Robert Ier of Scotland

Robert Ier of Scotland , Robert de Brus (in Norman), Roibert has Briuis (in Écossais méd.), Robert the Bruce or Robert Bruce (in English modern) (Castle of Cardoss, July 11th 1274 - June 7th 1329), Count de Carrick, was King d' Écosse of 1306 with 1329. It belonged to the Maison Bruce.

He was the oldest son of Robert Bruce VI († 1304), Count de Carrick, and Margaret de Carrick († 1292), countess of Carrick of swears . It is born with the castle from Cardoss on the Firth-of-Clyde.

The family of Bruce, he inherits the title of Count de Carrick with died of his mother. He recognizes for a long time the suzerainty of the king Edouard I {{er}} of England which does it baron Bruce d' Anandale in the Pairie of England in 1295.

He is crowned king d' Écosse with Scone in April 1306 but must hide and be made pass for dead after being beaten by Aymar Ier de Valence, Count de Pembroke with Methven.

In spring 1307, it unloads in its county of Carrick, and benefitting from died from Edouard Ier, it is made main from almost all Scotland. Then it gains a victory over Edouard II of England to the battles of Bannockburn (close to Stirling) the June 24th 1314.

In 1326, by the treated of Corbeil, it renews alliance with France. The end of this war by the Traité of Northampton in 1328 recognizes the independence of Scotland and the royal title of Robert Bruce. Its dynasty dies out in 1371. He is the hero of a poem made up towards 1380 by J. Barbour of Aberdeen.

Simple: Robert I off Scotland

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