WHO was Robert Bruce

Name:King Robert the Bruce of ScotlandFather:Robert de BrusMother:Marjory Countess of CarrickRelation to Elizabeth II:19th great-grandfatherHouse of:BruceBorn:July 11, 1274 at Turnberry Castle, AyrshireAscended to the throne:February 10, 1306 aged 31 yearsCrowned:March 27, 1306 at Scone Abbey, PerthshireMarried:(1)Isabella of Mar, 1295Married:(2)Elizabeth de Burgh, 1302Children:Marjorie, David, John, Matlida, Margaret plus several illegitimateDied:June 7, 1329, at Cardross, Dumbartonshire, aged 54 years, 10 months, and 26 daysBuried at:Dunfermline Abbey (body) and Melrose Abbey (heart)Succeeded by:his son DavidAfter Balliol’s abdication in 1296 Scotland was without a monarch for 10 years and ruled remotely by King Edward I of England. Scots national resistance developed into a war of independence in which William Wallace and then Robert Bruce played a leading role. Wallace won a victory over the English at Stirling Bridge in 1297 and proclaimed himself Guardian of Scotland. The following year Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated William Wallace at Falkirk. Wallace went underground but was captured and in 1305, tried and hung in London.In 1298 Robert Bruce took over the title of Guardian of Scotland and, having killed his rivalJohn Comyn, claimed the throne as the great-great grandson of David I and in 1306 had himself crowned king at Scone as Robert I. Independence was made easier by the death ofEdward I as he set out to claim back Scotland. Bruce set about removing the English from Scotland and by early 1314 Stirling was the only castle in English hands. An English army sent to break the siege was routed by Bruce’s smaller Scottish force at Bannockburn in June 1314.Six year later in 1320 Bruce and the Scottish nobles issued the Declaration of Arbroath asserting Scottish Independence‘For as longs as one hundred of us shall remain alive we shall never in any wise consent to submit to therule of the English, for it is not for glory that we fight … but for freedom alone.’. However, a truce with Edward II of England failed to stop hostilities which continued until Edward II was deposed in 1327.The Treaty of Edinburgh between Robert I and Edward III in 1328 recognised Scotland's independence, ending the 30 years of Wars of Independence. Edward agreed to the marriage of Robert Bruce’s son David to his younger sister Joan daughter of Edward II. Robert Brucedied at his house in Cardross a year later of a serious illness described by some as leprosy