Biography of Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale 1215-1295
Paternal Family Tree: Bruce of Annandale
Maternal Family Tree: Mathilde Unknown Countess Évreux 1120-1169
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 [his grandfather] David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon (age 67) and [his grandmother] 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 1255 Baldwin Redvers 6th Earl Devon and [his sister-in-law] Amice Clare Countess Devon (age 34) were married. She by marriage Countess Devon. She the daughter of Gilbert Clare 5th Earl Gloucester 4th Earl Hertford and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.
On 14 Jul 1262 [his brother-in-law] Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford (age 39) died. His son Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 18) succeeded 7th Earl Gloucester, 6th Earl Hertford, 9th Lord Clare, 3rd Lord Glamorgan. Alice or Alix Lusignan Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 26) by marriage Countess Gloucester, Countess Hertford.
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, his son, the future, King Edward 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 of 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].
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.
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.
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] Bernard Bruce was born to Robert Bruce 5th Lord Annandale and Isabel Clare Lady Annandale.
[his son] Richard 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.
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 4 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Bruce 1st Lord Annandale 1st Lord Skelton
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: King Duncan I of Scotland
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Malcolm III of 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
Great x 4 Grandfather: Siward "Stout" Earl of Northumbria
Great x 3 Grandfather: Waltheof Northumbria 1st Earl of Northampton 1st Earl Huntingdon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aelfflaed Northumbria
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Queen Consort Scotland
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lambert Flanders II Count Lens
Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith Flanders Countess Huntingdon
Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Normandy Countess Troyes and Meaux Champagne Aumale Ponthieu
GrandFather: David Dunkeld 8th Earl Huntingdon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Warenne
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Warenne 2nd Earl of 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 4 Grandfather: Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois
Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide I Countess Vermandois
Mother: Isabel "the Scot" Dunkeld Lady Annandale 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ranulf de Briquessart Gernon Viscount Bessin
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 4 Grandmother: Daughter Gay
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