Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale

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Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale (* between 1293 and 1299, † August 11, 1332 with Scone ) was a Scottish nobleman and military.

origin

Robert Bruce was an illegitimate son of the future Scottish King Robert Bruce . His origins are unknown, he was probably born when his father was still Earl of Carrick .

Promotion to Scottish magnate

During the First Scottish War of Independence , his father rose as Robert I to be King of Scots in 1306 . After Robert I had consolidated his empire, he cared for his illegitimate son well. Between March and July 1320 he gave him part of the Barony Spouston in Roxburghshire , which had been confiscated by William Soulis in the course of the conspiracy . By the end of 1322 at the latest, Bruce received the barony of Liddesdale with Hermitage Castle . In addition, Robert received other goods, including possessions in Perthshire with Clackmannan Tower . Bruce witnessed his father's documents several times and took part in parliamentary meetings. His father rewarded him with privileges for his goods. Before 1327 he received a generous annual pension of £ 500.

Military at the start of the Second Scottish War of Independence

At the beginning of the Second Scottish War of Independence Bruce was one of the Scottish commanders in the battle near Kinghorn in 1332 , where a Scottish contingent unsuccessfully tried to prevent the landing of the so-called disinherited . A little later he played an important role in the heavy defeat of the Scottish army against the army of the disinherited. The Guardian of Scotland , the Earl of Mar , was reluctant to attack the heavily outnumbered army of the disinherited, which was in a strong defensive position. The Guardian had long been on the English side during the First Scottish War of Independence, and Bruce has now accused him of treason. The Guardian then led a boisterous, uncoordinated onslaught on the army of the disinherited, which Bruce joined. The following Battle of Dupplin Moor ended in a heavy defeat for the Scottish Army. Both the Guardian and Bruce had died in battle.

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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. 221.
  2. ^ Geoffrey WS Barrow: Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1965, p. 397.
  3. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 230.
  4. ↑ Michael Penman: Robert the Bruce. King of the Scots . Yale University Press, New Haven 2014, ISBN 978-0-300-14872-5 , p. 267.
  5. ^ Ranald Nicholson: Edward III and the Scots. The formative Years of a Military Career . Oxford University Press, Oxford 1965, pp. 86-87.
personal data
SURNAME Bruce, Robert, Lord of Liddesdale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH between 1293 and 1299
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1332
Place of death at Scone