Robert I of Scotland
Also known as Robert the Bruce, Robert I, Robert Bruce
King of Scotland (1306–1329)
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Robert I, also known as Robert the Bruce, was King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329 and is remembered as a central figure in Scottish medieval history. He is significant because he led Scotland's struggle for independence from English rule, most famously winning the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, which secured Scotland's position as a sovereign nation.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Scotland
- Active from
- 1394-07-25
- Active to
- 1437-02-21
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Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart am Brusach), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England. He fought successfully during his reign to restore Scotland to an independent kingdom and is regarded in Scotland as a national hero. Robert was a fourth-great-grandson of King David I of Scotland, and his grandfather, Robert de Brus, 5th Lord of Annandale, was one of the claimants to the Scottish throne during the "Great Cause".
As Earl of Carrick, Robert the Bruce supported his family's claim to the Scottish throne and took part in William Wallace's campaign against Edward I of England. Appointed in 1298 as a Guardian of Scotland alongside his chief rival for the throne, John Comyn of Badenoch, and William Lamberton, Bishop of St Andrews, Robert resigned in 1300 because of his quarrels with Comyn and the apparently imminent restoration of John Balliol to the Scottish throne. After submitting to Edward I in 1302 and returning to "the king's peace", Robert inherited his family's claim to the Scottish throne upon his father's death.