1290 - 1318 (28 years)| Name | Edward de Brus [1] | |
| Title | Earl of Carrick and High King of Ireland | |
| Birth | 1290 | Argyll, Scotland  [1] |
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| Gender | Male | |
| Kinfolk of Note | Brother of Robert the Bruce | |
| Military - Old World | Edward and the Scots-Irish army was badly defeated at the Battle of Faughart by de Bermingham's forces | |
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War-Battle of Faughart (1st Scottish) Edward Bruce in combat at Faughart The Battle of Faughart was fought on 14 October 1318 between a Hiberno-Norman force led by John de Bermingham and Edmund Butler, and a Scots-Irish army commanded by Edward Bruce, brother of Robert Bruce, king of Scotland. It was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence and more precisely the Irish… |
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| Notable Quote | Edward de Brus, the destroyer of Ireland in general, both Foreigners and Gaels, was killed by the Foreigners of Ireland by dint of fighting at Dun-Delgan. And there were killed in his company Mac Ruaidhri, king of Insi-Gall Hebrides and Mac Domhnaill, kin | |
| Death | 14 Oct 1318 | Dundalk, Louth, Ireland [1] |
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| Burial | Dundalk, Louth, Ireland |
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| Person ID | I8802 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | 6th Lord of Annandale Robert de Brus, VI, b. Jul 1243, Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland d. 4 Apr 1304, Lochawe, Argyll, Scotland (Age 60 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Countess of Carrick Marjorie MacDuncan, b. 1252, Argyll, Scotland d. 27 Oct 1292, Argyll, Scotland (Age 40 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Marriage | 1271 | |
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Castle-Turnberry Turnberry Castle was originally a stronghold of the Lords of Galloway, and thence passed into the possession of the Earls of Carrick around the beginning of the 13th century. In the late 13th century the castle belonged to Marjorie, the widowed Countess of Carrick. According to medieval legend, Marjorie held the visiting knight Robert de Brus… |
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| Marriage End | 1292 | |
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| Family ID | F8884 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Isabelle Strathbogie, b. 1294, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1 Jun 1317, Argyll, Scotland (Age 23 years) | |||
| Marriage | 1314 | Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] |
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| Family ID | F3032 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||
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| Old World | | _Sir Edward Bruce Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick (1280 – 14 Oct 1318), was a younger brother of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots. He supported his brother in the 1306–1314 struggle for the Scottish crown, then pursued his own claims in Ireland. Proclaimed High King of Ireland in 1315 and crowned in 1316, he was eventually defeated and killed by Anglo-Irish forces… |
| Wars & Battles | | War-Battle of Faughart (1st Scottish) Edward Bruce in combat at Faughart The Battle of Faughart was fought on 14 October 1318 between a Hiberno-Norman force led by John de Bermingham and Edmund Butler, and a Scots-Irish army commanded by Edward Bruce, brother of Robert Bruce, king of Scotland. It was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence and more precisely the Irish… |
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