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. His elder brother,

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, predeceased their father, never holding the lordship of Annandale. William de Brus thus succeeded his father when the latter died in 1194. William de Brus possessed large estates in the north of England. He obtained from

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, the grant of a weekly market at

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, and granted lands to the canons of

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.Burke, Sir Bernard, CB., LL.D.,

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, ''The Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire'', London, 1883, p.80. Very little else is known about William's activities. He makes a few appearances in the English government records and witnessed a charter of

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, King of Scotland. He married Christina, daughter of

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, and had by her three sons: * Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale (died 1226), married

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, had issue. *John de Brus *William de Brus William de Brus died on 16 July 1212 and was survived by his wife Christina who went on to remarry as his second wife

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References

* Burke, Messrs., John and John Bernard, ''The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants'', &c., London, 1848: vol.1, pedigree XXXIV. * Northcliffe, Charles B., of Langon, MA., editor, ''The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1563/4'' by William Flower,

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, London, 1881, p. 40. * Duncan, A. A. M., �
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Scoto-Normans Lords of Annandale