Royal Scottish Ancestry
Sources:
- The Scots Peerage, Volume II, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland - containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms
- The Scots Peerage, Volume VI, founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland - containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms
- FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWBH-M6H : accessed 13 November 2019), entry for Robert III (Robert John Stewart) King Of SCOTLAND (8J5D-QB); record merged from multiple submissions.
- WikiTree: John (Robert III) "King of Scotland" Stewart aka Earl of Carrick, Earl of Atholl
- Geni.com: Robert the Bruce (Master Profile) and reputable pages and sources thereof.
- Book of Bruce: Ancestors and Descendants of King Robert of Scotland by Lyman Horace Weeks (1907)
- Geneanet: King Robert I *the Bruce* Of Scotland and pages thereof.
- Family of Bruce International, Inc.
- Geneanet: King Robert III and ancestry thereof
- The Genealogy of the Most Noble and Ancient House of Drummond by the Honourable William Drummond
- Robert the Bruce: Scotland's True Braveheart from Scotland's Bloody History by Tony Harmsworth
- The Descendants of William the Conqueror by Alan G. Freer, Society of Genealogists, London, England
- Scottish Monarchs: Scotland's Hero King Robert the Bruce
- The Scotsman: Robert the Bruce: myths busted
- Burke, John (1787-1848) and Burke, Bernard (1814-1892). The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales: with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Volume I, and The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales: with Their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects, Volume II - line from James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes, back to Robert the Bruce
- History and Lives of the British Royals: Robert II of Scotland
- The Peerage (A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe ): Lady Isabella Marshal
- Baronical Order of Magna Charta
Note: Some research needs to be verified. On this page ONLY, the dashed lines are still being researched for verification. Solid lines have been verified. Again, this is for THIS PAGE ONLY.
Ancestry through father Alan FitzWalter, High Steward of Scotland ↑ | | |
![]() Ancestry through parents Gilchrist, Earl of Angus, and Marjory, Princess of Scotland ↑ | | |
![]() Ancestry through parents Robert De Bruce, Baron of Annandale and Isabelle Huntingdon, Princess of Scotland ↑ | | |
![]() ![]() ![]() Gilbert De Clare was "[p]resent in 1225 at the confirmation of Magna Charta by King Henry III" (Source: Baronical Order of Magna Charta). |
Gilbert De Clare,
Earl of Gloucester b. 1182, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d. 25 October 1230, Penrose, Brittany, France Burial: 10 November 1230, Tewksbury, Cloucestershire, England Isabel Marshal (Mareschall)
b. 9 October 1200, Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 15 or 17 January 1240, Berkhampstead, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England Burial: Beaulieu, Southampton, England m.
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Ancestry through parents (or grandparents) Duncan, Earl of Carrick, and possible mother Avelina FitzWalter↑ | | |
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Gillocher,
Earl of Mar b. ca. 1082, Dumfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d. | | | | ↓ Morgund,
Earl of Mar b. ca. 1115, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 30 March 1182 m. ca. 1145, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
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Ancestry through parents William Comyn, Earl of Buchan, and Margaret, Countess of Buchan ↑ | | |
Ancestry through parents Iowerth "Drwyndrwn" ap Owain and Margred verch Madog ↑ | | |
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Walter (fitzAlan) Stewart, High Steward of Scotland b. ca. 1170-1180 d. ca. 1241 |
m. NOTE: descendants through their daughter Margaret Stewart via her marriage to Neil, Earl of Carrick, is to the right → |
Beatrix De Angus (Bethóc nic Gille Crist, Countess of Angus) b. 1174-1184 d. 1270? |
"Robert Bruce, seventh of the name ... was born in 1210. He was called the Competitor from his claim to the crown of Scotland against John Baliol" (Weeks, p. 65). "He died in Loehamben on Good Friday, in 1295. ... Robert Bruce married, first, in 1240, Isabel de Clare, second daughter of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hereford. She was born in 1226 and was only thirteen years of age when married. She died in 1271. He married, second, Christiana, daughter of Sir William de Ireby. Issue of Robert and Isabel (de Clare) Bruce:" (Weeks, p. 67). | Robert (The Competitor) De Brus b. 1210, Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland d. 31 March 1295, Lochmaben Castle, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Burial: 17 April 1295, Guisbrough Priory, Guisbrough, Yorkshire, England |
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Neil (Niel), Earl of Carrick b. ca. 1202, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 13 June 1256 |
m. 1234 "Margaret Fitz Alan, the youngest daughter of Walter Fitz Alan and sister of Alexander Fitz Alan, married Niel, Earl of Carrick. In the next generation the daughter of this mar- riage, Marjory of Carrick, married Robert Bruce, seventh of the name; by this marriage the first union of the houses of Bruce and Stewart was brought about" (Weeks, pp. 158-159). |
Margaret Stewart (Margaret Fitz Alan), Countess of Carrick (b. ca. 1206, Dundonald Castle,Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1255, New Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (Source: Master Profile at Geni.com) |
William, Earl of Mar b. 1222, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. before 25 July 1281 |
m. about 1242, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Elizabeth's marriage and death year are per The Scots Peerage, Volume II, p. 254. |
Elizabeth Comyn b. about 1223, Altyre, Morayshire, Scotland d. 1267 |
Llewelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales b. 1173, Aberffraw Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales d. 11 April 1240, Aberconwy, Arllechwedd Isaf, Caernarvonshire, Wales |
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descendants through son Walter "Bailloch-Freckled" Stewart, Earl of Menteith, via his marriage to Mary of Menteith, Countess of Menteith![]() |
