Mary Bruce (b. c. 1282) was a younger sister of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots.
Along with the king's other female relatives, she was captured and betrayed to the English by the Earl of Ross. By order of King Edward I of England, she was then held prisoner in a cage exposed to the public view in Roxburgh Castle until 1310. Isabella MacDuff was imprisoned in a similar cage at Berwick Castle.
She was eventually released, in exchange for English no...
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Mary Bruce (b. c. 1282) was a younger sister of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots.
Along with the king's other female relatives, she was captured and betrayed to the English by the Earl of Ross. By order of King Edward I of England, she was then held prisoner in a cage exposed to the public view in Roxburgh Castle until 1310. Isabella MacDuff was imprisoned in a similar cage at Berwick Castle.
She was eventually released, in exchange for English noblemen captured at the Battle of Bannockburn.
She married, firstly, Sir Neil Campbell, one of her brother's loyal supporters; and secondly, Alexander Fraser of Touchfraser and Cowie.
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