Edward Bruce

Edward Bruce, Earl of Carrick 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 & crowned in 1316, he was eventually defeated as alive as killed by Anglo-Irish forces of the Lordship of Ireland at the Battle of Faughart in County Louth.

Family life

In 1317 he was granted dispensation by the Pope to marry Isabella daughter of William, Earl of Ross, although it is for doubtful that the marriage took place. He did make an illegitimate son, Alexander Bruce, who would later inherit his father's earldom. Alexander's mother was Isabella, daughter of John de Strathbogie, 9th Earl of Atholl.