robert the bruce

     

Robert I, King of Scots (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329) usually known in moern English as Robert the Bruce (Mediaeval Gaelic:Roibert a Briuis; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys; ) was King of the Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329.

Trivia about robert the bruce

  • This Scot is the royal Bruce referred to in the title of "The Bruce Trilogy" by NIgel Tanter
  • Stricken with leprosy, this Scottish king died in seclusion in 1329
  • The English didn't get off Scot-free against this man's forces at Bannockburn in 1314
  • Robert the Steward was heir presumptive to his grandfather, this Scot, who suddenly had a son in 1324
  • At Bannockburn in 1314 he led a small force to take Stirling Castle, Britain's last stronghold in Scotland
  • He's also the Earl of Carrick, just like this victor at Bannockburn 700 years before him
  • One of the first major Scottish poems was John Barbour's 1376 chronicle of this king
  • Born around 1274, this King of Scotland battled the English armies of Edward II
  • In the 1328 Treaty of Northampton, the English affirmed his right to be called King of the Scots
  • In March 1328, in the Treaty of Northampton, the English finally recognized him as King of the Scots
  • A warrior ruler: July 11, 1274 in Ayrshire

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