Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
| Sir Robert de Brus | |
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6th Lord of Annandale jure uxoris Earl of Carrick Constable of Carlisle Castle |
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| Lord of Annandale | |
| Reign | 1295-1304 |
| Predecessor | Robert V de Brus |
| Successor | Robert VII de Bruce |
| Born |
July 1243 probably Writtle, Essex, England |
| Died | April 1304 (aged 60) |
| Burial | Holm Cultram Abbey, Cumberland |
| Spouse |
Marjorie of Carrick Eleanor |
| Issue |
Isabel, Queen of Norway Christina Bruce Robert I of Scotland Neil de Brus Edward Bruce, King of Ireland Mary, Lady Campbell, Lady Fraser Margaret, Lady Carlyle Sir Thomas de Brus Alexander de Brus Elizabeth, Lady Dishington Matilda, Countess of Ross |
| House | House of Bruce |
| Father | Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale |
| Mother | Isobel of Gloucester and Hertford |
Sir Robert VI de Brus (July 1243 – soon bef. 4 March 1304), 6th Lord of Annandale (dominus vallis Anandie), jure uxoris Earl of Carrick (1271–1292), Lord of Hartness,Writtle and Hatfield Broad Oak (Wretele et Hatfeud Regis), was a cross-border lord, and participant of the Second Barons' War, Ninth Crusade, Welsh Wars, and First War of Scottish Independence.
Of Scoto-Norman heritage, through his father he was a third-great grandson of David I. His ancestors included Richard (Strongbow) de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, King of Leinster and Governor of Ireland, and William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, regent of England, and Henry III of England.
The son and heir of Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale and Lady Isabella de Clare, daughter of the Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, his birth date is generally accepted, but his place of birth is less certain. It has been speculated that he, rather than his first son, was born on the family estate at Writtle, Essex.
Legend tells that the 27-year-old Robert de Brus was a handsome young man participating in the Ninth Crusade. When Adam de Kilconquhar, one of his companions-in-arms, fell in 1270, at Acre, Robert was obliged to travel to tell the sad news to Adam's widow Marjorie of Carrick. The story continues that Marjorie was so taken with the messenger that she had him held captive until he agreed to marry her, which he did in 1271. However, since the crusade landed in Acre on 9 May 1271, and only started to engage the Muslims in late June, the story and / or his participation in the Ninth Crusade are generally discounted.
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