They were betrayed a few days later and also fell into English hands, Atholl to be executed in London and the women to be held under the harshest possible circumstances.[52]. Historians unveil a digitally-reconstructed image of the face of Scottish king Robert the Bruce nearly 700 years after his death. [97] Fragments of marble and alabaster had been found in the debris around the site of the vault several years earlier, which were linked to Robert the Bruce's recorded purchase of a marble and alabaster tomb made in Paris. '[14][16], Tutors for the young Robert and his brothers were most likely drawn from unbeneficed clergy or mendicant friars associated with the churches patronised by their family. It was destroyed at the Reformation, but some fragments were discovered in the 19th century (now in the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh). [14][15], Barbour reported that Robert read aloud to his band of supporters in 1306, reciting from memory tales from a twelfth-century romance of Charlemagne, Fierabras, as well as relating examples from history such as Hannibal's defiance of Rome. Robert the Bruces son David succeeded him as king of Scotland and was himself succeeded by Roberts grandson through the female line, Robert Stewart, the first of the Scottish royal house of Stewart and ancestor of the English house of Stuart. But, though the murder of John Comyn secured his power in one way, it also made Robert the Bruce who by then called himself King Robert I a toxic . Before Cardross became habitable in 1327, Robert's main residence had been Scone Abbey. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Bruce took the hint, and he and a squire fled the English court during the night. Robert the Bruce was born on 11 July 1274, in Turnberry Castle in Ayrshire. [80] Six days after his death, to complete his triumph still further, papal bulls were issued granting the privilege of unction at the coronation of future Kings of Scots. [12], Robert the Bruce would most probably have become trilingual at an early age. It has been reported that Robert the Brus was a participant in the Second Barons War, Ninth Crusade, Welsh Wars, and First War of Scottish Independence. Contemporary accusations that Robert suffered from leprosy, the "unclean sickness"the present-day, treatable Hansen's diseasederived from English and Hainault chroniclers. [23], Almost immediately, Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, resigned his lordship of Annandale and transferred his claim to the Scottish throne to his son, antedating this statement to 7 November. Soules, who had probably been appointed by John, supported his return, as did most other nobles. It was around this time that Robert the Bruce submitted to Edward, along with other nobles, even though he had been on the side of the Scots until then. [84][85] The funeral was a grand affair, with 478 stone (3,040kg) of wax having been purchased for the making of funerary candles. [60] Robert, with between 5,500 and 6,500 troops, predominantly spearmen, prepared to prevent Edward's forces from reaching Stirling. Robert The Bruce's Father & Mother: Robert de Brus. [64], Edward II was dragged from the battlefield, hotly pursued by the Scottish forces, and only just escaped the heavy fighting. In addition, a parliament in 1314 decreed that all who remained in the allegiance of the English should forfeit their lands; this decree provided the means to reward supporters, and there are many charters regranting the lands so forfeited. A series of military victories between 1310 and 1314 won him control of much of Scotland, and at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Robert defeated a much larger English army under Edward II of England, confirming the re-establishment of an independent Scottish kingdom. Bruce, like all his family, had a complete belief in his right to the throne. William Wallace resigned as Guardian of Scotland after his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. Bruce's Irish ancestors included Aoife of Leinster (d.1188), whose ancestors included Brian Boru of Munster and the kings of Leinster. [75][76] There does not seem to be any evidence as to what the king himself or his physicians believed his illness to be. [90], During the Scottish Reformation, the abbey church had undergone a first Protestant cleansing by September 1559, and was sacked in March 1560. The Lanercost Chronicle and Scalacronica state that the king was said to have contracted and died of leprosy. According to Barbour and Fordoun, in the late summer of 1305, in a secret agreement sworn, signed, and sealed, John Comyn agreed to forfeit his claim to the Scottish throne in favour of Robert Bruce upon receipt of the Bruce lands in Scotland should an uprising occur led by Bruce. Despite Bannockburn and the capture of the final English stronghold at Berwick in 1318, Edward II refused to renounce his claim to