Alexander Stewart, High Steward of Scotland b. 1214 d. 1283 ![]() (Weeks, pp. 317, 319) ![]() (Wikipedia: High Steward of Scotland) |
m. | ??↓ Jean of Bute b. 1218 d. ?? WikiTree has her as Jean "Countess Bute Marchioness" Stewart formerly Macrory, but Geni.com disputes this and indicates that her identity is uncertain and that she is erroneously listed by secondary sources as Jean. |
"Robert Bruce, eighth of the name, son of the preceding, was the first earl of Carrick. He was born in 1253. When a mere youth, in 1269, he went to the Holy Land, a companion of Prince Edward, afterwards King Edward I. of England. ... He died in the Holy Land in 1304 and was buried in the Abbey of Holmcultram, Cumberland. ... He married in 1271, Marjory, widow of Adam de Kilconcath who fell in the Holy Land in 1270; she was the only daughter of Neil, Earl of Carrick. She died in 1292" (Weeks, pp. 67-69). "The earldom of Carrick that the Countess Marjory held in her own right was one of the most ancient in the kingdom of Scotland. It added much to the already high distinction of the Bruce family, and the title Earl of Carrick was one of their most cherished possessions for generations. Issue of Robert Bruce, by his wife Marjory, Countess of Carrick..." (Weeks, p. 70). | Robert De Brus, Earl of Carrick b. July 1243, Annandale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland d. before 4 April 1304, Palestine Burial: Holme Abbey, Holme Cultram, Cumberland, England |
m. 1271,
Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland
Robert De Brus and Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, had 5 sons: Robert the Bruce (below) was the eldest and became King of Scotland. Edward the Bruce became King of Ireland. "The three younger Bruce brothers Nigel, Thomas and Alexander were all captured and executed by the English" - Edward the Bruce - WikiPedia. |
Margaret/Marjory, Countess of Carrick b. ca. 1252, Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland d. before 27 October 1292 |
"Niel Carrick ... followed the example of his father in acts of piety, making liberal gifts to the monasteries of Crossramore, or Crossregal, and of Sandale in Kintyre. He was received under the protection of KingHenry III. in 1255 and the same year was appointed one of the regents of Scotland and guardian of Alexander III. and that monarch's queen. He died June 13, 1256. He married Margaret, daughter of Walter, High Steward of Scotland. His daughter Marjory (Carrick) de Kilconcath married the eighth Robert Bruce and, becoming Countess of Carrick in her own right, brought to her husband and transmitted to her descendants the earldom of Carrick. This matrimonial alliance of the Bruces with the house of the High Steward of Scotland was recalled several generations later when Marjory Bruce, daughter of King Robert Bruce, married Walter, the head of the house of Stewart of Scotland" (Weeks, pp. 265-266). | Donald, Earl of Mar (Domhnall mac Uilleim, 6th Earl of Mar) b. 1243, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. after 25 July 1297 |
m. about 1269, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | Elen, probably the following: Elen (Helen) verch Llewellyn b. before 1230, Aberconway, Carnarvonshire, Wales d. after February 1295, Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Geni.com Master Profile for Elen ferch Llewelyn curator note
"dau. unknown mistress. b. abt 1230, d. 1295. m1. Malcolm Earl of Fife, m2. Donald, Earl of Mar. NOT Helen the elder, dau. Joan of England d. bef 1253, m1. John of Huntingdon, m2. Robert de Quincy. NOT sister-in-law Helen of Galloway m. Roger de Quincy."
The Geni.com Master Profile curator note says, "Please do not give Donald de Mar more wives. He married Elen, probably Elen ferch Llewelyn, one of Llewelyn the Great's natural children." |
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Descendants through daughter Elizabeth Stewart IF she married William "Le Hardi" Douglas, knight, and was mother of Archibald Douglas | ![]() |
James Stewart, High Steward of Scotland b. 1243, Scotland d. 1309 |
m. | Egidia (Giles) De Burgh b. 1263, Ulster Ireland d. 1327 |
![]() Finding Robert - a case study of how I discovered Robert the Bruce is my ancestor |
![]() "The Bruce", KING OF SCOTLAND b. 11 July 1274,
Writtle, Near Chelmsford, Essex, England |
![]() m. ca. 1295 Robert The Bruce (KING ROBERT I) Life Timeline Battle of Bannockburn, 1314 ⚔️ First War of Scottish Independence (related article and Facebook post) "Robert the Bruce: The Story of the Outlaw King" - Rabbie's Travelfeeds |
Isabell (Matilda) of Mar (Isabella de Mar) Queen of Scotland b. about 1278 Kildrummy Castle, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. ca. 1320 |
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Walter, High Steward of Scotland b. 1292 / 1293 Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 9 April 1326 Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland Burial: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
m. 2 March 1314 / 1315 Scotland | ![]() ![]() Marjorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland b. about 1297 Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 2 March 1316 in childbirth |
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Adam More, knight b. about 1290 Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland d. |
m. | Joanna (Janet) Danzielstour b. about 1275 Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland d. |
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![]() King of Scotland b. 2 March 1316 Dundonald, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 19 April 1390 Dundonald Castle, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Burial: Scone Abbey, Scone, Perthshire, Scotland ![]() |
m. 22 November 1347 by Dispensation, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland "[King Robert II] married, first, Elizabeth Mure, daughter of Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan, and by her had four sons and six daughters" (Weeks, p. 164). History and Lives of the British Royals: Robert II of Scotland |
Elizabeth More (Mure), Queen of Scotland b. ca. 1320 Rowallan, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 1355 / 1358 Scotland Burial: Paisley Chapel, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
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| | | ↓ descendants through son Robert III (John Stewart), King of Scotland |