Robert de Brus, 4th Lord of Annandale explained

Robert de Brus
Predecessor:	William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale
Successor:	Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale
Spouse:	Isobel of Huntingdon
Issue:	Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale Bernard de Brus
Father:	William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale
Mother:	Christina mac Uchtred
Birth Date:	c. 1195
Death Date:	^[1]
Place Of Burial:	Gisborough Priory, Guisborough, Yorkshire
Noble Family:	Bruce

Robert de Brus, the Noble (ca. 1195 - 1245^[2]) was 4th Lord of Annandale.

He was the son of William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale and Christina mac Uchtred^[3]

Robert had the same name as both his uncle and his grandfather. His uncle died before becoming Lord of Annandale, and therefore his father, William, inherited the title, becoming 3rd Lord of Annandale. Robert married ca. 1219 Isobel of Huntingdon, the second daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, by which marriage he acquired the manors of Writtle and Hatfield Broadoak, Essex in England.^[4] They had 2 sons and a daughter:

• Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, married firstly Isabella de Clare, with issue; married secondly Christina de Ireby, without issue.
• Bernard de Brus of Exton, married firstly Alice de Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp of Elmley, and married secondly Constance de Merston, widow of John de Morteyn; was the father of Sir Bernard de Brus II.^[5]
• Beatrice de Brus, married Hugo de Neville.^[6]

Robert died in 1232,^[7] and was survived by his wife Isabella. He was buried in the family mausoleum Gisborough Priory^{[8] [9]}

References

• Duncan, A. A. M., ‘Brus, Robert (II) de, lord of Annandale (d. 1194?)’, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 14 Nov 2006
• Book: Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Volume 1 . Hamilton, Adams, and Company . 1874 . .
• Book: Richardson, Douglas . Royal Ancestry, Volume II . 2011 . Douglas Richardson . 9781731391681.

Notes and References

1. MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA ET HERALDICA. VOL. 1. 1874.by JOSEPH J. HOWARD https://archive.org/details/miscellaneagene00howagoog/page/337/mode/1up?q=sir+bernard+bruce
2. Bruce, Robert (d.1245). Aeneas James George. Mackay. Aeneas James George Mackay. 7. 115.
3. [Dictionary of National Biography]
4. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry, Baltimore, Md., 2005, p.731-2,
5. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Volume 14, page 345 (2020) The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor]
6. The Scots peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom by Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931; page 430; https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft/page/430/mode/1up
7. MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA ET HERALDICA. VOL. 1. 1874.by JOSEPH J. HOWARD https://archive.org/details/miscellaneagene00howagoog/page/337/mode/1up?q=sir+bernard+bruce
8. Web site: Marek . Miroslav . Bruce . Genealogy.euweb.cz . 2003-06-06 . 2012-03-02.
9. [Gisborough Priory#Other burials]