Neil Bruce

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Neil Bruce (also Nigel Bruce ) († after September 1306 in Berwick upon Tweed ) was a Scottish rebel.

The ruins of Kildrummy Castle, where Neil Bruce was captured by the English in 1306

origin

Neil Bruce came from the Scottish Bruce family . He was probably the second eldest son of Robert de Brus, Earl of Carrick and his wife Marjorie, Countess of Carrick . Like his brothers Robert and Edward, he probably spent part of his childhood with befriended Gaelic families.

Role in the Scottish War of Independence

During the Scottish War of Independence , he supported his older brother Robert Bruce when he rose to be King of Scots in March 1306. However, Robert Bruce was defeated by the English at the Battle of Methven in June 1306 . Neil accompanied his brother, who fled to West Scotland with his wife Elizabeth , daughter Marjorie , sister Mary and a few hundred faithful. The small force was probably defeated in July or August in the battle near Dalry by John Macdougall, who was fighting on the English side . Robert Bruce and his family escaped again, but now the group has separated. While Robert Bruce tried to flee further to western Scotland even with a few loyal followers, the women should try to escape to northern Scotland together with Neil, the Earl of Atholl , David Lindsay and Robert Boyd . This group reached Kildrummy Castle , where they learned that an English force was approaching. While the Earl of Atholl fled north with the women, Neil Bruce stayed in Kildrummy. When the castle was conquered, he was taken prisoner by the English on September 10th. According to the regulations of the English King Edward I , he was dragged to the place of execution in Berwick , hanged and then beheaded . In 1328 Robert Bruce, who after the death of Edward I was able to assert himself as king in Scotland, determined that a chaplain read spiritual offices for Neil. The cost of this was to come from the Turriff Hospital , which had previously been under the patronage of the Earl of Buchan , one of his opponents.

Web links

  • Neil Bruce on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 18.
  2. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 103.
  3. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, pp. 227-229.
  4. ↑ Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3 , pp. 508-509.
  5. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 438.
personal data
SURNAME Bruce, Neil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bruce, Nigel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish rebel
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH after September 1306
Place of death Berwick upon Tweed