the overlordship of Scotland. They examined the original casting of the skull belonging to Robert the Bruce's descendant Lord Andrew Douglas Alexander Thomas Bruce, and a foot bone that had not been re-interred. [15] A parliamentary briefing document of c. 1364 would also assert that Robert 'used continually to read, or have read in his presence, the histories of ancient kings and princes, and how they conducted themselves in their times, both in wartime and in peacetime; from these he derived information about aspects of his own rule. [48], Six weeks after Comyn was killed in Dumfries, Bruce was crowned King of Scots by Bishop William de Lamberton at Scone, near Perth, on Palm Sunday[49] 25 March 1306 with all formality and solemnity. On 26 March 1296, Easter Monday, seven Scottish earls made a surprise attack on the walled city of Carlisle, which was not so much an attack against England as the Comyn Earl of Buchan and their faction attacking their Bruce enemies. [39] The future king was now twenty-two, and in joining the rebels he seems to have been acting independently of his father, who took no part in the rebellion and appears to have abandoned Annandale once more for the safety of Carlisle. It has been estimated that Bruce stood at around 6feet 1inch (185cm) tall as a young man, which by medieval standards was impressive. Fraser was taken to London to suffer the same fate. [30] At some point in early 1296, Robert married his first wife, Isabella of Mar, the daughter of Domhnall I, Earl of Mar. [54] However, none of the several accounts of his last years by people who were with him refer to any sign of a skin ailment. 78, No. From his mother, he inherited the Earldom of Carrick, and through his father, the Lordship of Annandale and a royal lineage as a fourth great-grandson of David I that would give him a claim to the Scottish throne. 1306-1329. Angus MacFadden as Robert The Bruce. His Milanese physician, Maino De Maineri, did criticise the king's eating of eels as dangerous to his health in advancing years. Duncan (Regesta Regum Scottorum, vol.v [1988]), no.380 and notes. 6466. They're as rich in English titles and lands as they are in Scottish, just as we are. [78], Robert died on 7 June 1329, at the Manor of Cardross, near Dumbarton. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Soules was appointed largely because he was part of neither the Bruce nor the Comyn camps and was a patriot. He has courage; so does a dog. None of the Scottish accounts of his death hint at leprosy. His body was buried in Dunfermline Abbey, but the heart was removed on his instructions and taken by Sir James Douglas on crusade in Spain. In May 1328 King Edward III of England signed the Treaty of EdinburghNorthampton, which recognised Scotland as an independent kingdom, and Bruce as its king. [74], In October 1328 the Pope finally lifted the interdict from Scotland and the excommunication of Robert. In accordance with Bruce's written request, the heart was buried at Melrose Abbey in Roxburghshire. [81] Along with suggestions of eczema, tuberculosis, syphilis, motor neurone disease, cancer or stroke, a diet of rich court food has also been suggested as a possible contributory factor in Robert's death. [54] Jean Le Bel also stated that in 1327 the king was a victim of 'la grosse maladie', which is usually taken to mean leprosy. 484486. [28] A further provocation came in a case brought by Macduff, son of Malcolm, Earl of Fife, in which Edward demanded that John appear in person before the English Parliament to answer the charges. The English king Edward I claimed feudal superiority over the Scots and awarded the crown to John de Balliol instead. Isabella died shortly after their marriage, either during or shortly after the birth of their only child, Marjorie Bruce. A concealed dagger was drawn and the Bruce stabbed Comyn. Robert was portrayed by the Scottish actor Angus Macfadyen. [10][11], Very little is known of his youth. In less than a year Bruce had swept through the north and destroyed the power of the Comyns who had held vice-regal power in the north for nearly one hundred years. [83], The king's body was embalmed, and his sternum sawn open to allow extraction of the heart, which Sir James Douglas placed in a silver casket to be worn on a chain around his neck. [18] Robert's later performance in war certainly underlines his skills in tactics and single combat. Afterwards the King merely expressed regret that he had broken the shaft of his favourite axe. pp. At the last moment, Bruce swiftly dodged the lance, rose in his saddle, and with one mighty swing of his axe, struck Bohun so hard that he split de Bohun's iron helmet and his head in two, a blow so powerful that it shattered the very weapon into pieces. [62] Edward continued his advance the following day, and encountered the bulk of the Scottish army as they emerged from the woods of New Park. The support