Marjorie Bruce or Marjorie de Brus (December, 1296 – 2 March 1316) was the eldest daughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots by his first wife, Isabella of Mar, and mother of king Robert II of Scotland.
Her mother died giving birth to her.
In 1302, her father was remarried to Elizabeth de Burgh. They were crowned King and Queen of Scots at Scone, Perthshire on 27 March 1306. The coronation occurred during the Wars of Scottish Independence in opp...
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Marjorie Bruce or Marjorie de Brus (December, 1296 – 2 March 1316) was the eldest daughter of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots by his first wife, Isabella of Mar, and mother of king Robert II of Scotland.
Her mother died giving birth to her.
In 1302, her father was remarried to Elizabeth de Burgh. They were crowned King and Queen of Scots at Scone, Perthshire on 27 March 1306. The coronation occurred during the Wars of Scottish Independence in opposition to Edward I of England.
By the end of June, 1306, the Earl of Ross, Uilleam II, had captured the nine-year-old Lady Marjorie, as well as her stepmother the Queen Elizabeth, two sisters of her father the King, and Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan. They were sent to England, where young Marjorie and her aunt Christina Seton were imprisoned at convents, while Queen Elizabeth was kept at a manor house in Yorkshire, and her aunt Mary and the Countess of Buchan were kept in cages for the first few years of their imprisonment (Edward I...
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