King Robert The Bruce Monument On Visit To The Castle In Stirling Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of the King Robert The Bruce Monument on visit to the esplanade of the castle in Stirling. Robert I, born 1274, died 1329, popularly known as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert was one of the most famous warriors of his generation, and eventually led Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence against England. Robert the Bruce led the battle against the English at Bannockburn in 1314. The battle was a significant Scottish victory in the First War of Scottish Independence, and a landmark in Scottish history. The origins of the great Scottish surname Bruce actually lie off of the British Isles, as Bruce, or Brus, was a name carried to England in the great wave of migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The surname Bruce was first found in Yorkshire, England, where Robert de Bruis was granted ninety four manors. His son Robert de Bruys travelled north with Earl David of Huntingdon who later became King of Scotland and was granted large estates in Annandale, Scotland about 1150. Robert de Bruys had two sons: Robert and William. Robert, who became known as Robert the Bruce, would later claim the crown of Scotland and unite Scotland against the English. He defeated the English army soundly in the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. As a result of this battle Scotland gained its independence from England as declared in the Treaty of Northampton in 1328. King Robert the Bruce died at Cardross. Although he had instructed to one of his most trusted followers to bury his heart in the Holy Land, they were stopped in Spain and therefore returned to Scotland. His heart is buried at Melrose in Dunfermeline. The Earls of Elgin are descended from the Bruces of Clackmannan. Spelling variations of this family name include: Brywiss, Broyse, Bruce, Bruice, Bruise, Brus, Broys, Brywass, Brues, Brywess, Bruwes, Bruys, Bruze, Brwze, Brywes, Bruse, Braose, Bruis, Browse and many more. Alexander Bruce, was a Scottish convict who was convicted in Stirling, Scotland for 14 years, then transported aboard the Barossa on 8th December 1839, arriving in New South Wales, Australia ; James Bruce arrived in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1749; Richard Bruce arrived in Virginia, America, in 1638 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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