given him by the church, in spite of his excommunication, was of great political importance. Robert's viscera were interred in the chapel of Saint Serf (the ruins of which are located in the present-day Levengrove Park in Dumbarton), his regular place of worship and close to his manor house in the ancient Parish of Cardross. [79], Robert also arranged for perpetual soul masses to be funded at the chapel of Saint Serf, at Ayr and at the Dominican friary in Berwick, as well as at Dunfermline Abbey. [20] While there remains little firm evidence of Robert's presence at Edward's court, on 8 April 1296, both Robert and his father were pursued through the English Chancery for their private household debts of 60 by several merchants of Winchester. In September 1305, Edward ordered Robert Bruce to put his castle at Kildrummy, "in the keeping of such a man as he himself will be willing to answer for," suggesting that King Edward suspected Robert was not entirely trustworthy and may have been plotting behind his back. Swords inscribed with Robert's name probably date from the 16th century rather than earlier. Bruce is alternately painted as a patriot whose perseverance secured his nation's independence and a more shadowy figure with dangerous ambitions Courtesy of Netflix Six weeks before he seized. King Robert was twice defeated in 1306, at Methven, near Perth, on June 19, and at Dalry, near Tyndrum, Perthshire, on August 11. The morale and leadership of the Comyns and their northern allies appeared to be inexplicably lacking in the face of their direst challenge. [77], Barbour and other sources relate that Robert summoned his prelates and barons to his bedside for a final council at which he made copious gifts to religious houses, dispensed silver to religious foundations of various orders, so that they might pray for his soul, and repented of his failure to fulfil a vow to undertake a crusade to fight the 'Saracens' in the Holy Land. [28] This was unacceptable; the Scots instead formed an alliance with France. [100][101] The bones were measured and drawn, and the king's skeleton was measured to be 5feet 11inches (180cm). According to the stories, Robert the Bruce's father was sent to tell Marjorie that her husband was dead. [33][34] At the Battle of Dunbar, Scottish resistance was effectively crushed. [32] Both his father and grandfather were at one time Governors of the Castle, and following the loss of Annandale to Comyn in 1295, it was their principal residence. Douglas was killed, but it appears that the heart was recovered and brought back for burial, as the king had intended, at Melrose Abbey. He. A significant and profound part of the childhood experience of Robert, Edward and possibly the other Bruce brothers (Neil, Thomas and Alexander), was also gained through the Gaelic tradition of being fostered to allied Gaelic kindreds a traditional practice in Carrick, southwest and western Scotland, the Hebrides and Ireland. She was the daughter of the Earl of Carrick in Scotland, and her first husband was killed in the Eighth Crusade of 1271. The new kings position was very difficult. On 11 June 1304, Bruce and William Lamberton made a pact that bound them, each to the other, in "friendship and alliance against all men." A file of mourners on foot, including Robert Stewart and a number of knights dressed in black gowns, accompanied the funeral party into Dunfermline Abbey. In November of the same year, Edward I of England, on behalf of the Guardians of Scotland and following the Great Cause, awarded the vacant Crown of Scotland to his grandfather's first cousin once removed, John Balliol. In August 1330 the Scots contingent formed part of the Castilian army besieging the frontier castle of Teba. The pact is often interpreted[by whom?] [41] On 7 July, Bruce and his friends made terms with Edward by a treaty called the Capitulation of Irvine. Edward I marched north again in the spring of 1306. The Scotichronicon says that on being told that Comyn had survived the attack and was being treated, two of Bruce's supporters, Roger de Kirkpatrick (uttering the words "I mak siccar" ("I make sure")) and John Lindsay, went back into the church and finished Bruce's work. Comyn was probably killed by the Bruce, but that has never been proven. Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. The laws and liberties of Scotland were to be as they had been in the days of Alexander III, and any that needed alteration would be with the assent of King Edward and the advice of the Scots nobles. [46] Bruce asserted his claim to the Scottish crown and began his campaign by force for the independence of Scotland. How did Robert the Bruce become king of Scotland? Robert I died in June 1329 and was succeeded by his son, David II. Bruce moved quickly to seize the throne, and was crowned king of Scots on 25 March 1306. His father, Robert de Brus, was the 6th Lord of Annandale and a great-great-grandson of King David mac Mail Choluim, or David I of Scotland. Former Senior Lecturer in History, University of Kent at Canterbury, England. At the end of March 1329 he was staying at Glenluce Abbey and at Monreith, from where St Ninian's Cave was visited. "Robert Bruce" redirects here. [71] It was to be here that Robert would build the manor house that would serve as his favoured residence during the final years of his reign. His remains were accidentally exhumed in 1818 and, before being re-interred forever in a thick tar, officials made a plaster cast of his skull. News of the agreement regarding Stirling Castle reached the English king in late May, and he decided to speed his march north from Berwick to relieve the castle. Ireland is also a serious possibility, and Orkney (under Norwegian rule at the time) or Norway proper (where his sister Isabel Bruce was queen dowager) are unlikely but not impossible. By signing up you are agreeing to our. Libbey Peverall (pictured), 20, suddenly passed away in her father's arms in traumatic scenes at her family home in West Drayton, Greater London last Monday - leaving her family heartbroken. [103] Robert the Bruce's remains were ceremonially re-interred in the vault in Dunfermline Abbey on 5 November 1819. It would take a full 21 years after Robert's victory at Loudoun Hill for him to secure English recognition of the legitimacy of his rule and the independence of the Scottish nation. Kaeuper (Woodbridge, 2000), pp. In 1299, William Lamberton, Bishop of St. Andrews, was appointed as a third, neutral Guardian to try to maintain order between Bruce and Comyn. But it is exactly the ability to *compromise* that makes a man noble. In 1303, Edward invaded again, reaching Edinburgh before marching to Perth. Robert's grandfather Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was one of the claimants to the Scottish throne during the 'Great Cause'. He would also have spoken both the Gaelic language of his Carrick birthplace and his mother's family and the early Scots language. The eight years of exhausting but deliberate refusal to meet the English on even ground have caused many to consider Bruce one of the great guerrilla leaders of any age. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. If one should break the secret pact, he would forfeit to the other the sum of ten thousand pounds. Robert the Bruce may have gotten his guts from his mother, Marjorie, the Countess of Carrick. In March, James Douglas captured Roxburgh, and Randolph captured Edinburgh Castle (Bruce later ordered the execution of Piers de Lombard, governor of the castle[59]), while in May, Bruce again raided England and subdued the Isle of Man. [53] Bruce and his followers returned to the Scottish mainland in February 1307 in two groups. 6th Lord of Annandale. [94][95] The vault was covered by two large, flat stonesone forming a headstone, and a larger stone six feet (180cm) in length, with six iron rings or handles set in it. Penman states that it is very difficult to accept the notion of Robert as a functioning king serving in war, performing face-to-face acts of lordship, holding parliament and court, travelling widely and fathering several children, all while displaying the infectious symptoms of a leper. Robert Bruce as Earl of Carrick, and now 7th Lord of Annandale, held huge estates and property in Scotland and a barony and some minor properties in England, and a strong claim to the Scottish throne. In June Bruce was defeated at the Battle of Methven. This family descend from another Robert (c1078 - 1142), second son of the Anglo-Norman family of de Brus who were seated at Skelton Castle in Cleveland, North Yorkshire.. Robert de Brus 'The Bruce' was born at his father's manor of Writtle, near Chelmsford, in Essex, England, for which manor his grandfather, the 'Competitor', did homage in April/May 1252. [106], Bruce's descendants include all later Scottish monarchs and all British monarchs since the Union of the Crowns in 1603. Early in April he arrived at the shrine of St Ninian at Whithorn. Until the birth of the future king David II in 1324 he had no male heir, and two statutes, in 1315 and 1318, were concerned with the succession. [8] The future king was one of ten children, and the eldest son, of Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale, and Marjorie, Countess of Carrick. [1] One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventually led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. Robert the Bruce, original name Robert VIII de Bruce, also called Robert I, (born July 11, 1274died June 7, 1329, Cardross, Dumbartonshire, Scotland), king of Scotland (130629), who freed Scotland from English rule, winning the decisive Battle of Bannockburn (1314) and ultimately confirming Scottish independence in the Treaty of Northampton (1328). He was the son of a leprosy-ridden Scottish nobleman named Robert the