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King David II Bruce, of Scotland

b. 5 March 1324, d. 22 February 1371

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King David II

Birth

King David II Bruce, of Scotland, was born on 5 March 1324 in Dunfermline Abbey.

Parents

FatherKing Robert I ("the Bruce") Bruce, of Scotland (b. 11 July 1274, d. 7 June 1329)
MotherElizabeth de Burgh (b. circa 1289, d. 27 October 1327)

Family life

King David II Bruce, of Scotland, and Joan, of the Tower, were married on 17 July 1328.1

Partner with Joan, of the Tower (b. 5 July 1321, d. 7 September 1362)

Residence information

King David II Bruce, of Scotland, an official household was established in Turnberry Castle in 1326.2,3 He in Dumbarton Castle circa 1332.4

Titles

King David II Bruce, of Scotland, held the title of created Earl of Carrick in 1326.

Working life

Death

King David II Bruce, of Scotland, died on 22 February 1371 at age 46 in Edinburgh Castle. He was buried on 23 February 1871 in Holyrood Abbey.

Citations

  1. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 1, p cxix; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
  2. [S21] George Crawford, The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical account of the Nobility of that Kingdom (Edinburgh: George Stewart, 1716), p 491-499, Fleming, Earl of Wigtown.
  3. [S32] Various contributors, "People of Medieval Scotland," database, Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh et al, People of Medieval Scotland (https://poms.ac.uk/: accessed), Document 1/54/35 (RMS, i, App. 1., no. 112) Command to pay annual pension of 20 pounds from burgh ferme of Inverkeithing and king's new custom.
  4. [S41] Richard Oram, "The making and breaking of a comital family: Malcolm Fleming, first Earl of Wigtown, and Thomas Fleming, second Earl of Wigtown," The International Review of Scottish Studies, volume 42 (2017), print (https://www.irss.uoguelph.ca/index.php/irss/article/view/3558/4045 : accessed), p 9.
  5. [S52] Andrew of Wyntoun, The orygynale cronykil of Scotland: edited by David Laing (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, between 1872 and 079), book viii, ch xxvii, p 404, lines 4000 - end; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/orygynalecronyki02andruoft : accessed 16 February 2025.
  6. [S51] Raphael Holinshed, Holinshed's Chronicle, 1587 edition edited by Abraham Fleming (London: Henry Denham, 1587), Scotland, vol v, p 371, https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofengl05holiuoft/page/371/mode/2up; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/firstsecondvolum00holi/page/n1/mode/2up?q=fleming : accessed 18 February 2025.
  7. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 473.
  8. [S41] Richard Oram, "The making and breaking of a comital family: Malcolm Fleming, first Earl of Wigtown, and Thomas Fleming, second Earl of Wigtown," The International Review of Scottish Studies, volume 42 (2017), print (https://www.irss.uoguelph.ca/index.php/irss/article/view/3558/4045 : accessed), p 19 and endnote 100.
  9. [S44] Scotland Court of Exchequer, Rotuli scaccarii regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878), vol 1, p clxvii; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir01scot/page/n9/mode/2up : accessed.
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