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Robert (Bruce) Bruce of Airth (abt. 1505 - abt. 1530)

Robert Bruce of Airth formerly Bruce
Born about in Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotlandmap
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Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married before 9 Sep 1523 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap
Descendants descendants
Father of
Died about at about age 25 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

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Robert (Bruce) Bruce of Airth is a member of Clan Bruce.
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Robert (Bruce) Bruce of Airth was born in Scotland.

Robert was the son of Robert Bruce and Euphemia Montgomery.[1][2]

He married firstly, Elizabeth Mentith, relict of Erskine.[3] She died in 1521.[3]

He married secondly, Janet Forrester, daughter of Sir Walter Forester of Carden.[1][2][3] They had four sons and a daughter:

  1. Sir Alexander[3]
  2. John[3]
  3. James[3]
  4. William[4]
  5. daughter, m. Drummond of Medhop[4]

He married thirdly, Marion, daughter of Sir David Bruce of Clackmannon,[2][4][5] They had issue:

  1. Andrew, m. Margaret Duddingstone[4]
  2. Robert, of Baldrig, m. Helen, daughter of Harrie Drummond, 1st of Riccarton[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weeks, Lyman Horace, "The Book of Bruce: Ancestors and Descendants of King Robert of Scotland", New York: Americana Society, 1907, Archive.org, p. 132
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Burke, John Bernard, "Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and order of preference" , London: Harrison & Sons, 1915, 77th ed., Archive.org, p. 326
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Armstrong, William Bruce, "The Bruces of Airth and Their Cadets", Edinburgh: private, 1892, Archive.org, p.14
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Armstrong, William Bruce, "The Bruces of Airth and Their Cadets", Edinburgh: private, 1892, Archive.org, p.15
  5. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1906, Vol. III, Archive.org, p. 473

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