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Birth:          1124 of Annandale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Death:          1194 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_de_Brus,_2nd_Lord_of_Annandale
Robert II de Brus, le Meschin (the Cadet) (fl. 1138, died c.?1189 or 1194), was a 
12th-century Norman noble and 2nd Lord of Annandale. He was the son, perhaps the 
second son,[1] of Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale.

The elder de Brus' allegiances were compromised when David I invaded England in 
the later 1130s, and he had renounced his fealty to David before the Battle of the 
Standard in 1138. The younger Robert however remained loyal and took over his 
father's land in Scotland, whilst the English territories remained with the elder Robert 
and passed to the latter's elder son Adam. Bruce family tradition has it that Robert II 
was captured by his father at the battle and given over to King Stephen of England.

A legend tells that in the 1140s, Robert II was visited at Annan by St Malachy. St 
Malachy asked Robert to pardon a thief, but Robert hanged him anyway, and for this 
the River Annan destroyed part of his castle and the de Brus line received a curse 
from the holy man. Robert made Lochmaben the centre of his lordship and constructed 
a new caput there.

He married Euphemia de Crosebi or Crosbj of Aumale, daughter of Sir Adam de Crosebi 
or Crosbj. They had five known children:
Robert (d. 1191), eldest son.
William (d. 1212).
Bernard.
Agatha.
Euphemia.

Robert was buried at Gisborough Priory in the North Riding, Yorkshire, England, a 
monastery founded by his father Robert I de Brus. As his eldest son, Robert, 
predeceased him, he was succeeded by his second son William.

Parents
DE BRUS Robert (ABT 1093 - 11 May 1141)
PAYNEL Agnes (ABT 1095 - )

Siblings
DE BRUS Adam I (ABT 1113 - 1143)
DE BRUS Agatha (ABT 1120 - )
DE BRUCE Robert (1124 - 1194)

Marriage To DE CROSEBI Euphemia (ABT 1130 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE CROSEBI Adam ()
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Children by DE CROSEBI Euphemia ABT 1130 - 
DE BRUCE William (ABT 1150 - 1215)

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