1st Lord of Annandale Robert de Brus

1086 - 1141  (55 years)

• Name	Robert de Brus
  Title	1st Lord of Annandale
  Birth	1086	Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1100	England
  	Came to England from France about 1100, after King Henry I conquered Normandy
  RECEIVED+ESKDALE%2C+LOCATION+OF+1ST+BRUS+CAPUT	1103	Castleton, Yorkshire, England
  	In 1103 Henry I granted Robert de Brus I twenty-four carucates of land in Eskdale, Yorkshire. It was here at Castleton that Robert is believed to have established his first caput, later transferring it to Skelton.
  FOUNDED+PRIORY+OF+ST+MARY	1119	Guisborough, Yorkshire, England
  	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.
  1st+Lord+of+Annandale	Abt 1124	Annandale District, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
  	by King David I
  Birth%3A	Normandy, France
  SUPPORTED+KING+DAVID+I+TO+CLAIM+THE+THRONE+OF+SCOTLAND	1124
  	Robert de Brus rode north with Prince David MacMalcolm to claim the throne of Scotland, helping him become King David I.
  Title of Nobility	1124	Annandale District, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
  	1st Lord of Annandale
  TRANSFERRED+ANNANDALE+TO+ROBERT+II	1136
  	Endowed his second son Robert with Lordship of Annandale
  RENOUNCED+FEALTY+TO+SCOTTISH+KING+DAVID+I+	Abt 1137
  	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
  CAPTURED+HIS+SON+IN+BATTLE+OF+THE+STANDARD	22 Aug 1138	Northallerton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
  	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.
  Military Service	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.
  MULTIPLE+MEN+NAMED+ROBERT+DE+BRUS+%2FROBERT+BRUCE	"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
  Title of Nobility	Lord of Skelton
  Occupation	Man-at-arms; Feudal Lord of King Henry I of England, King David I of Scotland and King Stephen of England
  _FSFTID	9MCW-H9P
  Death	11 May 1141	Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England
  Burial	1142	Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I29652	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Adam De Brus,   b. Abt 1051, Brix, Manche, Normandy, France d. 1094, Cleveland, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Emma de Ramsay,   b. 1052, Carrick, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 1094, Carrick, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	1071	Skelton, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F11559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes de Surdeval,   b. 1076, Yorkshire, England d. 1170, Skelton, Yorkshire, England (Age 94 years)
  Children	1. I Adam de Brus,   b. 1103, Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 20 Mar 1143, Skelton, Yorkshire, England (Age 40 years)   2. 2nd Lord Of Annandale Robert De Brus,   b. 1105, Skelton Castle, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom d. 1190, Skelton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F11560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023