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Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine FRS (1629–1681) was a Scottish inventor, politician, judge and freemason, who collaborated with Christiaan Huygens in developing a marine pendulum clock. His grandfather, Sir George Bruce had built up a fortune in coal-mining and salt-production, building Culross Palace in Fife in 1597.
- Earl of Kincardine
The title Earl of Kincardine was created in 1647 in the...
- Earl of Kincardine
- Origins
- Foundation of The Royal Line
- Ascent to The Throne
- After Robert The Bruce
- Clan Chief
- Castles
- See Also
- Bibliography
The surname Bruce comes from the French de Brus or de Bruis, derived from the lands now called Brix, Normandy, France. There is no evidence to support a claim that a member of the family, 'Robert de Brix', served under William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England. This notion is now believed to have originated in unreliable lists, de...
The foundation for the Bruce royal claim came in 1219 when Robert Bruce, 4th Lord of Annandale married Isobel of Huntingdon, daughter of David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon and niece of William the Lion. The union brought both great wealth, with the addition of lands in both England and Scotland. Their son, Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale...
With the abdication of John Balliol, Scotland was effectively without a monarch. Robert the Bruce swore allegiance to Edward at Berwick-upon-Tweed but breached this oath when he joined the Scottish revolt the following year. In the summer of 1297 he again swore allegiance to Edward in what is known as the Capitulation of Irvine. Bruce appears to ha...
Robert the Bruce's son, David II of Scotland became king on his father's death in 1329. In 1346 under the terms of the Auld Alliance David marched south into England in the interests of France, but was defeated at the Battle of Neville's Cross and imprisoned on 17 October of that year, and remained in England for eleven years. David returned to Sco...
The current Chief, Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin, is prominent in Scottish affairs and is convener of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
Castles that have belonged to the Clan Bruce include: 1. Fyvie Castle 2. Airth Castle 3. Muness Castle 4. Thomaston Castle 5. Culross Palace 6. Clackmannan Tower 7. Fingask Castle 8. Kinross House 9. Lochleven Castle 10. Lochmaben Castle 11. Turnberry Castle
Blakely, Ruth Margaret (2005). The Brus family in England and Scotland, 1100–1295. Boydell Press. ISBN 978-1-84383-152-5.
10 de oct. de 1993 · Alexander Bruce was the second son, and it was his elder brother, Edward, who was made first Earl of Kincardine by Charles I in 1647. When he died unmarried in 1662, Alexander Bruce succeeded to the title and the estates.
Alexander Bruce was the second son, and it was his elder brother, Edward, who was made first Earl of Kincardine by Charles I in 1647. When he died unmarried in 1662, Alexander Bruce succeeded to the title and the estates. Nothing at all is known of Bruce’s history before 1657, when he was twenty-eight years of age. But there exists a series ...
The House of Bruce is a listing of several different branches of the Bruce family that first begins with the "presumed" ancestors from Norway to France, England, Scotland, Ireland and abroad.
Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine primary name: Bruce, Alexander other name: (Earl of) Kincardine
