Princess Marjory Of SCOTLAND

1296 - 1316  (19 years)

• Name	Marjory Of SCOTLAND
  Prefix	Princess
  Born	12 Dec 1296	Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  ENGLISH CAPTIVE FOR 8 YEARS	Between 1306 and 1314	Watton Abbey, Watton, Norfolk, England   [1]
  	Captured by the English in 1306 at age 9, Marjorie was held captive at Watton Abbey until 1314.
  Buried	1316	Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  Died	2 Mar 1316	Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  Cause of Death	Oct 1317	Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  	DIED AFTER FALLING FROM A HORSE DURING HER SECOND PREGNANCY
  Clan	[1]
  	Clan Bruce
  FamilySearch ID	LDQR-9B8
  Name	Marjorie BRUCE -  [1]
  _UID	DDB76C26788E4CB894D438006DA3672E75DE
  Person ID	I335	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	King Robert BRUCE, I of Scottland,   b. 16 Mar 1274, Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. 15 Jun 1329, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Isabel (Matilda) De MAR,   b. 11 Jul 1277, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 12 Dec 1296, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland  (Age 19 years)
  Married	Abt 1295	1st Wife   [2]
  Alt. Marriage	3 Jul 1296	Ayrshire, Scotland   [3]
  Family ID	F5933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walter STEWART,   b. 1296, Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. 9 Apr 1326, Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, Linlithgow, Scotland  (Age 30 years)
  Married	1315	Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland   [4]
  Children	1. King Robert II Of SCOTLAND,   b. 2 Mar 1316, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 19 Apr 1390, Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland  (Age 74 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Marjorie Bruce was the oldest child of Robert I, King of Scotland, also known as Robert the Bruce, and his first wife Isabella of Mar. She was born in December of 1296 and her mother died 12 December, 1296 shortly after giving birth. Marjorie was named after her paternal grandmother, Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, who had died 4 years before. In March of 1306 Scotland was in the midst of the First War of Scottish Independence with England when Marjorie's father Robert the Bruce was crowned King of Scotland. "The Bruce" suffered a defeat at the Battle of Methven and sent Marjorie, her step-mother Elizabeth, and her 2 aunts Mary and Christina North for safety. Unfortunately, they were captured by the English along with Isabella MacDuff. All the men captured were executed including Marjorie's Uncle Niall who was hanged, drawn and quartered and then beheaded. Marjorie's step-mother Elizabeth was deemed a valuable hostage and sent to the Tower of London. Her Aunt Christina, whose husband was just executed, was imprisoned at the convent at Sixhills. Mary Bruce and Isabella MacDuff were imprisoned separately in wooden cages and hung outside the castles of Roxburgh and Berwick, exposed to public view and the elements for 4 long years. A cage was built outside the Tower of London for 9 year old Marjorie but English King Edward I reconsidered and sent her to the convent in Watton instead. Marjorie would remain an English captive until 1314 when she was finally released, exchanged for English prisoners, at the age of 17. Robert the Bruce could not accompany his wife and daughter home himself, he would have been a rich prize for the English, however, he sent Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, to escort them home. Scotland was free and King Robert the Bruce was at the height of his power. Not wanting to leave Scotland without a clear ruler, as had happened previously after the death of Alexander III and Margaret the Maid of Norway, on April 25 1315 Parliament agreed that if King Robert I, and his brother Edward de Brus, both died without male issue then Marjory de Brus would inherit the throne of Scotland. King Robert I was the most powerful man in Scotland, and now Marjory was the most important woman in Scotland. Shortly after this Marjorie married the 2nd most powerful man in Scotland, Walter Stewart, High Steward of Scotland. The man who had accompanied her back home from her captivity the year before. Marjorie and Walter welcomed a son Robert Stuart on March 2 1316. Robert would grow up to become Robert II King of Scotland. Unfortunately, Marjorie would not live to see it. Some historical sources tell us that Marjorie died giving birth to her only son. That she was thrown from a horse while heavily pregnant, and that the baby was delivered safely but Marjorie died. More modern research now indicates that the facts were a little confused. Marjorie did die after a fall from a horse while pregnant, however, it was in October 1317 during her 2nd pregnancy, and both mother and child died. Marjory was buried at Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Like her own mother, Isabella, Marjorie died young, leaving behind a single young motherless child. Robert would not grow up an only child, however, his father married a 2nd time, to Isabel de Graham, and they gave Robert 3 younger siblings. Marjorie's marriage to Walter, High Steward of Scotland united Clan Stewart and the royal House of Bruce. Her son Robert II was the first Stewart monarch, through him she was the ancestress of a long line of royalty including Mary Queen of Scots and Bonnie Prince Charlie. Princess Marjorie, the only daughter of King Robert I of Scotland by his first wife Isabella of Mar. Marjorie died in March 1316 giving birth to their only child:[11] King Robert II of Scotland (born 1316-died 1390), the first monarch of the House of Stewart who reigned as King of Scotland from 1371 to his death in 1390.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Marjory Of SCOTLAND, person ID LDQR-9B8. (Reliability: 3). [S25] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999, 41-5 (Reliability: 3). [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Isabel (Matilda) De MAR, person ID 9C4C-QMV. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2023), entry for Walter STEWART, person ID L8MB-CP1. (Reliability: 3).