Robert Bruce and Elizabeth de Burgh

de Burgh Family

Elizabeth de Burgh was the second wife of King Robert I of Scotland (Robert the Bruce). She was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland as the daughter of Richard Og de Burgh, the powerful Earl of Ulster and a close friend of Edward I of England. Elizabeth probably met Robert the Bruce at the English court, and they married in 1302 at Writtle, near Chelmsford, Essex, England.

Robert and Elizabeth were crowned as King and Queen of Scots at Scone on March 27, 1306. This 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.
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Elizabeth de Burgh died in Cullen castle in 1327

• A1. John de Conteville, Earl of Comyn;  ==>  Carolingian Dynasty
  • B1. Harlowen de Burgh, Viscount de Conteville, m. Herlette de Falaise;
    • C1. Emma de Conteville, m. Richard of Goz;  <==  Normans
      • D1. Hugh "Lupus" de Abrincis, 1st Earl of Chester, d:1101, m. Ermentrude de Clermont;
        • E1. Maud de Abrincis, m. Harold de Sudeley;  <==  Tracy family
    • C2. Robert de Burgh, Count of Moreton, 1st Earl of Cornwall, d:1090, m. Maud de Montgomery;  ==>  Montgomery
      • D1. William de Moreton, 2nd Earl of Cornwall, m. Adilidis;
        • E1. John de Burgh;
          • F1. William de Burgh, Lord of Connaught, d:1205, m. Mor O'Brian;  ==>  O'Brian Clan
            • G1. Richard Mor de Burgh, Lord of Connaught, Viceroy of Ireland, m. Egidia de Lacy;
              • H1. Margery de Burgh, m. Theobald de Botiller;  <==  Butler family
              • H2. Walter de Burgh, 1st Earl of Ulster, d:1271, m. Aveline FitzJohn;
                • I1. Sir Richard Og de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster, d:1326, m. Margaret de Burgo;
                  • J1. Joan de Burgh, m. John d'Arcy;  <==  d'Arcy family
                  • J2. Elizabeth de Burgh, lvd:1284/1327, m. King Robert the Bruce;  <==  Bruce Clan
                  • J3. John de Burgh, lvd:1284/1327, m. Elizabeth de Clare;  ==>  de Clare family
                    • K1. William de Burgh, lvd:1312/1333, m. Maud Plantagenet;  <==  Plantagenet
                      • L1. Elizabeth de Burgh, lvd:1332/1363, m. Lionel Plantagenet;  <==  Plantagenet