Research Paper on:
Life of Scotland's King Robert the Bruce

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a man from a long line of men who felt they were due kingship. They were not a people who were concerned so much with the welfare and the freedom  of Scotland, so much as they were concerned with power and prestige. However, with time and action Robert the Bruce became a man whose focus was honestly that which involved  Scotland, as well as his own position. He became a fearless opponent, and in his dying days helped see Scotland to its freedom. In the following paper we present an  examination of the life and works of Robert the Bruce. Robert the Bruce "Bruce was descended from ancestors in Brix, in Flanders. In 1124, King David I granted  the massive estates of Annandale to his follower, Robert de Brus, in order to secure the border" (Anonymous Wars Of Independence: Robert the Bruce: Part I, 2002; features_independence_bruce.shtml). It appears  that the name Robert "was very common in the family" (Anonymous Wars Of Independence: Robert the Bruce: Part I, 2002; features_independence_bruce.shtml). Robert the Bruce was born in 1274 and was  "the grandson of another Robert Bruce, the failed claimant of the Scottish crown in 1290/2, and the son of yet another Robert Bruce. His mother, Marjorie, Countess of Carrick, brought  him an ancient Gaelic lineage" (Anonymous Wars Of Independence: Robert the Bruce: Part I, 2002; features_independence_bruce.shtml). She was a descendant of the Gaelic Earls of Carrick. She was also "a  formidable operator who apparently held Bruces father captive after he returned from crusade, refusing to release him until he agreed to marry her" (Anonymous Wars Of Independence: Robert the Bruce:  Part I, 2002; features_independence_bruce.shtml). Bruce was raised at Turnberry Castle and was clearly "a product of his lineage, speaking Gaelic, Scots and Norman French. In 1295 he became Earl