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Sir Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale (c. 1293 - 11 August 1332) was the illegitimate son of King Robert the Bruce and an unknown mother. He was knighted and awarded the royal arms at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.
The Lord of Liddesdale was a magnate in the medieval Kingdom of Scotland; the territorial lordship of Liddesdale was first created by David I of Scotland, perhaps between 1113 and 1124 when the latter was Prince of the Cumbrians.
Apr 27, 2022 · Lord Robert Bruce (died August 11, 1332) was an illegitimate son of King Robert I of Scotland and an unknown mother. His father made him Lord of Liddesdale. It has been suggested that he was the father of Thomas Bruce, 1st Baron of Clackmannan, but there is no clear evidence for this.
- Helen Bruce
- Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
- circa 1300
- Earl of Ross
Although the Bruces were by now back in possession of Annandale and Carrick, in August 1296 Robert Bruce, Lord of Annandale, and his son, Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick and future king, were among the more than 1,500 Scots at Berwick who swore an oath of fealty to King Edward I of England.
Sir Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale was born in 1306, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland as the son of Robert I the Bruce, King of Scots and Unknown mistress. He died on 12 August 1332, in Dupplin, Perthshire, Scotland, at the age of 26, and was buried in Abbeytown, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.
Dec 20, 2022 · Biography. Sir Robert of Liddesdale was the son of Robert I, king of Scots, and an unknown mistress. [1] . His father provided him with an annual allowance and granted him the lands of Liddisdale which had been forfeited by de Soulis. [2] .
Oct 11, 2023 · Additionally, he fathered Robert Bruce, later Lord of Liddesdale, out of wedlock with an unknown woman. Another illegitimate child thought to be fathered by Robert the Bruce is Niall Bruce of Carrick. King Robert the Bruce’s son David became King David II of Scotland at the age of 5 after his death, and he held the crown between 1329 and 1371.
