Sir Robert Bruce

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Earl Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale

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Birthplace: Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
Death: August 11, 1332 (27-36)
Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom (Died while leading a charge at the Battle of Dupplin Moor)
Place of Burial: Holme Abbey, Holme Cultram, Cumberland, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert I the Bruce, King of Scots and Mistresses
Husband of Helen Bruce
Brother of Walter de Brus; Niall Bruce, of Carrick; Elizabeth de Bruce; Margaret Bruce and Christina de Brus
Half brother of Marjorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland; David II, king of Scots; John Bruce; Maud Bruce and Margaret Bruce

Occupation: Earl of Ross
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About Sir Robert Bruce

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.

Faced with Edward Balliol's invasion of Scotland, he and the Donnchadh IV, Earl of Fife carried out an unsuccessful attempt to repel the landing at Kinghorn in Fife. He then quarrelled with the regent, Donald II, Earl of Mar.

He was killed leading a charge at the Battle of Dupplin Moor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dupplin_Moor

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Sir Robert Bruce's Timeline

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Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
1332
August 11, 1332
Age 32
Perth and Kinross, United Kingdom
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Holme Abbey, Holme Cultram, Cumberland, England