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Notes for Robert De Bruce, I
Landed with William the Conqueror in 1066.
I checked the Bruce family genealogy at the Society of Genealogists in London and chcked the findings from there against the 'official tomes' in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow. There is a family tree in London for several generations before 1066 showing Gaelic-Viking descent but the 'official tomes' in Glasgow tend to discount this.
All of the sources agree on the generations from 1066.
Bruce Bedford
Robert de Brus came to England with William the Conqueror ob. 1141, he also had a brother, William, where they settled in the Yorkshire area of England, his second son Robert de Brus who was also of the same name, this is who the Kings of Scotland were descended from, his mother was Angus the daughter of Faulke Paynell. The first King to Scotland was Robert 1st 1306-1329.
De Brus changed the name to Bruce by decree of the King of England.
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