Elder. Uncompromising men are easy to admire. In May 1301, Umfraville, Comyn, and Lamberton also resigned as joint Guardians and were replaced by Sir John de Soules as sole Guardian. [29], The Comyn-dominated council acting in the name of King John summoned the Scottish host to meet at Caddonlee on 11 March. Bruce hurried from Dumfries to Glasgow, where his friend and supporter Bishop Robert Wishart granted him absolution and subsequently adjured the clergy throughout the land to rally to Bruce. [54][77] He journeyed overland, being carried on a litter, to Inch in Wigtownshire: houses were built there and supplies brought to that place, as though the king's condition had deteriorated. A bust of Bruce is in the Hall of Heroes of the National Wallace Monument in Stirling. James Douglas, knighted at Bannockburn, acquired important lands in the counties of Selkirk and Roxburgh that became the nucleus of the later power of the Douglas family on the borders. He was succeeded by Robert Bruce and John Comyn as joint Guardians, but they could not see past their personal differences. When these stones were removed, the vault was found to be seven feet (210cm) in length, 56cm wide and 45cm deep. Robert the Bruce, who was king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329, freed Scotland from English rule by winning the decisive Battle of Bannockburn and achieving English agreement to full Scottish independence in the 1328 Treaty of Northampton. Shortly before the fall of Kildrummy Castle, the Earl of Athol made a desperate attempt to take Queen Elizabeth de Burgh, Margery de Bruce, as well as King Robert's sisters and Isabella of Fife. [24], While the Bruces' bid for the throne had ended in failure, the Balliols' triumph propelled the eighteen-year-old Robert the Bruce onto the political stage in his own right. Barbour writes of the king's illness that 'it began through a benumbing brought on by his cold lying', during the months of wandering from 1306 to 1309. Robert the Bruce had leprosy: 3D scanning reveals diseased face of 700-year-old father of Scottish independence Robert Bruce was king of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329 aged 50. He has been in a variety of different films and television shows over his life, playing such well known roles as Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach, Robert the Bruce, and Orson Welles. Robert the Bruce: The Origins Robert was born into an aristocratic Scottish family on 11 th July 1274. [96] Within the vault, inside the remnants of a decayed oak coffin, there was a body entirely enclosed in lead, with a decayed shroud of cloth of gold over it. Berwick was captured in 1318, and there were repeated raids into the north of England, which inflicted great damage. On 25 March 1306, Robert the Bruce was chosen to be King of Scots and to lead the fight for Scottish independence against Edward I of England. There were rumours that John Balliol would return to regain the Scottish throne. [30], Edward I responded to King John's alliance with France and the attack on Carlisle by invading Scotland at the end of March 1296 and taking the town of Berwick in a particularly bloody attack upon the flimsy palisades. Robert I also had to restart the processes of royal government, for administration had been more or less in abeyance since 1296. [58] In the spring of 1314, Edward Bruce laid siege to Stirling Castle, a key fortification in Scotland whose governor, Philip de Mowbray, agreed to surrender if not relieved before 24 June 1314. This is revealed by a letter he sent to the Irish chiefs, where he calls the Scots and Irish collectively nostra nacio (our nation), stressing the common language, customs and heritage of the two peoples: Whereas we and you and our people and your people, free since ancient times, share the same national ancestry and are urged to come together more eagerly and joyfully in friendship by a common language and by common custom, we have sent you our beloved kinsman, the bearers of this letter, to negotiate with you in our name about permanently strengthening and maintaining inviolate the special friendship between us and you, so that with God's will our nation (nostra nacio) may be able to recover her ancient liberty. There is one in the Wallace Collection and a missing one in Ireland. Roberts main energies in the years after 1314, however, were devoted to settling the affairs of his kingdom. Riding with the heavy cavalry, de Bohun caught sight of Bruce, who was armed only with his battle-axe. . A large number of families definitely are descended from him.[110]. [17], The family would have moved between the castles of their lordships Lochmaben Castle, the main castle of the lordship of Annandale, and Turnberry and Loch Doon Castle, the castles of the earldom of Carrick. