Robert DE BRUS, FIRST LORD OF ANNANDALE AND SKELTON

1070 - 11 MAY 1141

• OCCUPATION: Man-at-arms; Feudal Lord of King Henry I of England, King David I of Scotland and King Stephen of England
  
• BIRTH: 1070, Normandy, France
• DEATH: 11 MAY 1141, Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England
• BURIAL: AFT 11 MAY 1141, Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
• IMMIGRATION: Came to England from France about 1106, after King Henry I conquered Normandy
  1106, England
• EVENT: In 1119 Robert de Brus founded the Priory of St Mary, an Augustinian priory in Guisborough, now known as Gisborough Priory. He himself would eventually be buried there, as well as other De Brus family members.
  FOUNDED+PRIORY+OF+ST+MARY : 1119, Guisborough, Yorkshire, England
• EVENT: Robert de Brus rode north with Prince David MacMalcolm to claim the throne of Scotland, helping him become King David I.
  Supported+King+David+I+to+reclaim+the+throne+of+Scotland : 1124
• EVENT: In repayment for his friendship and support, King David I awarded Robert Lordship of Annandale
  1ST+LORD+OF+ANNANDALE : ABT 1124, Annandale District, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
• EVENT: Endowed his second son Robert with Lordship of Annandale
  TRANSFERRED+ANNANDALE+TO+ROBERT+II : 1136
• EVENT: Robert owed fealty to both Scotland and England. When civil war erupted over the succession of Stephen of Bloise as King, Robert had to chose sides. He and his oldest son Adam renounced their allegiance to King David I and supported King Stephen of Engl
  RENOUNCED+FEALTY+TO+SCOTTISH+KING+DAVID+I+ : ABT 1137
• EVENT: When the armies of King David I of Scotland met those of King Stephen of England in the Battle of the Standard, father and son fought on opposing forces. Robert I captured his own son Robert II.
  CAPTURED+HIS+SON+IN+BATTLE+OF+THE+STANDARD : 22 AUG 1138, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
• EVENT: Robert, and his eldest son Adam, joined the English army, while his younger son, Robert, with an eye on his Scottish inheritance, fought for David. taking the English side at the Battle of the Standard in 1138.
  Military Service :
• EVENT: Lord of Annandale, Lord of Skelton
  Title of Nobility :
• EVENT: 1) Agnes de Pagnall of Carleton 2) Agnes de Bainard of York
  Married+Twice%3A+BOTH+WIVES+NAMED+AGNES :
• EVENT: "it is necessary to distinguish with care the different individuals who bore the same surname (de Brus), and during eight generations the christian name of Robert." - Dictionary of National Biography pg 114
  MULTIPLE+MEN+NAMED+ROBERT+DE+BRUS+%2FROBERT+BRUCE :

• MARRIAGE: ABT 1089

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|--Robert DE BRUS, FIRST LORD OF ANNANDALE AND SKELTON 
|  (1070 - 1141)
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|                      _William DE RAMSAY __|
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