 - 1318
-
| Name |
Edward Bruce |
| Suffix |
King of Ireland |
| Gender |
Male |
| Acceded |
2 May 1316 |
| Death |
14 Oct 1318 |
Battle of Dundall, Ireland  |
| Cause: Killed at Battle of Dundall |
| Notes |
- Lord of Galloway. Earl of Carrick.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02869
http://www.thepeerage.com/p10351.htm#i103508
Sir Edward de Bruce, 1st Earl and last of Carrick was the son of «u»Sir Robert le Brus, 1st Lord Brus «/u» and «u»Margaret, Countess of Carrick «/u». He married «u»Eleanor de Ross «/u», daughter of «u»William de Ross, 5th Earl of Ross «/u», after 1 June 1317, although this marriage may have not taken place.«sup»2«/sup» He married «u»Isabella of Strathbogie «/u», daughter of «u»John of Strathbogie, 9th Earl of Atholl «/u» and «u»Margaret (?) «/u».«sup»2«/sup» He died on 14 October 1318 at «u»Dundall, Ireland «/u», killed in action, without legitimate issue.«sup»2«/sup»
Sir Edward de Bruce, 1st Earl and last of Carrick was created «i»Lord of Galloway«/i» before 16 March 1309.«sup»2«/sup» He was created «i»1st Earl of Carrick [Scotland]«/i» before 24 October 1313.«sup»2«/sup» He fought in the Battle of Conyers on 10 September 1315, where he defeated the Earl of Ulster.«sup»3«/sup» He fought in the Battle of Kenlis, County Kildare on 6 December 1315, where he defeated Roger Mortimer (later Earl of March).«sup»3«/sup» He fought in the Battle of Ardskull, County Kildare on 20 January 1315/16, where he defeated Edmund Butler, Justiciar.«sup»3«/sup» He gained the title of «i»King Edward of Ireland.«sup»2«/i»«/sup» He was crowned King of Ireland on 2 May 1316.«sup»2«/sup» He fought in the Battle of Dundall on 14 October 1318 at «u»Dundall, Ireland «/u».«sup»2«/sup» He has an extensive biographical entry in the «i»Dictionary of National Biography.«sup»4«/i»«/sup»
«b»See His Biography: http://www.thepeerage.com/e438.htm
1. «/b»G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 56. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i».
«b»
2. «/b»Alison Weir, «i»Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy«/i» (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 207. Hereinafter cited as «i»Britain's Royal Family«/i».
«b»
3. «/b»Peter W. Hammond, editor, «i»The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda«/i» (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998). Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV«/i».
«b»
4. «/b»Leslie Stephen, editor, «i»Dictionary of National Biography«/i» (London, U.K.: Smith, Elder & Company, 1908), volume III, page 94-96. Hereinafter cited as «i»Dictionary of National Biography«/i».
«b»
5. «/b»Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume VIII, page 402.
«b»
«/b»
|
| Person ID |
I10529 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
17 Feb 2009 |
-
| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
|
|
|
