Person:Mary Bruce (2)

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Mary Bruce
d.Aft 30 Sep 1323
m. 1271
  1. Thomas Bruce - 1306
  2. Martha De Carrick1215 - 1255
  3. Isabel Bruce, Queen of NorwayAbt 1272 - 1358
  4. Christina BruceEst 1273 - 1356/57
  5. Robert I of Scotland1274 - 1329
  6. Nigel BruceAbt 1279 - 1306
  7. Edward BruceEst 1280 - 1318
  8. Christian De Brus1281 - 1357
  9. Mary Bruce1282 - Aft 1323
  10. Maud BruceAbt 1282 - 1326
  11. Thomas BruceAbt 1284 - 1307
  12. Alexander de BruceAbt 1285 - 1307
  13. Elizabeth BruceAbt 1286 -
  14. Margaret Bruce1286 - 1323
  15. Mary De Brus1286 - 1323
  16. Marjory Bruce, of Carrick1287 -
  17. Elizabeth Bruce1288 -
  18. John Bruce1290 - 1318
m. Abt 1295
  1. John Campbell, Earl of Atholl - 1333
Facts and Events
Name Mary Bruce
Alt Name Matilda Bruce
Alt Name Maud Bruce
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1282 Carrick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage Abt 1295 to Neil "MacCailen More" Campbell, [Laird of Lochow]
Marriage to Sir Alexander Fraser, Chamberlain of Scotland
Death? Aft 30 Sep 1323
Reference Number? Q6779128?


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Mary Bruce ( 1282 – 1323) was the younger sister of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots. During the First War of Scottish Independence, she was captured by the English and imprisoned in a cage at Roxburgh Castle for about four years. She was the daughter of Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale, and Marjorie, Countess of Carrick.

Along with the king's other female relatives (Christina Bruce, Marjorie Bruce, his wife Elizabeth de Burgh and supporter Isabella MacDuff), she was captured and handed over to the English by the Earl of Ross. By order of King Edward I of England, she was then held prisoner in an iron or wooden cage exposed to the public view at Roxburgh Castle. Isabella MacDuff was imprisoned in a similar cage at Berwick Castle. She was transferred to assumably better conditions in 1310. This was not necessarily a humane move, it has been suggested that by this stage Bruce was gaining strength, she was potentially a valuable hostage, and the English did not want her dying of exposure. There was also a high likelihood of her being rescued from Roxburgh.

She was eventually released in 1314, in exchange for English noblemen captured at the Battle of Bannockburn.

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References
  1. Mary Bruce, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.