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The Connections of Robert the Bruce
King of Scotland (1306–1329) Every person recorded alongside Robert the Bruce in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Robert the Bruce in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale, Marjorie, Countess of Carrick
- Spouses
- Isabella of Mar, Elizabeth de Burgh
- Children
- Marjorie Bruce, David II of Scotland, Margaret Bruce, Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale, Maud Bruce, John Bruce, Walter Bruce, Margaret Bruce, Catherine Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce, Christina Bruce, Neil Bruce
- Siblings
- Thomas de Brus, Edward Bruce, Alexander de Brus, Nigel de Brus, Isabel Bruce, Christina Bruce, Mary Bruce, Elizabeth Bruce
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1274 to 1329.
Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
Medieval era
Charles Martel
April 13, 1327 – April 21, 1327
Duke of Calabria, born April 1327
Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Medieval era
Mansa Musa
1280 – 1337
14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire
Medieval era
Osman I
August 23, 1258 – August 1, 1326
Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
Medieval era
Edward I of England
June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307
King of England from 1272 to 1307
Medieval era
Hongwu Emperor
October 29, 1328 – June 24, 1398
Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
Medieval era
Hafez
1326 – 1389
Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389)
Medieval era
Dante Alighieri
May 30, 1265 – September 13, 1321
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
Medieval era
Petrarch
July 19, 1304 – July 18, 1374
Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
Medieval era
Giovanni Boccaccio
June 16, 1313 – September 21, 1375
Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
Medieval era
Marco Polo
September 15, 1254 – January 8, 1324
Venetian merchant whose travels opened European eyes to Asia