Bruce (Russian noble family)

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Count Bruce coat of arms

Bruce is the name of a Russian aristocratic family that emerged from the Scottish Bruce clan and is now extinct .

history

Probably in connection with the English Civil War and the activities of Cromwell , members of the Bruce clan, more precisely the Bruce of Airth family , a branch of the Bruce of Clackmannan family , moved to Russia and joined the army there as officers. William Bruce († 1680) served the tsar for over 30 years and died as a Russian major general. He had a daughter and two sons Robert Bruce (1668-1720) and Jacob Daniel Bruce (1669-1735), who also rose to the rank of general in the army . The older of the two were raised to the Russian count status, but since he died without leaving children, the title of count was transferred in 1721 to his nephew Alexander Bruce (1708-1752), also major general. He also inherited the Glinki estate near Moscow from his uncle. Count Jacob Bruce (1732–1791), son of the aforementioned, was General en chef , Commander in Chief of Moscow . He left only one daughter, who was married to Vasily Walentinowitsch Mussin-Pushkin (1773-1836). In 1796 he received imperial approval to use the name and title of Count Mussin-Pushkin-Bruce, but did not continue the tribe , with the result that the Bruce family in Russia was finally extinct.

coat of arms

The coat of arms (1798) is quartered , in the middle a heart shield, in gold the red St. Andrew's cross , overlying a red bar (family coat of arms Clan Bruce); fields 1 and 4 show a silver oblique left bar in blue, above a silver diamond from which three flames emerge; fields 2 and 3 show in silver, the sides narrowed by a green arch, a black, gold-crowned eagle's head ; Three helmets with red and silver covers : on the left, above a count's crown, the gold-crowned eagle's head; in the middle a silver arm in armor with a golden battle club ; on the right above a baron's crown a (...); A silver unicorn as a shield holder on the left , a red lion on the right ; Motto FUIMUS been We are (motto of the Clan Bruce).

Relatives

  • William Bruce († 1680), Russian major general
    • Count Robert Bruce (1668–1720), Russian lieutenant general
    • Jacob Daniel Bruce (1669–1735), Russian general field master
      • Count Alexander Bruce (1708–1752), Russian major general, ⚭ Princess Katharina Alexejewna Dolgorukowa (1712–1747), daughter of Prince Alexej Grigorievich Dolgorukov († 1734)
        • Count Jacob Bruce (1732–1791), General en chef, Commander in Chief of Moscow, ⚭ Praskowja Alexandrowna Rumjantsewa (1729–1786), daughter of General Alexander Ivanovich Rumjanzew
          • Countess Katarina Bruce (1776–1821), ⚭ Wassili Walentinowitsch Mussin-Pushkin (1773–1836), Russian Ambassador to Sicily

  • Count Jacob Daniel Bruce (1669-1735)

  • Countess Katharina Alexejewna Bruce, b. Dolgorukova (1712–1747)

  • Count Jacob Bruce (1732-1791)

  • Countess Praskowja Alexandrovna Bruce, b. Rumjantsewa (1729–1786)

  • Count Vasily Walentinowitsch Mussin-Pushkin-Bruce (1773–1836)

More related family lines

Simultaneously with the immigration to Russia, a closely related Prussian , also extinct line of Bruce was formed . Another related family Bruce received the Swedish aristocratic naturalization in 1668 . This sex may have continued to flourish in the United States or Brazil , while it also died out in Sweden. There is also a very broad cognatic relationship with Adolf Adam von Bruce , whose mother was a Bruce and who was raised to the Prussian nobility in 1872 .

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Of Mr. Peter Heinrich Bruce, a former officer in the Prussian, Russian and British services, news from his travels , 1784, ( digitized version ).
  2. Jump up ↑ Adliga at Bruce nr 745