We’re going to a Bobby Burns dinner party tonight (his birthday was January 25). Not sure we will have haggis, neeps and tatties, but our hostess is quite well known for her skills in the kitchen. The guests are supposed to read, recite or sing something Scottish, so I may read the Bruce tartan story from this book.
The Bruces originated in France and after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 ended up with a lot of land. Sir Robert de Brus, a Norman knight came to England with William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy. The Duke a distant cousin of the English king had claimed the English throne when the King had died. After the conquest, the Norman French eventually took over the Anglo-Saxon culture, land and language.
The son of Robert the Brus, Robert went to Scotland and was made Lord of Annandale by David I, whose great-granddaughter Isabella married Robert Bruce, 5th Lord of Annandale. Through this marriage their son Robert, 6th Lord of Annandale, Regent of Scotland, inherited a right to the Crown to which he was nominated by Alexander III. Robert, 7th Lord, married the Celtic Countess of Carrick and their son became that Earl of Carrick who was to wear the Scottish Crown, complete the liberation of Scotland, and be familiarly known as Robert the Bruce (1272-1329).
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The Corbetts were also Normans who helped conquer England with the Duke.
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