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Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale

Sir Robert de Brus
6th Lord of Annandale
jure uxoris Earl of Carrick
Constable of Carlisle Castle
Lord of Annandale
Reign 1295-1304
Predecessor Robert V de Brus
Successor Robert VII de Bruce
Born (1243-07-00)July 1243
probably Writtle, Essex, England
Died April 1304(1304-04-00) (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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