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Definition of Robert the Bruce
1. Noun. King of Scotland from 1306 to 1329; defeated the English army under Edward II at Bannockburn and gained recognition of Scottish independence (1274-1329).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Robert The Bruce
Literary usage of Robert the Bruce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bruce: Or, The Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince, Robert de by John Barbour, John Lydgate (1894)
"132 Piece of the Toile d'Or in which the body of King Robert the Bruce was ...
133 Lock of Hair of Elizabeth de Burgh, second wife of Robert the Bruce. ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1808)
"... under all the Seals of the Nobility, DIRECTED TO POPE JOHN: Wherein they
declare their firm resolutions to adhere to their King, Robert the Bruce, ..."
3. In freedom's cause by George Alfred Henty (1885)
"Robert the Bruce. AT the last grc.it invasion by Edward, Archie did JA«T not take
the field, seeing that Comyn, in despair of opposing so vast a host, ..."
4. English Prose: Selections edited by Henry Craik (1910)
"... and in their so doing, I shall pray God to send them the bliss of Heaven.
Amen. THE DEATH OF KING Robert the Bruce IT fortuned that King ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"See aUo Sir H. Maxwell, Robert the Bruce (London, 1897). BIBLIOGRAPHY. ...
1316), daughter of King Robert the Bruce, and was born on the 2nd of March 1316. ..."
6. The Heart of Oak Books by Kate Stephens (1895)
"THE RISE OP Robert the Bruce. (1305-1310.) I HOPE, my dear child, that you have
not forgotten that all the cruel wars in Scotland arose out of the debate ..."
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