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NameRobert (II) de Brus Lord of Annandale 
[54, His own article], [80, Rotbert de Bruis, pp. 414-5], [121, Skelton, Yorks barony, p. 77], [73, Bruce earls of Carrick article, Vol II, pp. 428-9]
[54, His own article], [80, Rotbert de Bruis, pp. 414-5], [121, Skelton, Yorks barony, p. 77], [73, Bruce earls of Carrick article, Vol II, pp. 428-9]Birthca 1078
Death1142
GeneralCompanion of David I. First of Annandale. In Domesday.
FatherRobert (I) de Brus (-ca1080)
Spouses
Notes for Robert (II) de Brus Lord of Annandale
Norman, from Brix, Manche, arr. Valognes.
SP reports that he held no less than 94 lordships in Yorks, giving 15 knights fees.
SP reports that he held no less than 94 lordships in Yorks, giving 15 knights fees.
Arms Generally notes for Robert (II) de Brus Lord of Annandale
In the Pedigree of Tailbois and Neville, The Genealogist NS, vol 3, p. 32:
Arms: Or a lion rampant Azure, langued and srmed Gules.
Arms: Or a lion rampant Azure, langued and srmed Gules.
DNB Main notes for Robert (II) de Brus Lord of Annandale
Bruce, Robert de II 1078?-1141
Name: Bruce, Robert de II
Dates: 1078?-1141
Active Date: 1118
Gender: Male
Spouse: Agnes, daughter of Fulk Pagnel
Sources: Aelred de Rievaux's Descriptio de bello apud Standardum juxta...
Contributor: AE. M. [Aeneas James George Mackay]
Article
Bruce, Robert de II 1078?-1141, was son of Robert I, and companion of David I of Scotland at the court of Henry I. He received from David I a grant of Annandale, then called Strath Annent, by a charter c. 1124 (A. P. Scot. i. 92, from the original in Brit. Mus. Cart‘ Antiqu‘, xviii. 45). It was bounded by the lands of Dunegal, of Strathnith (Nithsdale), and those of Ranulf de Meschines, earl of Chester, in Cumberland, and embraced the largest part of the county of Dumfries. Like David, a benefactor of the church, Robert de Bruce founded a monastery of canons regular at Gisburn in Cleveland, with the consent of his wife Agnes and Adam his eldest son. The church of Middleburgh, with certain lands attached to it, was given by him to the monks of Whitby as a cell of Gisburn, and his manors of Appleton and Hornby to the monks of St. Mary at York. Along with Bernard de Baliol of Barnard Castle he tried to make terms between David and the English barons before the battle of the Standard in 1138; but failing in this attempt he renounced his Scotch fief of Annandale, and, notwithstanding his affection for David, fought with zeal on the side of Stephen. He died in 1141, and left by Agnes, daughter of Fulk Pagnel of Carlton, two sons. The elder, Adam, succeeded to Skelton and his other English lands, which continued in the family till 1271, when, on the death of Peter Bruce, constable of Scarborough, without issue, they were parted between his four sisters. His second son, Robert de Bruce III, saved the Scotch fief of Annandale either by joining David I, if a tradition that he was taken prisoner by his father at the battle of the Standard can be relied on, or by obtaining its subsequent restoration from David or Malcolm IV.
Sources
Aelred de Rievaux's Descriptio de bello apud Standardum juxta Albertonam; Dugdale's Monasticon, i. 388-412, and ii. 147.
Contributor: AE. M.
published 1886
Name: Bruce, Robert de II
Dates: 1078?-1141
Active Date: 1118
Gender: Male
Spouse: Agnes, daughter of Fulk Pagnel
Sources: Aelred de Rievaux's Descriptio de bello apud Standardum juxta...
Contributor: AE. M. [Aeneas James George Mackay]
Article
Bruce, Robert de II 1078?-1141, was son of Robert I, and companion of David I of Scotland at the court of Henry I. He received from David I a grant of Annandale, then called Strath Annent, by a charter c. 1124 (A. P. Scot. i. 92, from the original in Brit. Mus. Cart‘ Antiqu‘, xviii. 45). It was bounded by the lands of Dunegal, of Strathnith (Nithsdale), and those of Ranulf de Meschines, earl of Chester, in Cumberland, and embraced the largest part of the county of Dumfries. Like David, a benefactor of the church, Robert de Bruce founded a monastery of canons regular at Gisburn in Cleveland, with the consent of his wife Agnes and Adam his eldest son. The church of Middleburgh, with certain lands attached to it, was given by him to the monks of Whitby as a cell of Gisburn, and his manors of Appleton and Hornby to the monks of St. Mary at York. Along with Bernard de Baliol of Barnard Castle he tried to make terms between David and the English barons before the battle of the Standard in 1138; but failing in this attempt he renounced his Scotch fief of Annandale, and, notwithstanding his affection for David, fought with zeal on the side of Stephen. He died in 1141, and left by Agnes, daughter of Fulk Pagnel of Carlton, two sons. The elder, Adam, succeeded to Skelton and his other English lands, which continued in the family till 1271, when, on the death of Peter Bruce, constable of Scarborough, without issue, they were parted between his four sisters. His second son, Robert de Bruce III, saved the Scotch fief of Annandale either by joining David I, if a tradition that he was taken prisoner by his father at the battle of the Standard can be relied on, or by obtaining its subsequent restoration from David or Malcolm IV.
Sources
Aelred de Rievaux's Descriptio de bello apud Standardum juxta Albertonam; Dugdale's Monasticon, i. 388-412, and ii. 147.
Contributor: AE. M.
published 1886