Robert II de Brus, ''le Meschin (the Cadet)'' ( fl. 1138, died ) was a 12th-century

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noble and 2nd

Lord of Annandale The Lordship of Annandale was a sub-comital lordship in southern Scotland (Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway, Annandale) established by David I of Scotland by 1124 for his follower Robert de Brus. The following were holders of the office: *Robert ...

. He was the son, perhaps the second son, of

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. The elder de Brus' allegiances were compromised when

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invaded England in the later 1130s, and he had renounced his fealty to David before the Battle of the Standard in 1138. The younger Robert however remained loyal and took over his father's land in Scotland, whilst the English territories remained with the elder Robert and passed to the latter's elder son Adam de Brus, 2nd Lord of Skelton. Bruce family tradition has it that Robert II was captured by his father at the battle and given over to King

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. A legend tells that in the 1140s, Robert II was visited at Annan by

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. St Malachy asked Robert to pardon a thief, but Robert hanged him anyway, and for this the

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destroyed part of his castle and the de Brus line received a curse from the holy man. Robert made

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the centre of his lordship and constructed a new ''caput'' there. He married Euphemia, possibly the daughter of Sir Adam de Crosebi or Crosbj of Albemarle (b c1098). They had three known children: *Robert (d. 1191), eldest son. *

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(d. 1212). *Bernard. Robert was buried at

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in the

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, a monastery founded by his father Robert I de Brus. As his eldest son, Robert, predeceased him, he was succeeded by his second son William.

Robert III de Brus

Robert III de Brus ( fl. 12th century, died ca. 1191) was the oldest son of Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale. He predeceased his father, and so did not inherit the lordship of Annandale, which passed to his brother,

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. He married in 1183 Isabella Mac William (''Isibéal inghean Uilleim''), illegitimate daughter of King

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through the latter's liaison with a daughter of

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lord of Eskdale. There were no children.''

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'', Vol. I, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 5.

Footnotes

References

* Burke, Messrs. John and John Bernard, ''The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants'', etc., London, 1848: vol.1, pedigree XXXIV. * Flower, William,

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, ''The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1563/4'', (edited by Charles B. Northcliffe, M.A., of Langton) London, 1881, p. 40. * Duncan, A.A.M., ‘Brus , Robert (I) de, lord of Annandale (d. 1142)’, in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
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* Duncan, A. A. M., ‘Brus , Robert (II) de, lord of Annandale (d. 1194?)’, in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 200
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* Oram, Richard, ''David: The King Who Made Scotland'', (Gloucestershire, 2004)
The Robert the Bruce Commemoration Trust's, Genealogy
Crichton College of the University of Glasgow (Dept. of Scottish Studies) * Blakely, Ruth Margaret (2000) "The Brus family in England and Scotland 1100-c.1290.", Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1594/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Brus, Robert 02 de

Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale Robert II de Brus, ''le Meschin (the Cadet)'' (fl. 1138, died ) was a 12th-century Norman noble and 2nd Lord of Annandale. He was the son, perhaps the second son, of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale. The elder de Brus' allegiances were com ...

Norman warriors Scoto-Normans Lords of Annandale 1190s deaths Year of death uncertain Burials at Gisborough Priory Year of birth unknown