The Bluebell of Scotland The rose, summer’s emblem ’tis England’s chosen tree And France decks her shield with the stately Fluer-de-lis But brighter, fairer far than these There blooms a flower for me, Tis the Bluebell, the Bluebell On Scotland’s grassy lea Where from the dark, up springs the lark The rising sun to see! […]
Robert the Bruce had at least two wives, undoubtedly several mistresses, and eleven children. Of several, a great deal is known; of others, very little and even that is sometimes uncertain. Robert first married Isabella of Mar, daughter of Helen of Wales and the Earl of Mar, one of the seven guardians of Scotland. What little is known […]
While sources disagree on the numbers and names of Bruce’s younger sisters, there is widespread agreement on his brothers. Only one leaves out Alexander, the youngest. Nobody could argue that Bruce’s sisters had easy lives. Much less so he and his brothers. Of the five, Bruce, Neil, Edward, Thomas, and Alexander, only Bruce died peacefully, though […]
It is a shame that only the broadest strokes of Bruce’s family portrait have come down through history, because with an abundance of brothers, sisters, and, later, children, there must have been many wonderful stories to tell of their younger years. What remains, however, is a list of names and fates, and a few sketchy ideas […]