William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale

William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale (d. July 16, 1212) was the second but eldest surviving son of Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale.

His elder brother, Robert III de Brus, predeceased their father and never held the lordship of Annandale. William de Brus thus succeeded his father when the latter died in 1194.

William de Brus possessed large estates in the north of England. He obtained from King John, the grant of a weekly market at Hartlepool, and granted lands to the canons of Gisburn. [ Burke, Sir Bernard, CB., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms, "The Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire", London, 1883, p.80.] Very little else is known about William's activities. He makes a few appearances in the English government records and witnessed a charter of King William of Scotland.

He married a woman called Christina, and had by her at least two sons,

*Robert (his successor).
*William.

Notes

References

* Burke, Messrs., John and John Bernard, "The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with Their Descendants", &c., London, 1848: vol.1, pedigree XXXIV.
* Northcliffe, Charles B., of Langon, MA., editor, "The Visitation of Yorkshire, 1563/4" by William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, London, 1881, p.40.
* Duncan, A. A. M., ‘Brus , Robert (II) de, lord of Annandale (d. 1194?)’, in "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3749, accessed 14 Nov 2006]