Margaret, Alexander's infant granddaughter was named as heir, however, she died in 1290 travelling to Scotland to claim her throne. On the death of Alexander III of Scotland both Bruce and John Balliol claimed succession. Their son, Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale, known as "The Competitor" was sometime Tanist (a particularly Gaelic type of heir) to the throne. The union brought both great wealth, with the addition of lands in both England and Scotland. The foundation for the Bruce royal claim came in 1219 when Robert Bruce, 4th Lord of Annandale married Isobel of Huntingdon, daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon and niece of William the Lion. Main article: Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale died on and was buried at Gysburn. However de Brus did not follow David and instead joined the English and at the Battle of the Standard in 1138 he took prisoner his own son, who was now Lord of the lands of Annandale. When a civil war broke out in England between Empress Matilda and her cousin, Stephen, David I of Scotland led a force into England. In 1124 he followed David north to reclaim his kingdom. Robert de Brus was a companion-in-arms of Prince David, later David I of Scotland. īoth the English and Scots lines of the Brus/Bruce family demonstrably descend from Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale who came to England in 1106. This notion is now believed to have originated in unreliable lists, derived from the later Middle Ages, of people who supposedly fought at the Battle of Hastings. There is no evidence to support a claim that a member of the family, 'Robert de Brix', served under William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England. The surname Bruce comes from the French de Brus or de Bruis, derived from the lands now called Brix, Normandy, France. It was a royal house in the 14th century, producing two kings of Scotland ( Robert the Bruce and David II of Scotland), and a disputed High King of Ireland, Edward Bruce. Clan Bruce ( Scottish Gaelic: Brùs) is a Lowlands Scottish clan.
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