Robert the Bruce

Although he died six centuries ago, Robert the Bruce remains a symbol of Scotland’s identity.

G.W.S. Barrow | Published in History Today Volume 29 Issue 12 December 1979

Bruce reviewing troops before the Battle of Bannockburn Robert the Bruce - Robert I, King of Scots, to give him his formal style - was born at Turnberry Castle in south Ayrshire on 11th July, 1274 and died on June 7th, 1329 six hundred and fifty years ago at Cardross on the Clyde, in the house which he had built for himself during the last decade of his life.

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