Elisabeth De BURGH

1289 - 1327  (38 years)

• Name	Elisabeth De BURGH
  Birth	1289	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Title	1306  [1]
  	Title
  CAPTURED AND HELD CAPTIVE BY THE ENGLISH FOR 8 YEARS	Between Jun 1306 and Nov 1314	St Duthus Chapel, Tain, Scotland   [1]
  	CAPTURED AND HELD CAPTIVE BY THE ENGLISH FOR 8 YEARS
  TitleOfNobility	[1]
  	TitleOfNobility
  Name	Elizabeth de Burgh  [1]
  _FSFTID	LXS8-GFV
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LXS8-GFV
  _UID	096EE2D9D3B44E40AE7C0217F2E0B9879C03
  Burial	1327	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [1]
  Death	27 Oct 1327	Burgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom   [1]
  Person ID	I28960	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family	King Robert BRUCE, I of Scottland,   b. 16 Mar 1274, Turnberry Castle, Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 15 Jun 1329, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1302	Writtle, Essex, England   [1]
  Children	1. Princess Maud of Scotland,   b. 12 Jul 1303, Dunfermine, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 20 Jul 1353, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 50 years)   2. Matilda BRUCE,   b. Abt 1304, Scotland d. 20 Jul 1353, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age ~ 49 years)   3. Margaret DE BRUCE, PRINCESS OF SCOTLAND,   b. 1315, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 30 Mar 1346, Fife, Scotland (Age 31 years)   4. Princess Elizabeth De BRUCE,   b. Abt 1317, Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d. Abt 1370 (Age ~ 53 years)   5. David DE BRUCE II, King of Scotland,   b. 5 Mar 1324, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 22 Feb 1371, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 46 years)   6. John DE BRUCE,   b. 5 Mar 1324, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 1326, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F12687	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth de Burgh (c. 1289 – 27 October 1327) was the second wife and the only queen consort of King Robert I of Scotland. Life She was born in Dunfermline, Fife in Scotland, the daughter of the powerful Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster and his wife Margarite de Burgh (died 1304). Her father was a close friend of King Edward I of England. Elizabeth probably met Robert the Bruce, then Earl of Carrick, at the English court, and they married in 1302 at Writtle, near Chelmsford, Essex, England. Elizabeth would have been about thirteen years old. On 27 March 1306, Robert and Elizabeth were crowned as King and Queen of Scots at Scone. The coronation took place in defiance of the English claims of suzerainty over Scotland, and the new King sent Elizabeth, with other family members, to Kildrummy Castle for safety under the protection of his brother Nigel (sometimes known as Niall). After the defeat of the Scots at the Battle of Methven on 19 June 1306, Elizabeth had taken her stepdaughter Marjorie and her husband's sisters Mary and Christian to Kildrummy Castle.[1] The English laid siege to the castle containing the royal party. The siege finally succeeded when the English bribed a blacksmith with "all the gold he could carry" to set fire to the corn store. The victors hanged, drew and quartered Nigel Bruce,[citation needed] along with all the men from the castle. However, the royal ladies under the escort of the Earl of Atholl had already fled. They were taken from the sanctuary of St. Duthac at Tain by the Earl of Ross, a supporter of the Comyns, and dispatched to King Edward. He imprisoned Bruce's sister Mary and Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, in wooden cages erected on the walls of Roxburgh and Berwick castles respectively, and then sent Bruce's nine-year-old daughter Marjorie to the nunnery at Watton. Elizabeth was held under severe conditions of house arrest in England. The Earl of Atholl was hanged and his head displayed on London Bridge.[2] She was imprisoned for eight years by the English, from October 1306 to July 1308 at Burstwick-in-Holderness, Yorkshire and then transferred to Bisham Manor, Berkshire until March 1312. From there, she was moved to Windsor Castle until October 1312, Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset until March 1313, Barking Abbey, Essex until March 1314, and Rochester Castle, Kent until June 1314. After the Battle of Bannockburn, she was moved to York while prisoner exchange talks took place. At York, she had an audience with King Edward II of England. Finally, in November 1314, she was moved to Carlisle just before the exchange and her return to Scotland. After her husband's coronation at Scone, she is quoted as having said, "Alas, we are but king and queen of the May!" as though anticipating a defeat by Edward I.[3] Elizabeth had three children who reached adulthood: Matilda, Margaret, and David (the future king David II of Scotland).[4][5] Elizabeth died on 27 October 1327 at Cullen, Banffshire and is buried in Dunfermline. King Robert, her husband, died 18 months later. The organs of Elizabeth de Burgh are said to have been buried in the parish church of Cullen after her death. Robert made an annual payment to the village in gratitude for the treatment of his wife's body and its return south for burial.[6] A recent non-payment of this sum by the government was challenged and settled to the village's favour.[citation needed] Issue Margaret: born between 1315 and 1323, died on March 30, 1346 in childbirth. Married William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland and had one son, John, who died aged twenty of the Black Plague. Matilda: born between 1315 and 1323, died on July 30, 1353. Married Thomas Isak/Isaac and had two daughters, Joanna (wife of John of Argyll) and Catherine. David: born 5 March 1324, died 22 February 1371. King of Scots (1329 – 1372). Married Joan of The Tower, no issue. John: born and died in October, 1327 in Dunfermline Palace, Fife. Further Reading Sharon Bennett Connolly, Elizabeth de Burgh, the Captive Queen 24 April 2015, Website: History ... the interesting bits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_de_Burgh or This is NOT ELIZABETH DE BURGH OR ISABELLA OF MAR Robert the Bruce is known to have had a number of illegitimate children, unfortunately the name of their mother or mothers is not known. - Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale, Killed 1332 at the Battle of Dupplin Moor - Walter of Odistoun, Predeceased his father. - Margaret Bruce, Married Robert Glen; alive in 1364. - Christina Bruce - Niall Bruce Christina and Niall may or may not be Roberts children. Niall was either named after Robert's brother Niall or was Niall's son this is not certain. Robert de Bruce married Elizabeth de Burgh in 1302, however, from 1306 until November 1314, for 8 years, Elizabeth was held captive by the English. It was likely during this time that Robert's illegitimate children were born. Elizabeth de Burgh was his legal wife, in captivity because of her relationship to him. Robert did not repudiate her or have the marriage annulled, as some would have, but neither did he go 8 years without female companionship. He was a warrior not a saint, a man living in stressful uncertain times. He had companions but as he was already married could not marry them. He likely did not publicly acknowledge the relationships because this would put the women in danger as well as humiliate his wife, who was suffering so much for him already. For what ever reason, the name or names of Robert's mistress or mistresses do not appear to have been recorded and are not known. We do know that they existed because of the existence of the children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 17 Dec 2024), entry for Elisabeth De BURGH, person ID LXS8-GFV. (Reliability: 3).