Elizabeth COMYN

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Elizabeth married William 5Th Earl De MAR, Sir in 1st Wife. William (son of Duncan 4Th Earl De MAR) was born in 1222 in Mar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died before 25 Jul 1281 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Donald (Sir),6th Earl of Mar; knighted 1270; one of the leading Scottish nobles who recognised Alexander III's daughter Margaret as heir to the throne after her father's death Feb 1283/4; following Margaret's death 1290 supported Robert the Bruce but was one of the seven Earls of Scotland who referred a decision in the matter to Edward I of England, to whom he swore fealty as overlord 13 June 1291; nevertheless was a leading participant in the Scottish Uprising against the English shortly afterwards, being captured by them following the Battle of Dunbar 27 April 1296 and renewing his allegiance to Edward I thereafter. [Burke's Peerage]

Donald, Earl of Mar, by his 1st wife Helen, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41-5]

Donald, Earl of Mar, by Helen or Elen, illegitimate daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, widow of Malcolm, Earl of Fife. [Magna Charta Sureties, Line 41b-5]

Donald, Earl of Mar, was knighted 1270, living 25 July 1297, d. shortly thereafter. His wife, and mother of Isabel, was Helen, widow of Malcolm, 7th Earl of Fife, d. 1266, and daughter of Llewellyn, Prince of North Wales. [Ancestral Roots, Line 252-30]



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Donald married Helen Verch LLEWELYN about 1269 in 2ND Husband. Helen (daughter of Llewelyn Ap IORWERTH, Prince Of Wales and Mistress Unknown) was born about 1234 in Caernarvonshire, Walesey, Wales; died after Feb 1294-1295 in Kildrummy Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret, daughter of 6th Earl of Mar. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2716]

Marjory/Mary, widow of John de Strathbogie, 9th Earl of Atholl of the creation deemed to have been effected by 1115, and daughter of 6th Earl of Mar. [Burke's Peerage, p. 2770]

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Margaret married in 1st Husband. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married after 1306 in 2ND Husband. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gartney/Gratney, 7th Earl of Mar, Jt Sheriff Aberdeenshire 1297; married Christian Bruce, sister of Robert I who granted her the lands of Garioch for her life, but whereby the Earls of Mar acquired the feudal Lordship of Garioch (not a peerage dignity) and were even latterly styled "Earls of Garioch". [Burke's Peerage]

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Gratney, Earl of Mar, d. before 1305, son of Donald, Earl of Mar, by Helen or Elen, illegitimate daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, widow of Malcolm, Earl of Fife. [Magna Charta Sureties]

Family/Spouse: Christina Of Carrick BRUCE. Christina (daughter of Earl Robert de BRUCE, Of Carrick and Countess Marjory (Margaret) CARRICK) was born about 1282; died in 1356. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gratney married about 1292 in Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: 9C4C-QMV
• NEVER QUEEN: ; Isabell of Mar was Countess of Carrrik but died before her husband became king, therefore was never Queen or Queen Consort of Scotland.
• NOT THE SAME AS ISABEL BRUCE, QUEEN OF NORWAY: ; This is Isabella of Mar, wife of Robert the Bruce, Isabel Bruce was her sister in law, sister of Robert the Bruce
• Name: Isabella FITZDONALD
• Name: Isabella of Mar - Countess of Carrick
• Name: Lady Matilda Isabella MAR
• _UID: CFC13E56549B4BD3A2ECB5341E5341A1FB4D

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Isabella of Mar (fl. 1290s) was the first wife of Robert Bruce VII, Earl of Carrick. Isabella died before her husband was crowned (as Robert I) King of Scotland. She and her husband were the grandparents of Robert II, King of Scotland.

Isabella was the daughter of Domhnall I, Earl of Mar (died ?1297) and Elena, daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (died 1282). Isabella's father was evidently an adherent of Robert Bruce V, Lord of Annandale (died 1295), a man who staked a claim to the Scottish throne. The close relationship between the Domhnall's family and the Bruces is evidenced by two marriages. One was that between Isabella and Robert Bruce VII, Earl of Carrick (died 1329), a grandson of Robert Bruce V. Domhnall's son and comital successor, Gartnait (died c.1302), married a sister of Robert Bruce VII.

The marriage of Robert Bruce VII and Isabella probably took place in the 1290s. The union produced a single child, a daughter named Marjorie (died 1316), who was born in about 1296.

Following Isabella's death, Robert Bruce VII married his second wife, Elizabeth de Burgh (died 1327). Isabella's daughter, Marjorie, married Walter Stewart, Steward of Scotland, and their son eventually reigned as Robert II, King of Scotland (died 1390).



Isabel, d. before 1302, daughter of Donald, Earl of Mar, by his 1st wife Helen, daughter of Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales. [Magna Charta Sureties]


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Isabel married King Robert BRUCE, I of Scottland about 1295 in 1st Wife. Robert (son of Earl Robert de BRUCE, Of Carrick and Countess Marjory (Margaret) CARRICK) was born on 16 Mar 1274 in Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened on 11 Jul 1274 in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland; died on 15 Jun 1329 in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; was buried on 15 Jun 1329 in Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: John Of Knepdal MENTEITH. John was born about 1320; died before 1344. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Clan: ; Clan Bruce
• FamilySearch ID: LDQR-9B8
• Name: Marjorie BRUCE -
• _UID: DDB76C26788E4CB894D438006DA3672E75DE
• ENGLISH CAPTIVE FOR 8 YEARS: Between 1306 and 1314, Watton Abbey, Watton, Norfolk, England; Captured by the English in 1306 at age 9, Marjorie was held captive at Watton Abbey until 1314.
• Cause of Death: Oct 1317, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; DIED AFTER FALLING FROM A HORSE DURING HER SECOND PREGNANCY

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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.

Marjory married Walter STEWART in 1315 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland. Walter (son of James STEWART and Egidia (Giles) De BURGH) was born in 1296 in Dundonald Castle, Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened in 1296 in Dundonald Castle, Kyle, AYR, Scotland; died on 9 Apr 1326 in Bathgate Castle, Bathgate, Linlithgow, Scotland; was buried on 19 Apr 1327 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]