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Robert I of Scotland1274 - 1329
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Story of what happened to Bruce's heart

When Bruce was dying (1329) his one big regret in life was that he had never went on a crusade to the Holy Land because of the constant wars with England. On his death bed he asked his friend, Sir James Douglas, (who I am named after) The Good Sir James to the Scots, The Black Douglas to the English, if he would on his death remove his heart, hence the sawn ribs when the body was rediscovered, and as he could not go, would Douglas take his heart to the Holy Land. (Not asking much)

Douglas and his followers got as far as Seville in southern Spain where the Spanish king asked for his help to remove the Moors from Spain. In the battle that followed the Moors feigned retreat and led Douglas into a trap. His last deed was to take the casket that held Bruce's heart and throw it into the enemy calling on his men to follow Bruce for the last time. Douglas was killed.

The casket was recovered and taken back to Scotland.

Back around 1998 my wife and I were on a bus trip in southern Spain going to Seville when the courier informed the group that up in the mountains close by was a town called Teba where recently a monument had been erected in honour of Sir James, that was the cue for my wife and I to go back the following year and find Teba which after some difficulty we found hidden high in the mountains.

The photos which are attached are 2 of the monument and one of the area round it. One side of it tells the story in English, the other side in Spanish tells a slightly different story. The others are of Melrose Abbey in Scotland where the heart was buried (not Dunfermline). The heart's casket in recent times was exhumed and scientifically examined and reburied with the appropriate marker with an inscription which means 'A noble heart may know no ease if freedom fail'.

(note: this is an email that was sent to me by a friend who was born and lives in Scotland, He is the one who took these pictures and sent me a lot of information on Robert King of Scotland)

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