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . The story serves to illustrate the maxim: "if at first you don't succeed, try try try again." A.A.M. The Declaration of Arbroath of 1320 strengthened his position, particularly in relation to the Papacy, and Pope John XXII eventually lifted Bruce's excommunication. The lead was removed and the skeleton was inspected by James Gregory and Alexander Monro, Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. He has courage; so does a dog. Bruce's involvement in John Comyn's murder in February 1306 led to his excommunication by Pope Clement V (although he received absolution from Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow). Recovering, leaving John Comyn, 3rd Earl of Buchan unsubdued at his rear, Bruce returned west to take Balvenie and Duffus Castles, then Tarradale Castle on the Black Isle. This represented a transformation for one raised as a feudal knight. In conjunction with the invasion, Bruce popularised an ideological vision of a "Pan-Gaelic Greater Scotia" with his lineage ruling over both Ireland and Scotland. Robert the Bruce was born at Turnberry Castle on 11 July 1274. Barbour, however, tells no such story. Best known as Robert the Bruce in Braveheart (1995), Angus McFadyen has enjoyed a fine career in the film business. Robert's Father : Rightly so. McRoberts, David Material destruction caused by the Scottish Reformation, Innes Review, 10 (1959), pp.146-50. In April, Bruce won a small victory over the English at the Battle of Glen Trool, before defeating Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, at the Battle of Loudoun Hill. [72][nb 2] As most of mainland Scotland's major royal castles had remained in their razed state since around 131314, Cardross manor was perhaps built as a modest residence sympathetic to Robert's subjects' privations through a long war, repeated famines and livestock pandemics. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's The Life Scientific, Dr King said: "Apparently the Victorians like to go and open people's coffins and things, and so they . Almost the whole of the rest of his reign had passed before he forced the English government to recognize his position. You admire this man, this William Wallace. They're as rich in English titles and lands as they are in Scottish, just as we are. The decisive event was the murder of John (the Red) Comyn in the Franciscan church at Dumfries on February 10, 1306, either by Bruce or his followers. . [15], As king, Robert certainly commissioned verse to commemorate Bannockburn and his subjects' military deeds. Robert was a fourth great-grandson of King David I, and his grandfather, Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was one of the claimants to the Scottish throne during the "Great Cause".[1]. The cloth of gold shroud and the lead covering were found to be in a rapid state of decay since the vault had first been opened 21 months earlier. The following year, Bruce finally resigned as joint Guardian and was replaced by Sir Gilbert de Umfraville, Earl of Angus. This propaganda campaign was aided by two factors. Bruce and his party then attacked Dumfries Castle where the English garrison surrendered. Edward was even crowned as High King of Ireland in 1316. It was during this period, with his fortunes at low ebb, that he is supposed to have derived hope and patience from watching a spider perseveringly weaving its web. [51], A strong force under Edward, Prince of Wales, captured Kildrummy Castle on 13 September 1306 taking prisoner the King's youngest brother, Nigel de Bruce, as well as Robert Boyd and Alexander Lindsay, and Sir Simon Fraser. [1] He was the oldest son of the sixth Robert Bruce and Marjorie, the Countess of Carrick. A similar story is told, for example, in Jewish sources about King David, in Polish accounts about Bruce's contemporary Wadysaw I the Elbow-high,[114] and in Persian folklore about the Turco-Mongolian general Tamerlane and an ant. On his way, he granted the Scottish estates of Bruce and his adherents to his own followers and had published a bill excommunicating Bruce. [77] The king's last journey appears to have been a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Ninian at Whithorn; this was possibly in search of a miraculous cure, or to make his peace with God. How this dramatic success was achieved, especially the taking of northern castles so quickly, is difficult to understand. With his second wife Elizabeth de Burgh: Annandale was thoroughly feudalised, and the form of Northern Middle English that would later develop into the Scots language was spoken throughout the region. [17], As many of these personal and leadership skills were bound up within a code of chivalry, Robert's chief tutor was surely a reputable, experienced knight, drawn from his grandfather's crusade retinue. In March 1309, Bruce held his first parliament at St. Andrews and by August he controlled all of Scotland north of the River Tay. 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