Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale

Robert I de Brus (1071 — 1141Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1978.] ) was a Norman baron and knight, and the first Lord of Annandale and of the Bruce dynasty. A monastic patron, he is remembered as the founder of Gisborough Priory in Yorkshire in 1119.Sherlock, Stephen. " [http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/gisborough.pdf Gisborough Priory: Information for Teachers] " English Heritage. 2001. 1 Oct 2008.]

Family

Robert was born to Adam Brus and Emma Ramsey at Annandale in 1071. Adam Brus was a landowner in Normandy"Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale (d.1142)" in the "Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004-2008.] who married Emma in Carrick, circa 1062.

Robert was the grandson of Robert de Brusse, a noble knight of Normandy who was charged with subduing northern England after the Battle of Hastings. As a reward for successful action, Duke William bestowed this knight with forty-three lordships in the East and West Ridings, and fifty-one lordships in the North Riding, of Yorkshire, where the manor and castle of Skelton stood as the capital of his barony.Collins, Arthur. Peerage of England. London: Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and son, 1812.] There are some historians who claim this history is false.

Marriages

Robert first married Agnes, who was born at Skelton, York in 1071. They produced a son and daughter: Adam, in 1095; and Agatha, in circa 1105. Agnes was the daughter of Fulco Paynell, from who Robert acquired the manor at Carleton.

Robert later married Agnes Annand, a marriage that granted him the lordship of Annandale. They produced two sons and a daughter: William, who became William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale; Robert, who was imprisoned by his father and given to King Stephen of England; and Agatha, who married Ralph, son of Ribald, Lord of Middleham.

cotland

* King David made Robert Lord of Annandale in 1124. [Donaldson, Gordon, "Scottish Historical Documents", Edinburgh, 1970, ISBN 7011-1604-8 :19, "David by the grace of God King of Scots, to all his barons, men, and friends, French and English, greeting. Know ye that I have given and granted to Robert de Brus Estrahanent (i.e: Annandale) and all the land from the boundary of Randolph Meschin; and I will and grant that he should hold and have that land and its castle well and honourably with all its customs," &c. This is a new charter and not a reconfirmation.]

Battle of the Standard

After the death of King Henry, David turned against Henry's successor, King Stephen. As a result Robert de Brus and King David parted company, with Robert bitterly renouncing his homage to David before taking the English side at the Battle of the Standard. [ Burton, John Hill, "The History of Scotland", New revised edition, Edinburgh, 1876, vol.1, p.437]

References

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* Duncan, A.A.M., 'de Brus, Robert (I), Lord of Annandale (d. 1142)' in "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3748 , accessed 14 Nov 2006]
* Oram, Richard, "David: The King Who Made Scotland", (Gloucestershire, 2004)