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'''From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia''' Robert I de Brus (died 11 42) was an early 12th century Norman baron and knight, the first of th e Bruce dynasty of Scotland. A monastic patron, he is remembered as th e founder of Gisborough Priory in Yorkshire in 1119.[1] '''Family'' ' Nothing is known of Robert's father, except that he was a landowne r in Normandy.[2] An early modern historiographical tradition that h e was the son of a Norman noble named Robert de Brus who came to Engla nd with William the Conqueror has been found to be without basis.[2 ] Modern historians contend that Robert may have come from Brix, Manc he, near Cherbourg in the Cotentin Peninsula, and came to Britain afte r King Henry I of England's conquest of Normandy (i.e: at the same tim e as Alan fitzFlaad, ancestor of the Stewart Royal Family). David fit z Malcolm (after 1124 King David I of Scotland), was present in Franc e with King Henry and was granted much of the Cotentin Peninsula. It i s suggested that Robert de Brus's presences and absences at Henry's co urt coincide with David's. '''Scotland''' Robert de Brus went to Sco tland, where the new King, David, made him Lord of Annandale in 1124,[ 3]. although there is scant evidence that this Robert took up residenc e on his Scottish estates. '''Battle of The Standard''' After the de ath of King Henry, David turned against Henry's successor, King Stephe n. As a result Robert de Brus and King David parted company, with Robe rt bitterly renouncing his homage to David before taking the English s ide at the Battle of the Standard.[4] '''Marriage''' Robert is said t o have married twice: (1) Agnes, daughter of Geoffrey Bainard, sherif f of York and (2) Agnes, daughter and heiress of Fulk de Pagnall, Lor d of Carleton, Yorkshire[5][6] There were two sons, but it is unclea r by which spouse: Robert de Brus, 2nd Lord of Annandale, who inherit ed the Lordship of Annandale. Adam de Brus, whose descendants continue d to hold lands in England as Lords of Skelton. When Peter de Brus III , last Bruce Lord of Skelton, died in 1272, his sisters were co-heires ses. One of them, Laderia, carried Carleton to her marriage with Joh n de Bellew, whose daughter, Sybil married Sir Miles de Stapleton (k . 1314, at the Battle of Bannockburn), whose family were subsequentl y designated "of Carleton".[7][8] This appears to confirm the de Bru s and de Pagnall of Carleton connection. Sir Miles Stapleton's son an d heir, Sir Gilbert (d. 1321) married Agnes, daughter of Bryan FitzAla n, Lord FitzAlan,[9] and a granddaughter of Devorguilla of Galloway (d . 1290) wife of John de Balliol, Lord of Barnard Castle, whose son wa s King John of Scotland.[10] '''Footnotes''' 1^ Sherlock, Stephen. " Gisborough Priory: Information for Teachers" English Heritage. 2001 . 1 Oct 2008. 2^ a b Duncan, ODNB 3^ Donaldson, Gordon, Scottish His torical Documents, Edinburgh, 1970, ISBN 7011-1604-8 :19, "David by th e grace of God King of Scots, to all his barons, men, and friends, Fre nch and English, greeting. Know ye that I have given and granted to Ro bert de Brus Estrahanent (i.e: Annandale) and all the land from the bo undary of Randolph Meschin; and I will and grant that he should hold a nd have that land and its castle well and honourably with all its cust oms," &c. This is a new charter and not a reconfirmation. 4^ Burton , John Hill, ''The History of Scotland'', New revised edition, Edinbur gh, 1876, vol.1, p.437 5^ ''Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxfor d, 1904 (online version available Duncan, ODNB 6^ Burke (1883) p.8 0 7^ Burke (1883) p.504 8^ Foster, Joseph, ''The Dictionary of Heral dry - Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees'', London, 1989 (reprint of 1 902 original), p.180-1 9^ Richardson, Douglas, ''Plantagenet Ancestry '', Baltimore, Md., 2004, p.682, ISBN 0-8063-1750-7 10^ Norcliffe, Ch arles Best, of Langton, MA., editor, ''The Visitation of Yorkshire i n the years 1563-64'' by William Flower, Esq., Norroy King of Arms, Lo ndon, 1881, p.295. '''References''' Duncan, A.A.M., 'de Brus, Rober t (I), Lord of Annandale (d. 1142)', Oxford Dictionary of National Bio graphy, Oxford University Press, 2004, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3748. Retr ieved 28 October 2008. Oram, Richard, David: The King Who Made Scotla nd, (Gloucestershire, 2004)