Marjorie Bruce

Marjorie Bruce
Princess of Scotland
Marjorie Bruce's sarcophagus-effigy at Paisley Abbey, where she was buried
Born	1296/7
Died	2 March 1316 (aged 19–20)
Burial	Paisley Abbey
Spouse	Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland
Issue	Robert II of Scotland
House	Bruce
Father	Robert I of Scotland
Mother	Isabella of Mar
Religion	Roman Catholic

Marjorie Bruce or Marjorie de Brus (1296/7 – 2 March 1316) was the eldest daughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots by his first wife, Isabella of Mar. Her marriage to Walter, High Steward of Scotland gave rise to the House of Stewart. Her son was the first Stewart monarch, King Robert II of Scotland. Her widowed father later married Elizabeth de Burgh.

Her mother, Isabella, was a noblewoman from the Clan Mar. Soon after giving birth to Marjorie, at the age of nineteen, Isabella died. Her father was at that time the Earl of Carrick. Marjorie was named after her father's mother, Marjorie, Countess of Carrick.

According to legend, her parents had been very much in love, and Robert the Bruce did not remarry until Marjorie was six years old. In 1302, a courtier named Elizabeth de Burgh became her stepmother.

On 27 March 1306, her father was crowned King of Scots at Scone, Perthshire, and Marjorie, then nine years old, became a Princess of Scotland.

Three months after the coronation, in June, 1306, her father was defeated at the Battle of Methven. He sent his female relatives (his wife, two sisters and Marjorie) north with his supporter Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, but by the end of June they were captured by Earl of Ross, a Balliol supporter, who handed them over to the English.