Biography of Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 1215-1295

Paternal Family Tree: Bruce of Annandale

Maternal Family Tree: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux 1120-1169

1264 Battle of Lewes

1271 Murder of Henry of Almain

On 16 Jul 1212 [his grandfather] William Bruce 3rd Lord Annandale (age 58) died. He was buried at Gisborough Priory [Map]. His son [his father] Robert Bruce 4th Lord Annandale (age 17) succeeded 4th Lord Annandale.

Around 1215 Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale was born to Robert Bruce 4th Lord Annandale (age 20) and Isabel "the Scot" Dunkeld Lady Annandale (age 16).

In 1219 [his father] Robert Bruce 4th Lord Annandale (age 24) and [his mother] Isabel "the Scot" Dunkeld Lady Annandale (age 20) were married. She by marriage Lord Annandale. She the daughter of David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon (age 67) and Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon (age 48). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 12 May 1240 Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale (age 25) and Isabel Clare Lady Annandale (age 13) were married. She by marriage Lord Annandale. She the daughter of Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

In Jul 1243 [his son] Robert Bruce Earl Carrick was born to Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale (age 28) and [his wife] Isabel Clare Lady Annandale (age 16).

In 1245 [his father] Robert Bruce 4th Lord Annandale (age 50) died. He was buried at Gisborough Priory [Map]. His son Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale (age 30) succeeded 5th Lord Annandale.

In 1249 [his daughter] Isabel Bruce was born to Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale (age 34) and [his wife] Isabel Clare Lady Annandale (age 22).

In 1251 [his mother] Isabel "the Scot" Dunkeld Lady Annandale (age 52) died.

Battle of Lewes

On 14 May 1264 the army of Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Chester (age 56) including Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 20), Henry Hastings (age 29) and Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave (age 26) defeated the army of King Henry III of England (age 56) during the Battle of Lewes at Lewes [Map]. King Henry III of England (age 56), his son the future King Edward "Longshanks" I of England (age 24), Humphrey Bohun 2nd Earl Hereford 1st Earl Essex (age 60), Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 55), John "Red" Comyn 1st Lord Baddenoch (age 44), Philip Marmion 5th Baron Marmion (age 30) and John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 32) were captured. John Warenne 6th Earl Surrey (age 33), John Balliol (age 56), Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale (age 49), Roger Leybourne (age 49) and William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke fought for the King. Guy Lusignan was killed. Fulk IV Fitzwarin (age 44) drowned. Bishop Walter de Cantelupe (age 73) was present and blessed the Montfort army before the battle.

On 10 Jul 1264 [his wife] Isabel Clare Lady Annandale (age 37) died. She was buried at Gisborough Priory [Map].

On 05 May 1269 [his former brother-in-law] Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 33) and Constance Béarn were married at Windsor Castle [Map]. He the son of Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 60) and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford. He a grandson of King John "Lackland" of England.

In 1271 [his son] Robert Bruce Earl Carrick (age 27) and [his daughter-in-law] Marjorie Carrick 3rd Countess Carrick (age 18) were married at Turnberry Castle. He by marriage Earl Carrick. She the daughter of Niall Carrick 2nd Earl Carrick and Margaret Stewart Countess Carrick. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Murder of Henry of Almain

On 13 Mar 1271 [his former brother-in-law] Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 35) was murdered while attending mass at the Chiesa di San Silvestro Viterbo Lazio by his cousins Simon "Younger" Montfort and Guy Montfort Count Nola (age 27) in revenge for the deaths of their father Simon and older brother Henry at the Battle of Evesham.

The murder was carried out in the presence of the Cardinals, who were conducting a papal Election, King Philip III of France (age 25), and King Charles of Sicily (age 43). The Montfort brothers were excommunicated

The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri some forty years after in the Divine Comedy who placed Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell. Henry "Almain" Cornwall (age 35) was buried in Hailes Abbey [Map].

On 03 May 1275 Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale (age 60) and Christina Ireby Lady Annandale were married. She by marriage Lord Annandale. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Around 1284 [his daughter] Isabel Bruce (age 35) died.

On 26 Jan 1287 [his son] Richard Bruce died.

On 31 Mar 1295 Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale (age 80) died. He was buried at Gisborough Priory [Map]. His son [his son] Robert Bruce Earl Carrick (age 51) succeeded 6th Lord Annandale.

[his son] Richard Bruce was born to Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale and Isabel Clare Lady Annandale.

[his son] Bernard Bruce was born to Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale and Isabel Clare Lady Annandale.

[his son] William Bruce was born to Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale and Isabel Clare Lady Annandale.

Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 1215-1295 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Malcolm III King Scotland 1031-1093

Royal Ancestors of Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 1215-1295

Kings Wessex: Great x 5 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Kings Scotland: Great x 3 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 12 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France

Royal Descendants of Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 1215-1295

Isabel Bruce Queen Norway x 1

Robert "The Bruce" I King Scotland x 1

Ancestors of Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 1215-1295

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Bruce 2nd Lord Annandale

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Paynel

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Paynel Lady Annandale Lady Skelton

GrandFather: William Bruce 3rd Lord Annandale

Great x 1 Grandmother: Euphemia Crosebi Lady Annandale

Father: Robert Bruce 4th Lord Annandale

GrandMother: Christina Unknown Lady Annandale

Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Duncan "The Sick" I King Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Malcolm III King Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Bethóc Unknown Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward "The Exile" Wessex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Wessex Queen Consort Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agatha

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Dunkeld 3rd Earl Huntingdon 1st Earl of Northumbria

GrandFather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Warenne

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl Surrey

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl Surrey

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerbod The Fleming

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gundred Countess of Surrey

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ada Warenne Countess Huntingdon and Northumbria

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh "Great" Capet

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Rurik Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Capet Countess Leicester, Meulan and Surrey

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois

Mother: Isabel "the Scot" Dunkeld Lady Annandale 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ranulf le Meschin Gernon 3rd Earl Chester

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Avranches

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ranulf Gernon 4th Earl Chester

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Bolingbroke Countess Chester

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hugh de Kevelioc Gernon 5th Earl Chester Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry I "Beauclerc" England Son of King William "Conqueror" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Normandy 1st Earl Gloucester Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda Fitzrobert Countess Chester Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzhamon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mabel Fitzhamon Countess Gloucester

GrandMother: Matilda Gernon Countess Huntingdon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Montfort

Great x 3 Grandfather: Amaury Montfort Count Évreux

Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnès of Normandy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Simon "Chauve" Montfort 4th Count Évreux

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bertrade Montfort Countess Chester

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux