Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan

Sir Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan & Rate (originally Robert de Bruys)^[1](died 23 July 1403^[2]) was the son of Sir Thomas Bruce 1st Baron of Clackmannan and of Stenhouse.

Background[]

Robert Bruce was born in Clackmannan, Scotland the son of Thomas Bruce, 1st Baron of Clackmannan and his wife Marjory. Robert received more land in Clackmannan in 1359 from his cousin, King David II, and additional land in in 1367.

He married Isabel Stewart the daughter of , Dumfriesshire, with whom he had five sons and a daughter:

Robert Bruce, 3rd Baron of Clackmannan;
Edward Bruce, of Stenhouse, who married Agnes Airth, daughter of Sir William Airth of Airth, circa 1417.
James Bruce, Bishop of Dunkeld ^[3]
Alexander Bruce
Thomas Bruce, of Wester Kennet (who had a charter for those and other lands on 2 May 1389); and
Helen Bruce, who married David Ross of Balnagown.^[2]

Robert was captured and killed on 23 July 1403, during the Battle of Shrewsbury, and his son Robert succeeded him as third baron.

Sources[]

^ Balfour Paul, James, ed. (1906). The Scots Peerage, Vol. III. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 467–468. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
^ ^a ^b Gordon A. C. MacGregor, Bruce of Cultmalundy, in The Red Book of Perthshire (Perthshire Heritage Trust, 2006)
^ Balfour Paul, James, ed. (1906). The Scots Peerage, Vol. III. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 467–468. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

http://www.brucefamily.com/lineage.htm#clackmannan

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[1] Balfour Paul, James, ed. (1906). The Scots Peerage, Vol. III. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 467–468. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

[redbook-2] Gordon A. C. MacGregor, Bruce of Cultmalundy, in The Red Book of Perthshire (Perthshire Heritage Trust, 2006)

[3] Balfour Paul, James, ed. (1906). The Scots Peerage, Vol. III. Edinburgh: David Douglas. pp. 467–468. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.

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