged to obey his requests or commands, especially since they had obtained from Pope Celestine the benefit of absolution from the oath of fealty and homage which had been unjustly extorted from their king by force. When the king heard this, he was astonished; and recognizing their rebellion, he issued a command to them as his vassals that, even if they refused to bring him aid, they should at least not allow his enemies, the French or Flemings, to enter their land. And if they wished to remain faithful to him, they should deliver three named castles, Berwick, Roxburgh, and Edinburgh, into his custody until the end of the war with France. But they utterly refused this last request, answering the first by saying, "Our land is free and exempt from all servitude. We do not acknowledge ourselves in any way bound by the commands of the king of England. Indeed, we will admit French or Flemish merchants, or others from wherever they come, freely and without any distinction of persons."
Inito itaque foedere cum rege Franciæ et suis, mox erexerunt cornua et se ad pugnam paraverunt, convenientesque statuerunt ex edicto quod omnes et singuli qui terras, possessiones, seu redditus aliquos in regno Scotia tenerent, sub forisfactura earundem venirent præparati cum armis ad resistendum regi Angliæ, et ad faciendum ulterius quod de consilio XII parium rex ipse discerneret faciendum; et quia Anglici multi et nobiles, qui terras ibidem habebant, utpote in fide regis Angliæ fideliter permanentes, ad illud colloquium venire noluerunt, ideo terræ illorum datæ sunt aliis qui ex ordinatione communi eas tenerent et defenderent. Illi etiam nobiles, sicut et cæteri Anglici universi, extunc tanquam hostes publici censebantur, et ejiciebantur a regno qui prius sponte non recesserant. Inter quos dominus Robertus de Bruys, filius Roberti quarti de quo supra meminimus, quia ad diem illum venire contempserat, data est terra sua, scilicet Vallis Anandiæ, domino Johanni Comyn de Boughan, ut eam in dominio possideret et defenderet tanquam suam; quam cum esset ingressus mox omnes decimas nostras ejusdem patriæ ad munitionem castri de Loghmaban absque ullo pretio fecit cariari et violenter retinuit. Rex vero noster dum in primo proposito permaneret ut sibi auxilium mitteretur, et illusus esset, et ei tandem proterviter hoc modo responsum est. Dixerunt enim nec regem illorum nec se teneri in aliquo, nec precibus ejus vel præceptis obsequendum, præcipue cum a fidelitate sua et homagio illicito, quod a rege eorum extorserat per potentiam, a Coelestino papa absolutionis beneficium fuerant consecuti. Quod cum audisset rex miratus est, et eorum seditione cognita, ipsis tanquam fidelibus suis præcipiendo mandavit ut quamquam auxilium sibi ferre negarent, hostes tamen suos Francos vel Flandrenses non admitterent in terram suam; et si in fide sua manere vellent, tria castra nominata, scilicet Berewyk, Rokesburgh et Edensburgh suis, saltem usque ad finem guerræ regi Franciæ, retinenda liberarent. Quod quidem ultimum facere contempserunt, ad primum respondendo dicentes, "Terra nostra libera est et ab omni servitute quieta, nec præcepto regis Angliæ fatemur in aliquo nos astrictos; immo mercatores Francos vel Flandrenses, seu alios undecumque venientes, absque ulla personarum distinctione admittemus ad votum."
In 1301 [his son-in-law] Christopher Seton [aged 23] and Christina Bruce [aged 28] were married. She the daughter of Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 57] and Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick.
In 1302 King Robert the Bruce I of Scotland [aged 27] and Elizabeth Burgh Queen Consort Scotland [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Richard "Red Earl" Burgh 2nd Earl of Ulster [aged 43] and Margaret Burgh Countess Ulster. He the son of Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 58] and Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
Before 4th March 1304 Robert Bruce Earl Carrick [aged 60] died. He was buried at Holme Cultram Abbey, Cumberland [Map].
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough. In the same year died Sir Robert de Brus [aged 60] the fifth, soon after Easter [4th March 1304], while he was on the road towards Annandale, and he was buried in the monastery of Holm [Map].1 In the same year died John, Earl of Warenne [aged 73], an old man, and was buried at Lewes after Christmas. In the same year died that valiant knight Sir William Latimer [aged 61], on the vigil of Saint Nicholas [5th December 1304], who had exercised his knighthood in many lands, and he was buried at Empingham.2
Eodem anno obiit dominus Robertus de Brus quintus, cito post Pascha, cum esset in via versus Vallem Anandiæ, sepultusque est in monasterio de Holme. Eodem anno obiit comes de Warenna Johannes, homo senex, sepultusque est apud Lews post Natale Domini. Eodem anno obiit strenuus ille miles dominus Willelmus Latimer in vigilia Sancti Nicholai, qui suam militiam in multis terris exercuerat, sepultusque est apud Hempingham.
Note 1. Holme Cultram Abbey, Cumberland [Map].
Note 2. Empingham, Rutlandshire.
Kings Wessex: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Kings Scotland: Great x 3 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 11 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 1st Lord Annandale 1st Lord Skelton
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bruce 2nd Lord Annandale
Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk Paynel
Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Paynel Lady Annandale Lady Skelton
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bruce 3rd Lord Annandale
Great x 2 Grandmother: Euphemia Crosebi Lady Annandale
Grandfather: Robert Bruce 4th Lord Annandale
Great x 1 Grandmother: Christina Unknown Lady Annandale
father: Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 2 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Malcolm III of Scotland 
son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland Granddaughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria son of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 1 Grandfather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey 
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of Surrey
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet 
Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey 2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Grandmother: Isabel "the Scot" Dunkeld Lady Annandale Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester
Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester 
son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort Count Évreux
Great x 3 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux
Robert Bruce Earl Carrick 3 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard de Clare
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Clermont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Clare 2nd Earl Hertford
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Gernon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Clare 3rd Earl Hertford
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud St Hilary Countess Hertford
Grandfather: Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England son of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Daughter Gay
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fitzrobert 2nd Earl Gloucester Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzhamon
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Sibyl Montgomery
Great x 1 Grandmother: Amice Fitzrobert Countess Hertford Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester 3 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey 2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 2 Grandmother: Hawise Beaumont Countess Gloucester 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Raoul Gael
Great x 3 Grandmother: Amice Gael Countess Leicester
mother: Isabel Clare Lady Annandale 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert Giffard 
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fitzgilbert
Great x 1 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward of Salisbury 1st Baron Trowbridge 1st Baron Chitterne
Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter of Salisbury 2nd Baron Chitterne
Great x 2 Grandmother: Sybil of Salisbury
Great x 3 Grandmother: Sybilla Chaworth Baroness Chitterne 
Grandmother: Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford 6 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare
Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adeliza Clermont
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard "Strongbow" Clare 2nd Earl Pembroke 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Beaumont Countess Pembroke 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey 2 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 1 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandfather: Diarmait Macmurrough
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aoife ni Diarmait Macmurrough Countess Pembroke and Buckingham